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G2: Sixers seize series momentum
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ADELAIDE 36ers surfed home a tidal wave of hometown support and emotion today to claim Game 2 of the NBL's best-of-five Grand Final against Melbourne 110-95 but may have paid a huge price levelling the series 1-1, with Josh Childress hurt late in the game.
Patrick building PNG pathways to future
PORT MORESBY: Patrick Ani has come a long way since he stuck a home-made backboard and ring onto a tree in his backyard to create extra scrimmage options for him and his Papua New Guinea mates.
Now Game 3 becomes the be-all
HOW quickly all the emphasis in a championship series can shift. With Melbourne brushing aside Adelaide 107-96 in Game 1 of the best-of-five Grand Final last night, it becomes all about Game 3 now.
Hooley duly steps up ... again
WHEN United's NBL All Star Five playmaking import Casper Ware went down in the first quarter of Grand Final Game 1 last night, Melbourne needed a hero. Enter Adelaide's Peter Hooley.
Applications open for an 'assist'
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YOUNG South Aussie basketballers finding the financial harshness of the game biting too hard into the family budget need urgently to head to www.freethrowfoundation.com.au for the chance at some immediate relief.
G1: United they stand
MELBOURNE tonight won the "critical" Game 1 of a Grand Final Series when it compiled the second highest score in a 40-minute Championship match, rattling up a 107-96 scoreline over Adelaide in front of a roaring crowd at Hisense Arena.
Odds say United. What say you?
ODDS-makers have installed Melbourne United as heavy favourites to snatch Game 1 of the NBL's best-of-five Grand Final Series which tips off tomorrow at Hisense Arena.
United needs to sell out Hisense
HAVING experienced first-hand what a home crowd can be worth - or a hostile road crowd - United captain Chris Goulding and Melbourne legend Mark Bradtke have their own reasons for craving a sell-out tomorrow night at Hisense Arena.
United's greatest performance
MELBOURNE Tigers were gone, their last game of 2013-14 a 39-point belting in Game 3 of the NBL semi finals by Adelaide, but the new "Melbourne United" stepped up to the plate in no uncertain manner at Titanium Security Arena.
On This Day: March 13, 2015
ON THIS DAY, a mere three years ago, fall-out crashed after current Sydney Kings coach Andrew Gaze publicly declared the NBL should "go into a hiatus," while right here at B.O.T.I., we pointed out a moment of Basketball Australia infamy.
