How's that for an encore!
HE started quietly alright but Ebi Ere, Mitch Creek and Anthony Petrie didn't let Melbourne get away too far.
Come on NZ. What was that?
HATS off to Townsville last night. The Crocs were magnificent from start-to-finish. But New Zealand? Forget the haka, the Breakers served up kaka.
Jerome Randle - that was amazing
JEROME Randle was lining up for two free throws with 18.9 seconds left last night when a somewhat muted chant of "MVP" rained down from Titanium Security Arena's northern stands.
The Tips & Rankings: Rd16/14
THE lights will be on, PA blaring, the scorecube flashing the action at Titanium Security Arena in Adelaide tonight with the venue's first near $1million facelift since it opened in 1992.
Gold Gold Gold. But what about these guys?
MATTHEW Dellavedova recently became the latest potential Boomer joining the chorus singing Australia was after the Gold Medal at this year's Rio Olympics Games.
Wrapping 15: Bullet points
CHRIS Goulding, Adam Gibson, Rhys Martin, Brock Motum and Nathan Jawai are the five big targets the Bullets are aiming at to relaunch Brisbane in the NBL next season.
What a foul up
SERIOUSLY now, 56 fouls, yet so many bad ones missed? If we're talking about how terrific the NBL has been this season, the one place the conversation falters is at the officiating.
Flashback 65: Land of the Giants
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.
Goodbye and God bless three of our finest
LOJZI Ugody pestered me almost daily through the summer holidays of my 11th year, determined to get me on a basketball court to teach me a jumpshot.
And then there were five...
MELBOURNE United's 30-point flogging of the Taipans last night at The Cage will end speculation everywhere other than Cairns that the race for the Final Four now is down to five.

