NBA loving Australia, and Big Ben
IT’S definitely NBA time in Australia, Basketball Without Borders underway in Melbourne, Delly mobbed in Cleveland and Ben Simmons to go at #1 in tomorrow’s draft.
LeBron brings it home to Ohio
LeBRON James has led his Cavaliers to the Promised Land while also cementing his own legacy as the greatest player of this time and one of the best of all-time.
Exum, Simmons, their time will come
DANTE Exum’s withdrawal from the Boomers squad for Rio is not the “blow’ many would have you believe. Andrew Bogut being hurt is.
Cavs chasing history now
LeBRON James and his Cavaliers are now just one win from bringing the NBA Championship to Cleveland for that city’s first national title since its Browns wore the 1964 NFL crown.
Bogut hurt as Cavs seize initiative
DRAYMOND Green outed, Andrew Bogut injured and the Cavaliers send the NBA Finals to a sixth game back in Cleveland. It’s never over til it’s over.
There goes the neighbourhood
THE Splash Brothers find their mojo, Draymond runs afoul of LeBron and NBA champion Golden State goes back home to Oracle Arena 3-1 up, a second title now looking a formality.
King serves up some curry
ANDREW Bogut is the fifth scoring option in Golden State’s offence so when the Cavs start with a 9-0 run and the big Aussie centre breaks the drought, something is wrong.
Warriors block any Cav recovery
AUSSIE Andrew Bogut set an early tone as Golden State today dismantled Cleveland 110-77 to seize a 2-0 lead in the NBA's best-of-seven Finals.
Our "greatest"? Let's win something first
BASKETBALL Australia already is calling its, as yet, unselected men's team for Rio "arguably its greatest team ever". Might that be a little premature exultation?
'Strength in numbers' more than a motto
IT was all ball, at least that’s what it looked like when Matthew Dellavedova swatted at Andre Iguodala and connected with him, “down under”.

