Rare air, and all that Jazz
THE Adelaide 36ers aren’t making any bold predictions ahead of Friday night’s (Saturday morning, Australian time) clash in Salt Lake City against the NBA’s Utah Jazz, but they are loving the opportunity.
Aussie Indigenous best make it 4 straight
A LAST-gasp layup by big man Chris Patton not only secured the opening game of this year's annual Australian Indigenous All Stars' series over the New Zealand Maori National Team, but set up the Apunipima-sponsored outfit's fourth straight Trans-Tasman Championship.
Opals' Cup silver lining
AUSTRALIA was unable to sustain the pressure on FIBA World Cup favourite USA in today's Gold Medal game in Tenerife, Spain, but the silver lining is the Opals are way ahead of schedule.
Kings restore some lost NBL cred
SYDNEY Kings today went a long way toward restoring some cache into the annual NBLvNBA preseason series by giving the LA Clippers a bona fide ball game in Honolulu.
36ers v Jazz live on 9Go
WITH two other NBLvNBA matches coming in live on ESPN next Saturday, Adelaide's game against Utah, initially relegated to NBL TV, now will be seen live on Network 9's 9GO channel.
Sandy's Opals history-makers
CALL it "Rio redemption, a "return to the podium", "Opals at their best" - call it whatever you want but tomorrow morning Australia has a shot at Gold, just two years after Olympic misery.
Red-faced Army as Wildcats crumble
SO embarrassing at stages that it was challenging to keep watching, Perth Wildcats today were humiliated 130-72 by the NBA's Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.
Opals 'rein in' Spain
TRAILING by eight with a period to play, Australia's Opals reined in Spain with an outstanding 22-8 final quarter to storm into the FIBA Women's World Cup Gold Medal Final 72-66.
Opals have a serve of paella on the menu
AUSTRALIA's Opals tomorrow take on host nation Spain in a FIBA Women's World Cup semi final, for the right to challenge the champion USA for the Gold Medal.
Sixers swamp gallant United
PHILADELPHIA's 76ers - the NBA Sixers, not the Adelaide variety - today had too much size, depth and talent for Melbourne United, winning 104-84 but always in a ball game.

