What the FOX is going on?
IT'S clear the NBL needs to get more on the front foot when it comes to advertising where to see its semis "live on FOX" after a raft of complaints from people who missed the Melbourne-NZ game by tuning in to the regular 503 broadcast station.
United, 36ers take care of home court
NBL regular season champion Melbourne heads to Auckland with a 1-0 semi final lead over New Zealand while Adelaide crosses the Great Australian Bight after taking a massive bite out of Perth's threepeat dream.
Is it really a fourth NBL import?
DON’T let your knickers bunch up too quickly at the NBL’s latest breaking new innovation of expanding club rosters to 12, adding a “one-and-done” NBA prospect – a la Terrance Ferguson – to each team.
When Game 1 is all it's about
RARELY has winning Game 1 of an NBL playoff series been more important than tomorrow night's openers in both the Melbourne-New Zealand (1v4) and Adelaide-Perth (2v3) semi finals.
Chill has one thing to add to his resume
JOSH Childress has genuine NBA cred, played top basketball in Europe and Asia, revelled in Ice Cube’s Big3 3x3 tournament last year but it is now in Adelaide, South Australia, where he finally is in reach of a championship goal.
Melbourne-NZ set for a new chapter
REGULAR season champion Melbourne United faces off with arch enemy New Zealand Breakers in the NBL’s 1v4 semi final series in a rivalry four years in the making.
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.

