Bullets gun down Sixers' season
BRISBANE tonight won its fifth straight game to take a tentative grip on an NBL Final Four berth, in the process sending Adelaide's season into mothballs at Adelaide Entertainment Centre, 108-99.
Basketball SA Hall of Fame inductees: Brett Maher
TICKETS are on sale now for the relaunch of the BASKETBALL SA Hall of Fame on Friday, February 7 at Stamford Plaza, the first list of inductees for the decade including Adelaide 36ers NBL great and championship-winning captain Brett Maher.
Tips: Load shmoad and it's still black and white
LET'S hope there's no more "load management" by the Sydney Kings this NBL season and that WNBL leader Southside Flyers has found a way to play without injured captain Jenna O'Hea.
Podcast: What a load of management
BRAD Rosen and I are on opposite sides of the "load management" discussion, thrown up in the wake of Sydney resting Andrew Bogut and then losing to New Zealand, but it's just one aspect of this week's podcast.
Rankings: Only two hold firm in wild reshuffles
ONLY two WNBL teams and two NBL clubs held their ranking from last week after a round of unpredictable results threw form into the bin and revitalised a couple of programs.
Look out for Bullets, Breakers but United, Sixers on brink
BRISBANE and New Zealand look most likely to contest the last spot in the NBL Final Four based on current form and with between only five or six games left for the playoff wannabes.
NBL PotW: The "Hoptometrist" strikes again
THERE is a point at which a player boasting the consistent greatness of Perth's Bryce Cotton begins to be taken for granted and we fear that may be the case with this round's Basketball On The Internet Player of the Week accolade.
The Week That Was: Jan.12-19
THERE's never a dull moment in our NBL and WNBL comps and this has been a week-and-a-half for news and Boomers stuff too. Don't be surprised if you missed something.
NBL16: Breakers, Bullets in the hunt
THERE are huge fixtures looming in the NBL this week after Round 16 threw up two shock results - both conceived and executed by the Breakers - and Cairns took a giant leap toward a return to the playoffs.
Taipans nightmare ends 36ers dream in super round
DANIEL Johnson banged in a career-high 38 points, Jerome Randle missed a historic triple-double by one rebound yet Adelaide's NBL playoff hopes lie in ruins tonight with Cairns giving the defenceless 36ers an emphatic all-the-way 108-91 hiding.

