NBL PotW: Long and the short of it
MELBOURNE United centre Shawn Long had Basketball On The Internet's NBL Player of the Week award just about wrapped up at quarter-time last night in Cairns.
WNBL PotW: This effort is a head turner
THERE again was no shortage of candidates for Basketball On The Internet's WNBL Player of the Week, but in the end, the choice was obvious.
Taipans complete early season sweep
CAIRNS Taipans tonight completed an extraordinary early season sweep of the 2019 Grand Finalists when they comfortably added Melbourne's scalp to Perth's with a well-executed 90-85 home win.
Rockets see the Lights
IT'S official. The North Adelaide Rockets Basketball Club officially has moved into the Lights Community and Sports Centre at Lightsview, farewelling its former digs at Hillcrest Stadium yesterday.
Oct.20-27: The week that was - almost
DEFENDING WNBL champion Canberra is licking its wounds today while Illawarra put in a bold effort against Perth but basically said goodnight to hopes of an NBL playoffs appearance.
Creek wreaks his revenge
TWO of Adelaide 36ers' finest captains, Mitch Creek and Adam Gibson, today conspired to sink the Sixers in Melbourne as Phoenix firecracker John Roberson again went off in an exceptional second half.
FLASHBACK 136: April, 1982
*FLASHBACKS, my irregular "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe or post whatever I find for you.*
Lightning jinx sinks Lynx in O/T
ADELAIDE Lightning tonight continued their successful WNBL sojourns into Perth, sinking the Lynx 90-86 in overtime, import Brianna Turner leading the way with a 26-point, 17-rebound tour de force.
United takes a stand and Kings march on
EVEN the most diehard Melbourne fans were beginning to worry but today United started its upward climb before the NBL-leading Kings also made a statement to Final Four wannabe Brisbane.
Sixers make it three straight, Phoenix flummoxed
EMBARRASSED in their NBL season opener in Sydney, Adelaide tonight won its third straight game since then with a 101-97 home win over giant-killer Cairns, while Perth welcomed South East to The Jungle with a 31-point wake-up call.

