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NBL, NBA movers and groovers
SOUTH East Melbourne Phoenix have landed one of the steals of NBL free agency, securing on-court terror Ben Ayre out of Cairns for two years. And Brisbane Bullets have maintained a tradition of snatching established Taipans players by signing import PG Shannon Scott on a two-year deal.
NBA steps up a playoff gear
THE NBA Playoffs are well-and-truly out of the first round and into the Conference semi finals, perhaps the biggest surprise the unexpected demise of one of the championship contenders Milwaukee Bucks, with Australia's own Joe Ingles, eliminated in five games by Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat.
NBA Playoffs: Sixers first through
THE Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference are the first team through to the second round of the NBA playoffs after erasing Patty Mills' Brooklyn Nets in a straightforward 4-0 sweep, despite All Star centre Joel Embiid being held out with an injury.
Bob's Corner: Triple J is no surprise, topping the DP ratings
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BOB'S CORNER: THE first of the major individual awards for the 2022-2023 NBA season is in and, no surprise here, as it was almost unanimous - Jaren Jackson Jr. of the Memphis Grizzlies is the Defensive Player of the Year. That's the word from our US correspondent BOB CRAVEN with this weekend's read.
Bob's Corner: Zach zaps Raps
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BOB'S CORNER: THE first round of the NBA playoff play-in round is over with the Chicago Bulls coming from way down to nip Toronto 109-105, behind 39 points from all-star Zack LaVine, and the Oklahoma City Thunder downing New Orleans 123-118. Our man BOB CRAVEN catches us up on the latest news.
NBA regular season over. Here we go
THE NBA regular season ends tonight (April 10). The play-in games to determine the 7th and 8th seeds for each Conference will start mid-week, and then the playoffs begin in earnest next weekend, with the top eight seeds in each conference starting to heat things up.
An Aussie left in NCAA Women's quest
From BOB CRAVEN in Seattle:
GEORGIA Amoore is an Aussie from Ballarat and the PG for the Virginia Tech Hokies, a No.1 seed in this year's women's NCAA tournament, playing tonight against Ohio State U. in the Elite Eight for the right to go on to the Final Four this weekend.
NCAA Men: Zags and UCLA battle to bitter end
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From BOB CRAVEN in Seattle: THE Sweet Sixteen NCAA Men's Tournament games provided several surprises, some of historic proportions with Gonzaga and UCLA once again producing a nail-biter, Zags star Drew Timme delivering a 36-point, 13-rebound double-double.
NCAA Women: South Carolina looks team to beat
From BOB CRAVEN in Seattle: Defending women's NCAA Division 1 champion South Carolina rolled to its 40th straight win behind Aliyah Boston's 81st career double-double to continue as the white-hot favourite to go back-to-back as March Madness prepared to enter its Sweet Sixteen phase.
NCAA Sweet 16 (Men) - Here we Go
From BOB CRAVEN in Seattle THE Men's NCAA Division One basketball tournament, so far at least, is throwing some close games at us as well as blowouts. But it's also showing us that big-time upsets can still happen to the big boys at this most important late stage of the season.
