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Breakers-Hawks shatter viewing record
NEARLY two million viewers tuned in internationally via Facebook last night to see RJ Hampton's NZ Breakers smash LaMelo Ball's Illawarra Hawks 103-72 in their highly-anticipated first NBL clash, with 8,338 in attendance at Auckland's Spark Arena.
Tips: United to stand ... and deliver
TROUBLED fans concerned about Melbourne United's 0-3 start to the NBL season should enjoy some relief this round, while Melbourne Boomers' WNBL bona fides will be well and truly tested.
Brad & Boti Basketball Podcast launch!
BRAD Rosen made the call, I liked the idea, Joseph Corr put it together and yep, we have joined the podcast world with our weekly Wednesday wrap of all things NBL and WNBL, launching today.
Rankings: Boomers slip, United steady
THEIR respective NBL and WNBL championship ladders may have them in vastly different places but our power rankings this week have Melbourne United steady in the #4 spot and Melbourne Boomers at #5.
NBL PotW: You don't need to be a scorer
PERTH Wildcats captain Damian Martin is living proof in our NBL, you can decisively influence a contest without being a scorer.
Sixers play hard in The Sandpit
ADELAIDE tonight seized control of its NBL road clash with Illawarra at The Sandpit from the outset, weathered every Hawks' storm - and superstar Aaron Brooks - to win more comfortably than the 98-92 scoreline suggested.
WNBL PotW: Come fly with me
ROUND Two of the WNBL season produced some absolutely astonishing single-game performances, with Perth's Alison Schwagmeyer-Belger and Bendigo's Carley Ernst at the top of that hill.
Oct.13-20: That's an NBL/WNBL Wrap? Not quite
BRYCE Cotton did it again today, breaking the hearts of United NBL supporters in Melbourne while in country Bendigo, Carley Ernst had a stunning game to lift Bendigo over Perth in a WNBL shock.
FLASHBACK 135: Oct.20-25, 1969
*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.*
Taipans wield sling and down goes Goliath
IT annually is the David and Goliath battle when Cairns Taipans take on the NBL champion Wildcats in Perth, but last night again as the fable goes, it was David with the sling shot … and how!
