Goulding gold while Clark's dunk slays NZ
CHRIS Goulding broke 6,000 NBL career points and dragged Melbourne back from potential disaster to a heroic victory over Sydney after the Kings' NSW rival Illawarra shone in Auckland, taking out New Zealand behind two savage Gary Clark plays.
Oy vey! It's Jack McVeigh!
JACK McVeigh hit the first NBL match-winning basket of his career as Tasmania escaped Cairns in an overtime thriller before Brisbane squandered yet another victory by stumbling at the final hurdle allowing Perth to skip to its fifth straight win.
Sixers sizzle as NZ and Perth both shine
NO, it wasn't the greatest comeback win in Adelaide's NBL history, but beating South East Melbourne tonight was definitely top three, Dejan Vasiljevic and a cast of 36ers castaways exposing the Phoenix as championship frauds and the Sixers as serial under-achievers.
NBL Rd8 Rankings, Tips and Injury Question Marks
WHO suits up? That's the behind-the-scenes mystery ahead of this NBL round, Luke Travers, Ian Clark, Matthew Dellavedova, Ariel Hukporti, Patrick Miller, Bobi Klintman, Tyrell Harrison, Trey Kell all on the recovery trail, with Daniel Johnson returning to Adelaide also a headline maker.
Brad&Boti: NBL7 and WNBL 2 Under Microscope
HAVE Melbourne United, Sydney Kings and Tasmania JackJumpers separated themselves from the NBL pack and have Melbourne Boomers emerged as the surprise WNBL title favourite? Brad Rosen and I had a lot of thinking to do for this week's Brad&Boti podcast after the weekend's results.
WNBL Rd3 Rankings, Tips: Time to show some Spirit
IS BENDIGO the real deal or is Perth as good as it seems after two home wins? There's a few questions the WNBL's Round 3 should help answer, the Spirit expecting back championship-winner Kelsey Griffin, though most likely against Melbourne on Sunday.
Hawks sack Jackomas, Tatum named interim
ILLAWARRA today axed coach Jacob Jackomas, replacing him - temporarily it would appear - with assistant Justin Tatum, the father of Boston Celtics NBA All Star Jayson, as it searches for a new head man.
WNBL TotW2: Flyers flying as Boomers boom
WITH only two teams remaining undefeated after just two rounds of WNBL play, it was another tough call to isolate our Team of the Week, especially with Mercedes Russell and Maddi Rocci also leading Southside to two big road wins.
NBL TotW7: United they stand, Kings rule
FOR a round of only five matches, it is amazing how many clubs had their hands up for NBL Round 7 Team of the Week consideration. Four, in all, excluding the only other winner, Tasmania, which did only what it needed to in taking care of directionless but also depleted Adelaide.
WNBL Wrap2: Boomers, Lynx setting the pace
MELBOURNE Boomers and Perth Lynx remain the WNBL's only unbeaten teams after just two rounds, emphasising the contention this could finish as one of the closest seasons in the league's 42- year history.