Three to get ready : NBA Finals Countdown
STEPH Curry was at his most outrageously brilliant today as Golden State deflated Houston's balloon 115-80 - the second largest road win in Conference Finals history - taking a 3-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference battle.
Fantastic Four : NBA Finals Countdown
JUST four more wins - that's all we need for another Australian to become an NBA Champion, following in the footsteps of Luc Longley, Andrew Gaze, Patty Mills and Aron Baynes.
Fabulous five : NBA Finals Countdown
THE tally of wins necessary for Australia to again boast an NBA champion is now five following Golden State's 99-98 survival today against Houston.
MAC rides in to the rescue
THE Motor Accident Commision is all about good driving and today it drove women's basketball into the future when it stepped in to save Adelaide Lightning.
Six of the best now : NBA Finals Countdown
THE number of wins Australian NBA fans need now for another Aussie to become a Championship-winner is six, following Cleveland's 97-89 upset today of the Hawks in Atlanta.
Just 'magnificent 7' to go for Oz
SEVEN more wins. That's all we - as in, Australia - need to produce back-to-back NBA champions.
Bites and pieces 1
FREE agency is a reality across two leagues and players are on the move, Melbourne United shortly to announce it has secured former Crocs swingman Todd Blanchfield.
Bye bye Wortho & not happy as Larry
MARK Worthington is bound for Europe and United owner Larry Kestelman's offer to "help out" the NBL is not as good a deal as we first mooted here in March.
Houston gives Clippers a rocket
THEY blew it. There's no other way to explain how the L.A. Clippers bowed out of the Western Conference playoffs today.

