FLASHBACK 130: April 12-15, 1974
*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.*
Their turn to be Canuckleheads
BACKING up from a disappointing 90-70 loss to Canada last night, the Boomers tonight attacked defensively, unearthed another diamond in Jonah Bolden and got the job done 81-73 at Perth's RAC Arena.
Nurse's surgeons euthanise Boomers
AS tempting as it will be for some pundits and fans to heap scorn on the Boomers for their 70-90 loss to Canada in Perth tonight, truth is it was an overdue reality check.
AIB history with Hawks showdown
IT'S a massive week coming up for the Australian Indigenous Basketball's All Stars, with more ground-breaking to come next month in their historic first-ever match against an NBL team.
Vale Ted Powell, WNBL co-founder
TED Powell, the West Adelaide Bearcats' stalwart whose vision led to the formation of the Women's National Basketball League, died yesterday, aged 75.
Creek the new X-factor
THE meniscus tear which has cost Xavier Cooks his place in Australia's FIBA World Cup team reopened the door for Mitch Creek, the South East Melbourne Phoenix franchise player who now must make it his mission to succeed.
Sit back and Gaze at best of basketball
AUSTRALIAN basketball treasure Andrew Gaze will be back 'burning down the house' with the other talking heads as SBS jumps into televising this month's international series on VICELAND and its On Demand platform.
Time now for Tassie to rally
RARELY has a state had a better opportunity to secure an NBL license than Tasmania has now ahead of the 2019 Blitz and with an NBL1 All Star team of its own to support.
Historic Indigenous milestone in Melbourne
MELBOURNE will stage its historic first international Indigenous matches next Tuesday at Knox when the Australian Indigenous All Stars men’s and women’s teams host Kingdom of Hawai’i at State Basketball Centre.
Hannah and her (Lightning) sisters
HANNAH Kaser finally has cracked the WNBL, her burgeoning second-tier career acknowledged by Adelaide Lightning, the 2019 grand finalists throwing the Victorian guard a career lifeline.

