Delly 2, Bogey 1: Whatever it takes
MATTHEW Dellavedova scored a playoff and NBA career high 20 points, set social media alight and was Batman to LeBron James' Superman as Cleveland today took a 2-1 lead over Golden State in the best-of-seven Final.
Bogey 1, Delly 0
GOLDEN State Warriors took a 1-0 lead today over Cleveland, winning the opening match of the NBA Finals 108-100 in overtime, despite LeBron James scoring 44 points.
The King? Or the MVP? Who will reign?
IT tips off tomorrow - easily one of the most talked about NBA Championship Series in history for Australia's ardent followers of The Show - as Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers head into their best-of-seven Finals battle.
Phoenix Mercury? Meet Eastern Mavericks
FLEDGLING Adelaide Hills-based SA basketball club Eastern Mavericks can now boast not only two Halls Medallists but two WNBA signings for reigning champion Phoenix Mercury.
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".

