Casper can't find Shorter's ghost
MELBOURNE United's All Star Five (First Team) point guard Casper Ware has fired back at Adelaide's fellow import playmaker Shannon Shorter as tensions between the NBL grand finalists continue to grow.
Truly, 4-0 didn't mean a thing
YOU'RE still going to keep hearing it and reading about it but truthfully, Melbourne's 4-0 regular season sweep of the 36ers means absolutely nothing to this already enthralling best-of-five NBL Grand Final. Josh Childress' injury does.
Childress out of championship series
NEW scans of Josh Childress' injured left shoulder have revealed a scapula fracture which can take up to six weeks to heal, ruling him out of the remaining games in the NBL's best-of-five Grand Final.
Let's be serious - officiating is bizarre
IT was Adelaide coach Joey Wright after Game 1 bemused by officiating for the NBL's best-of-five Grand Final, then Melbourne's Coach of the Year Dean Vickerman unable to work it out after Game 2.
WTF: So much going on right now!
WHERE'S THE FIRE? Basketball is white hot right now with the NBL Grand Final shaping as a classic, the Boomers to host USA at Etihad Stadium and FOXSPORTS giving Brad Newley a headset!
Josh sends chill through 36ers
ADELAIDE 36ers fans held their breath when NBA forward Josh Childress didn't bounce up after being crunched by Melbourne's David Barlow under the Sixers' basket late in yesterday's Game 2 of the NBL Grand Final.
G2: Sixers seize series momentum
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.

