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Rankings: Boomers slip, United steady
THEIR respective NBL and WNBL championship ladders may have them in vastly different places but our power rankings this week have Melbourne United steady in the #4 spot and Melbourne Boomers at #5.
NBL PotW: You don't need to be a scorer
PERTH Wildcats captain Damian Martin is living proof in our NBL, you can decisively influence a contest without being a scorer.
Sixers play hard in The Sandpit
ADELAIDE tonight seized control of its NBL road clash with Illawarra at The Sandpit from the outset, weathered every Hawks' storm - and superstar Aaron Brooks - to win more comfortably than the 98-92 scoreline suggested.
WNBL PotW: Come fly with me
ROUND Two of the WNBL season produced some absolutely astonishing single-game performances, with Perth's Alison Schwagmeyer-Belger and Bendigo's Carley Ernst at the top of that hill.
Oct.13-20: That's an NBL/WNBL Wrap? Not quite
BRYCE Cotton did it again today, breaking the hearts of United NBL supporters in Melbourne while in country Bendigo, Carley Ernst had a stunning game to lift Bendigo over Perth in a WNBL shock.
FLASHBACK 135: Oct.20-25, 1969
*FLASHBACKS, my irregular "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe or post whatever I find for you.*
Taipans wield sling and down goes Goliath
IT annually is the David and Goliath battle when Cairns Taipans take on the NBL champion Wildcats in Perth, but last night again as the fable goes, it was David with the sling shot … and how!
Fire away as Lightning thunder on
ADELAIDE Lightning tonight dealt out a throbbing 86-68 black eye to the Fire in Townsville, six players in double digits and the entire WNBL rotation hitting the floor.
Free Throw Foundations lands 'The Bron'
THE Free Throw Foundation has scored another superstar speaker for its next fundraiser luncheon on December 20, with "The Bron" - Opals coach Sandy Brondello - secured to share her plans for our Tokyo Olympics gold rush.
Jennie joins in as Crystal sidelined
FORMER Perth Lynx training centre and star WA State League import Jennie Rintala tonight will make her long-overdue WNBL debut, replacing injured Crystal Langhorne in Adelaide's team at Townsville.
