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WNBL TotW15: Missing Lynx late return
THE Perth Lynx deserve a great deal of credit for bursting back into the WNBL Final Four, right at the season's eleventh hour and in so doing, not only ensured 2023-24 would have the same semi finalists as 2022-23, but they would close the regular season as our final Team of the Week.
Jakarta? No, she left of her own accord
ISAAC Humphries was being named Adelaide 36ers' 2023-24 MVP while he was en route to Jakarta to hit the hardwood with the Boomers and score 18 points at 75 percent in a thorough route of Indonesia, pushing Australia to be 2-0 in 2025 Asia Cup qualifying matches.
Canada now best in Australia: WNBL
MELBOURNE Boomers import Jordin Canada last night became the WNBL club's sixth league MVP, joining Debbie Slimmon (90, 92), Katrina Hibbert (05, 06), Hollie Grima (07), Liz Cambage (11) and Cayla George (23) as a winner of the top individual award, while also elevating her coach Chris Lucas.
Fire, Flyers, Boomers, Lynx for flag: WNBL
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THERE have been some extraordinary final regular season rounds in the WNBL's long history, but few would come close to this one, the return of import superstar Aari McDonald squeezing Perth Lynx back into the Final Four at big-spending Sydney's expense, and only after the final match was played.
Boomers' last quarter gold rush in Bendigo
BENDIGO last night was the site of a late Boomers gold rush as the Australian men's team stormed to victory over Korea in their Asia Cup qualifier on the back of a thundering 32-14 final quarter, veteran Nick Kay starring and Perth benchie Ben Henshall making an impressive senior national debut.
Honeymoon period over for Ninnis at 36ers
SCOTT Ninnis at Adelaide 36ers has finally been allowed to shred the word "interim" from his extensive coaching resume, the Sixers this week confirming a new two-year deal for the only man to play an intimate role in all four of the club's NBL championships and much better equipped to improve on his previous stint as head coach.
Brad&Boti: Mercury rising for NBL champ Fleur
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WE succeeded! If at first you don't succeed, try, try again ... so goes the old saying, so Brad Rosen and I persisted and yes, we landed a big scoop with Sydney Kings assistant NBL coach and soon-to-be Phoenix Mercury WNBA assistant GM, Fleur McIntyre for this week's Brad&Boti podcast.
WNBL Rankings, Tips Rd15: It's 'all or nothing' time
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OMG! Rarely if ever has a WNBL regular season come down to so many permutations, from which club will finish top, to which of four teams battling for two spots will make it into the post-season, to which player from MVP finalists Sami Whitcomb, Jordin Canada, Lauren Nicholson, Isobel Borlase or Jade Melbourne will claim the coveted award?
WNBL TotW14: Spirited revival continues unabated
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OUR WNBL Team of the Week for Round 14, which some might argue also could easily have been our TotW for Round 13, was the stand-out across a torrid and very meaningful series of matches, where, ultimately, some international preseason Spirit truly paid off as the fight for the Four intensified.
NBL TotW20: Coaches to the fore closing reg season
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THAT was one hell of a close to the NBL regular season, only Cairns, Tasmania, Sydney and Adelaide escaping Round 20 with a clean slate, while Melbourne, Illawarra and New Zealand contrasted great home wins with very interesting road defeats. Our Team of the Week was a tough call, last week's winner Perth this round going 0-2!
