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Basketball snippets and whippets
WHAT a great week this has turned out to be for Australian basketball. And how badly did the NBL need that shot in the arm?
NBL 'happy as Larry', $6million man
LARRY Kestelman is the new Executive Director of the NBL following a successful $6million takeover of the ailing competition.
We have a Champion : NBA Finals Countdown
GOLDEN State's 104-90 close-out victory today over Houston in the NBA's Western Conference Final means Australia WILL, indeed, again have a Champion this year.
One for the Money : NBA Finals Countdown
IT was a whitewash, a massacre, a party today in Cleveland as LeBron James led his Cavaliers back to the Promised Land and into the franchise's second NBA Championship Series and first since 2007.
Lightning and 'Cyclone Tracy'
TRACY York will be named the new coach of Adelaide's WNBL team in the second piece of great news for the iconic Lightning outfit.
Rockets 'Harden-up'
JAMES Harden scored an NBA playoff career-high 45 points as Houston took Game 4 of its Western Conference Final against Golden State 128-115.
Two for The Show : NBA Finals Countdown
WHAT a bunch of pathetic wimps - players and apologist TV callers alike - not to mention a lily-livered media too frightened to tell the straight forward truth for fear of missing out on "the story".
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.
