Will Mills' thrills be enough?
HANDS up if you think the Boomers would have beaten New Zealand in the Oceania opener if Patty Mills hadn't played.
No going wrong in Tauranga
TAURANGA is a beautiful New Zealand seaside town, the country's fifth largest city with 127,000 people and white, coastal surf beaches lazily beckoning holidaymakers.
Opals may yet see Tall Ferns in Rio
AUSTRALIA's Opals took care of business tonight in Tauranga, beating New Zealand 80-63 - an unflattering and not representative scoreline - to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
FLASHBACK 55: They keep bobbing up
*FLASHBACKS, my irregular "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe whatever I find for you.
Rod Laver packed and 2-0 to Aussies
ROD Laver Arena was packed, the basketball was tense and Australia came away with two strong wins. What's not to like about Oceania Day 1?
Whammo for Damo but time for Gliddon to glitter
TRAGICALLY for Damian Martin, he ran out of time.
It's unanimous. ABA is a good thing
IT’S pretty rare for management to say it’s in everyone’s best interests to have a strong union but that’s exactly what BA, the NBL and WNBL have said today about the Australian Basketballers’ Alliance.
NZ on TV and Damo isn't done
IN case you were wondering, Damian Martin's lower leg injury may not be as bad as first feared and you can see Oceania's Game 2s from New Zealand.
Mills in. Jawai "wild"?
PATTY Mills will play the Oceania Series – was there truly any doubt once Dante tore his ACL? – and in other news, his Boomers teammate Nathan Jawai is being linked to Perth Wildcats.


