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NBL PotW: Late run at MVP
IT is obviously no coincidence Brisbane's NBL resurgence - the Bullets now have won an equal season-best six straight games - has run parallel with the towering presence of All Star import Lamar Patterson.
The Week That Was: Jan.26-Feb.2
THIS past week started sadly and it got worse before it pulled out of it at the weekend so if you missed something, double-check now with our look back over the past seven days.
NBL: OK, so now it's official?
SOUTH East Melbourne's finals fate was sealed a while back and Adelaide's 14th loss means it too has joined the Phoenix and Illawarra out of NBL post-season contention.
Breakers pack Sixers into mothballs
THE New Zealand Breakers tonight took the sickly dog which is the Adelaide 36ers out back of the shed and put down whatever NBL playoff dream they entertained with an emphatic 113-89 thumping in Auckland.
Tips: United place Kings on throne
MELBOURNE United last night handed arch rival Sydney Kings the regular season championship while keeping its own slim NBL playoff hopes alive by beating a depleted Perth Wildcats 77-67 in an open-roof extravanganza.
Podcast: Farewell to Kobe
THE death of Kobe Bryant on Monday morning and the circumstances surrounding it was a tragic event for basketball globally and Brad Rosen and I review what the Los Angeles Lakers legend gave to the world in this week's podcast.
Rankings: Wildcats, Capitals still top the charts
THERE's only five teams truly still in the running for a NBL Final Four berth and it has been reflected in our weekly rankings, while in the WNBL, the jockeying on the playoff partygoers' island is all that has transpired this week.
NBL PotW: All Star with a Bullet
HOW great was it to see a big guy dominate an NBL game in the manner Miles Plumlee did as Perth held off New Zealand 80-79 in a thriller last round?
NBL: That's a Wrap as Phoenix, 36ers gone
IT was a gutsy inaugural NBL season for South East Melbourne Phoenix, but Round 17 formally ended the club's bold drive for playoffs, and threw out the 36ers as well.
The Week That Was: Jan.19-Jan 26
THIS was a super-charged period in the NBL and WNBL, with so much going on all week you shouldn't blame yourself if you missed something.
