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Conger lines up for a Hawks hurrah
IT'S awards season with the NBL handing out its gongs tonight at Crown Palladium in Melbourne, the 'Gong expecting to celebrate Demitrius Conger as the league Most Valuable Player.
Who picked Cotton?
BRYCE Cotton tonight became only Perth Wildcats' third NBL Most Valuable Player when he topped the voting at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne at the league's annual awards presentation.
Adelaide-Perth set for a new chapter
THE rivalry between the semi final's pairing of Adelaide 36ers and Perth Wildcats may not be the NBL’s oldest but it is the richest, long pre-dating any Brendan Teys-Dexter Kernich-Drew kerfuffle.
Aussies make a meal of Chinese Taipei
THE Harlem Globetrotters put on a halftime show to follow Australia’s first half show as the Boomers laid the foundation today for their 88-68 win over Chinese Taipei.
Taipei on a 'high' after road win
JAPAN may be the women’s FIBA Asia Cup holder but its men’s team is in diabolical trouble after losing at home to Chinese Taipei, Australia’s World Cup qualifying opponent tomorrow.
Creek joins 36ers' immortals
MITCH Creek was the blueprint for the “wide-eyed country kid” when he first walked onto the practice court as an NBL player for the Adelaide 36ers in 2010.
Boomers flip Philippines
AUSSIE basketball fans tonight could have been forgiven for thinking the Boomers were playing the Philippines in Manila but some Cam Gliddon magic assured a relatively comfortable 84-68 FIBA World Cup Asia Zone qualifying win at Margaret Court Arena.
Boomers united in Melbourne
AMAZING how it has worked out but only regular season champion Melbourne United will be almost unaffected by the current FIBA World Cup Asian Zone qualifying window ahead of the NBL playoffs.
What a week for Norto: PotW review
MITCH Norton hit a "Hail Mary" 3-point bomb to sink New Zealand, then was recalled to the Boomers for the FIBA World Cup qualifiers this week against the Philippines and Chinese Taipei. It's been quite a week for the Hawks playmaker.
Throwing games? Come on. It's a wrap!
THE NBL regular season finished as predicted here long ago but with a weekend's break to the semi finals due to the FIBA World Cup window, the new debate is over "throwing a game".
