Hawks fly, Mercury rises
MORE Aussies have rocked into Phoenix Mercury's WNBA franchise while it was formalised today that inaugural NBL club Wollongong would be back in business in 2015-16.
Basketball snippets and whippets
WHAT a great week this has turned out to be for Australian basketball. And how badly did the NBL need that shot in the arm?
We have a Champion : NBA Finals Countdown
GOLDEN State's 104-90 close-out victory today over Houston in the NBA's Western Conference Final means Australia WILL, indeed, again have a Champion this year.
One for the Money : NBA Finals Countdown
IT was a whitewash, a massacre, a party today in Cleveland as LeBron James led his Cavaliers back to the Promised Land and into the franchise's second NBA Championship Series and first since 2007.
Rockets 'Harden-up'
JAMES Harden scored an NBA playoff career-high 45 points as Houston took Game 4 of its Western Conference Final against Golden State 128-115.
Two for The Show : NBA Finals Countdown
WHAT a bunch of pathetic wimps - players and apologist TV callers alike - not to mention a lily-livered media too frightened to tell the straight forward truth for fear of missing out on "the story".
Three to get ready : NBA Finals Countdown
STEPH Curry was at his most outrageously brilliant today as Golden State deflated Houston's balloon 115-80 - the second largest road win in Conference Finals history - taking a 3-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference battle.
Fantastic Four : NBA Finals Countdown
JUST four more wins - that's all we need for another Australian to become an NBA Champion, following in the footsteps of Luc Longley, Andrew Gaze, Patty Mills and Aron Baynes.
Fabulous five : NBA Finals Countdown
THE tally of wins necessary for Australia to again boast an NBA champion is now five following Golden State's 99-98 survival today against Houston.
Six of the best now : NBA Finals Countdown
THE number of wins Australian NBA fans need now for another Aussie to become a Championship-winner is six, following Cleveland's 97-89 upset today of the Hawks in Atlanta.

