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Flyers grounded as Fire wreaks havoc
WNBL regular season champion Townsville, rolling into Game 1 of the Grand Final Series on a 14-win streak, last night humiliated Southside 94-63 - the biggest win in a championship game or series since the league launched in 1981. To say Flyers coach Cheryl Chambers has a job to salvage this series is a massive understatement.
Bob's Corner: Now the ladies take centre stage
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BOB'S CORNER: Our man in the USA (and specifically Seattle), Bob Craven, has the lowdown this week on the NCAA Women's Tournament and also the growing phenomenon of international players streaming into the ranks of US women's basketball. There's that and as always, much more!
Flyers-Fire Final after narrow escape
AN outrageous game-changing call and an errant pass overshadowed huge late baskets by Cayla and Kayla as Southside secured its place in the WNBL Grand Final Series against Townsville with a last-gasp 73-72 escape from defending champion Melbourne in an otherwise super quality semi final.
Kings roll over Breakers to clinch fifth flag
SYDNEY tonight fulfilled its destiny and claimed back-to-back NBL championships for the second time, coming from behind to overwhelm New Zealand 77-69 in the Championship Series' Game 5 decider, Derrick Walton Jr the key cog in front of another all-time record attendance of 18,124 at Qudos Bank Arena.
B&B: On Game 5 eve, we have 'The Voice'
OK. We know our regular Brad&Boti podcasts with Brad Rosen and myself have been highly irregular lately - we've both had a few private crises - but we're bouncing back today with our NBL Grand Final Eve interview with 'The Voice' of NZ basketball, Casey Frank for all the latest on Game 5 and much, much more.
Lynx sink as Fire burns into Grand Finals
THE Fire made it 14 wins on the trot yesterday in Perth when they sent the Lynx into mothballs by claiming Game 2 in their best-of-three semi final series 91-84 to complete the sweep, import Tianna Hawkins leading Townsville into the Grand Final Series where it awaits the Southside-Melbourne series winner.
Breakers bounce back to force decider
SHOWING the heart and courage missing in Game 3's road loss to Sydney, New Zealand today produced the blueprint for how to claim the NBL championship, stunning the Kings 80-70 in Game 4 and in front of a record attendance of 9,742 fans at Auckland's Spark Arena.
Bob's Corner: Let's dance
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BOB'S CORNER: We're closing in on March Madness and the Big Dance and our man in the US, Bob Craven has an update on how it's all panning out. He also updates on the form of Aussies Josh Giddey and Patty Mills in another of his weekly comprehensive round-ups.
Boomers find formula, force decider
FOUR successive defeats at the hands of preseason WNBL title favourite Southside meant nothing tonight as defending champion Melbourne drew outstanding performances from Opals pair Cayla George and Kristy Wallace to force their semi final series to a decider with a 96-77 rout.
Kings hold serve, now heat on NZ
AN NBL record attendance of 18,049 at Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena tonight watched mesmerised as the defending champion Kings banged a nail into New Zealand's coffin with a comprehensive 91-68 rout, built on a second half defensive masterclass and a reasonably acceptable contribution by Tim Soares.
