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King Brian rules as Patty feels the Heat
BRIAN Goorjian, the NBL's coaching G.O.A.T. will be back at the helm of the Sydney Kings, the club he guided to a championship threepeat in 2003-04-05, the Boomers' four-time Olympic mentor doubly delighted today with news Patty Mills is signing with the NBA's Miami Heat.
The Brave and the Bold - Hawks advance
THE ILLAWARRA Hawks last night won an outstanding KO NBL playoff game over an incredibly durable and resilient NZ Breakers outfit to keep alive their fairytale-like story by advancing to the best-of-three semi final series against Melbourne, Justin Robinson perfect from the stripe.
Can Breakers pluck plucky Hawks? Questions, questions
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IS there enough petrol left in the NZ Breakers' tank to take down Illawarra tonight in Wollongong and then actually give regular season NBL champion Melbourne anything of a semi final series? The answer lies in two hyphenated names - Jackson-Cartwright and McDowell-White.
Fire swept aside by Lynx blitz
A WEEK ago the Perth Lynx were sweating on the result of the regular season's last game, barracking for WNBL champion Townsville to eliminate Sydney so they could make a stunning eleventh hour Final Four appearance. Today those same Lynx literally were putting out the Fire, sweeping the champs 2-0 in their semi final series.
Yeah, Naz as Boomers bolt to Game 3 semi
ON the cusp of elimination, down Opals Olympian Sara Blicavs (leg) for the rest of the season and Tall Ferns centre Penina Davidson (calf), Melbourne not only dug deep but practically buried Southside 88-67 in Game 2 of their WNBL best-of-three semi final series, Naz Hillmon perfect from the floor.
BOB'S CORNER: Victor mowing them down
BOB'S CORNER: Our man on the spot in the US, Seattle-based former Canberra import BOB CRAVEN, has taken a good hard look at the man threatening to revolutionise the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, 224cm Victor Wembanyama, who lately is putting up Kareem Abdul-Jabbar numbers.
Ta-ta Abdelfattah, as Hawks waive Patty
WHEN large numbers of your home crowd stick around to chant "sack the coach" and your team is eliminated by an under-strength but hardy foe in the playoffs first round, saying you're already planning for next year was a stretch for cut Kings coach Mahmoud Abdelfattah, waived the same day as Aussie icon Patty Mills.
Big Mac fries Townsville as Perth go 1-0
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IMPORT Aari McDonald scored Perth's first basket last night in Townsville and also its last, cementing an 88-87 Game 1 win in their best-of-three WNBL semi final. In between, the dynamic playmaker scored 22 points and dished nine assists, stunning the 2,341 fans at the Firepit.
Unbreakable, NZ the lionhearts and Ants on the march
NO Anthony Lamb. Will McDowell-White playing hurt and fouling out. Zylan Cheatham hurt, then rolling an ankle, then returning to play hurt, Mantas Rubstavicius tossed out of the game. Finn Delany a shadow of himself. Jaysus. What else did these careless Kings need to show heart? Didn't matter. Parker Jackson-Cartwright had all the answers.
Southside on the fly as stars sparkle
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SOUTHSIDE veteran and Australian basketball's G.O.A.T. Lauren Jackson turned back the clock to lead her team to a 1-0 best-of-three WNBL semi final series lead over Melbourne, but unsung import Jasmine Dickey was the X-factor the Boomers did not calculate, scoring 16 points.
