NBL: Phoenix rise in record 36ers choke
SOUTH East Melbourne today staged the greatest comeback of this NBL season, while a typically bewildered Adelaide 36ers produced the season's greatest single choke, surrendering a 21-point third quarter buffer as the Phoenix marched into the semi final and the Sixers into mothballs.
WNBL: Farewell for Abby ... and Adelaide?
ABBY Bishop today closed her impressive WNBL career with a farewell win over likely champion Bendigo, Jade Melbourne firing for a 40-piece while in Adelaide, Lightning not only await Geelong tomorrow but also their fate in the competition, the latest potential new owners dropping out.
NBL: Oliver, more please as Kings abdicate
SYDNEY Kings teammates, coaching staff, management, ownership and fans last night had every reason to ask 'where the hell has this guy been all season?' as Cam Oliver showed up to play, albeit too late and against an Adelaide 36ers team bound for the next round of NBL playoff action.
Time out-NO FLOP ZONE: Kings cooked, King's error and King James
JOEY Wright and I were equally bemused as the NBL playoffs tipped off in Perth, before we turned our attention to Xavier Cooks, Jason Cadee, LeBron James and a holy host of other basketball-related issues at this week's Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast.
WNBL: Flames snuffed and tough road ahead
SYDNEY might have clinched its WNBL Final Four playoff berth but after taking an 83-50 belting at home last night to Townsville, odds are Guy Molloy's crew will experience a very much short-lived stay in the best-of-three semi finals against regular season champion Bendigo.
NBL: Seriously, this was a Final?
SERIOUSLY. What the hell was that, NBL? Officiating which left a LOT to be desired, 2,975 fans - the lowest crowd of Season 2024-25 - in attendance, Bryce Cotton scoring more than half his 27 points from the free throw line ... If it wasn't for a Keanu Pinder tour de force, last night's 3v4 finals tip-off would belong in a rubbish bin.
NBL: Challenge for Perth but not Bryce
PERTH Wildcats superstar Bryce Cotton tonight comfortably should collect his fifth MVP award but the question is will the West still be in full celebration mode tomorrow when Kylie Minogue, er, South East Melbourne hits town for the 3v4 Top Six double-chance opening round clash at Challenge Stadium?
WNBL: Flames sew up Final Four return
SYDNEY star Isabella Brancatisiano swished 8-of-12 threes today in her game-high 26-point haul, underpinning an 86-71 win in Canberra that guaranteed a return to the playoffs for the Flames, their 3-0 sweep of the Capitals and Adelaide's twin losses closing the Final Four door.
NBL: GRP eyeballs Adams, Cotton sews up Sixers
THE NBL was swift in its reaction to Sydney Kings guard Jaylen Adams poking at the eyes of Illawarra's Wani Swaka Lo Buluk in a fiery exchange in the Hawks' 95-75 rout before Bryce Cotton's 49-point haul in the Wildcats' 112-104 win over Adelaide confirmed he again would be MVP.
NBL: Hawks, Armstrong in 2024-25 'Firsts'
ILLAWARRA clinching the NBL's 2024-25 regular season championship has set up the Hawks of likely Coach of the Year Justin Tatum for their first genuine run at a championship since being swept by arch rival Sydney in 2005's 3-0 best-of-five rout. Then last night, Taran Armstrong gave us the year's first triple-double.