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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.
WNBL semi, when size really does matter
THERE is a very strong likelihood Melbourne Boomers beating Southside Flyers for the Michele Timms Trophy will be the club's only comfort as the best-of-three WNBL semi final series unfolds from tonight, Penina Davidson (calf injury) a massive out for the Purple.
Jackies-Hawks, Kings-Breakers launch playoffs tonight
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WATCHING Tasmania and Illawarra do battle in the 3rd v 4th NBL "play-in" playoff today is going to be difficult because both are favourites, competing in the way basketball should be contested and featuring sideline mentors Scott Roth and Justin Tatum who actually know what they want from their teams.
Brad&Boti: Scotty on the 36ers and the future
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FRIEND of the show and now Adelaide 36ers' NBL coach for the next two seasons, Brad Rosen and I were pumped to welcome back Scott Ninnis for this week's Brad&Boti podcast, and if you're a long-suffering Sixers fan - that last championship was 22 years ago - this is an interview you will want to hear.
WNBL TotW15: Missing Lynx late return
THE Perth Lynx deserve a great deal of credit for bursting back into the WNBL Final Four, right at the season's eleventh hour and in so doing, not only ensured 2023-24 would have the same semi finalists as 2022-23, but they would close the regular season as our final Team of the Week.
Jakarta? No, she left of her own accord
ISAAC Humphries was being named Adelaide 36ers' 2023-24 MVP while he was en route to Jakarta to hit the hardwood with the Boomers and score 18 points at 75 percent in a thorough route of Indonesia, pushing Australia to be 2-0 in 2025 Asia Cup qualifying matches.
Canada now best in Australia: WNBL
MELBOURNE Boomers import Jordin Canada last night became the WNBL club's sixth league MVP, joining Debbie Slimmon (90, 92), Katrina Hibbert (05, 06), Hollie Grima (07), Liz Cambage (11) and Cayla George (23) as a winner of the top individual award, while also elevating her coach Chris Lucas.
