Sixers fix Phoenix, Orange squeezed
MITCH Creek's driving layup to the hoop didn't drop tonight, preserving a breath-taking 113-111 Adelaide 36ers win over South East Melbourne at Adelaide Entertainment Centre in an NBL classic.
New Opals eye Tokyo
THE Australian team from the 20-player Opals squad for FIBA's Tokyo Olympic Qualifying Tournament in February will fly to Bourges in France as the four-team group's top seed and needing only a top-three finish to advance.
Tips: Who is No.1 right now?
WHICH team is No.1 right now in the NBL and in the WNBL? But before you answer, bear in mind the NBL's two form teams - Cairns and Perth - launch this round, and the WNBL's two top teams - Southside and Canberra - close it.
Podcast: Here we go again
SYDNEY Kings captain and one-time assistant coach to Brian Goorjian, Brad Rosen has joined me again in our ongoing weekly quest to help cure insomnia.
Rankings: Taipans hit #1 for first time
CAIRNS Taipans have created their own niche of Basketball On The Internet history by reaching our #1 NBL Ranking for the first time in the website's 7-plus years.
NBL? It's all black and white to me
IS the NBL the single most boring league in the world when it comes to colour? It's all black-and-white to me, just about. And that's despite TV in Australia going to full colour on February 28, 1975 - four years before the league launched.
NBL PotW: Great Scott, surely not
QUALITY individual performances were in abundance across this NBL round, but ultimately it came down to a battle between two clearly outstanding candidates.
NBL: Forget conjecture! Cairns in the Four
DISMISS any speculation or conjecture whether Cairns Taipans should be in potential NBL Final Four conversations. They unquestionably have proven that they should be.
Honeymoon over for Rice, Hawks sign Preston
THE honeymoon is well and truly over for NZ Breakers replacement import Glen Rice Jr, Scotty Hopson fit to resume today against Brisbane, but Rice back in hot water after more trouble with the law.
WNBL PotW: Doctor doctor, gimme the news
QUALITY individual performances were in abundance across this WNBL round, but ultimately it came down to a battle between two clearly outstanding candidates.

