More fine Cotton and No-one Silences Lamb
PERTH Wildcats all-time great Bryce Cotton once again dug deep into his winning ways last night to sink a gallant Tasmania after New Zealand exposed the Taipans' occasionally soft underbelly with an all-the-way NBL rout in Cairns launched early by import Anthony Lamb.
United trashes derby rival in one-way rout
FROM the moment United captain and MVP contender Chris Goulding outmanouvred a 3-point conscious Matt Kenyon by driving past him for the opening basket of last night's NBL Throwdown 23, it was clear South East Melbourne was going to be in a bucketload of trouble.
Brad&Boti: Kings in crisis, Flames heating up
SYDNEY-sider Brad Rosen - and I don't use that adjective lightly or one-dimensionally - yet again has failed miserably to land us a guest for the Brad&Boti podcast so once more you'll just sadly have to make do with us revisiting both the WNBL and NBL for super-duper expert analysis.
NBL11 Rankings, Tips: Throwdown blockbuster looms
NEW South East Melbourne import Abdel Nader could not hit town at a better time than to see his new Phoenix teammates take on the might of undisputed NBL leader Melbourne. United is the benchmark and the third Throwdown of Season 2023-24 features the league's two best Aussies.
NBL TotW10: Toughest week yet to find winner
THREE performances stood out above all others in NBL Round 10, making our Team of the Week a tough call between Perth pulveriser Illawarra, New Zealand negators Tasmania, and Sydney smashers South East Melbourne. This was an agonising condundrum!
Aussie pair shine, closing NBL round
ROUND 10 of NBL 2023-24 concluded yesterday with a "day out" for two outstanding Australian stars, first Chris Goulding in unstoppable fashion setting up Melbourne's rout of Brisbane, then Mitch Creek leading a depleted South East Melbourne into Sydney and dethroning the Kings.
Breakers screwed as usual, Sixers old habits
MINUS superstar import Milton Doyle, Tasmania still turned the tables - and the screws - on New Zealand in Auckland but it was no fairytale finish for interim 36ers coach Scott Ninnis in Adelaide, Cairns overwhelming his team with a decisive 31-17 final quarter avalanche.
Wow! Hawks pluck eyes out of Wildcats
ILLAWARRA last night produced arguably its best NBL performance in about a decade when it smashed Perth 100-82 in Wollongong, Sam Froling leading the rout which started with a crushing 38-18 first quarter that included him scoring 11 points inside the first five minutes.
Cummings and Goings in a Big Friday
IT'S been a truly bizarre 24 hours with more emerging from inside the Adelaide 36ers' club issues, a power outage crashing the Cairns-Sydney game, import Will Cummings sacked by South East Melbourne and training session video emerging of Sixers captain Mitch McCarron lashing his teammates with a long overdue "read the riot act" spray.
Brad&Boti: Josh Roberts, upsets and poor scheduling
OUR guest of honour on this week's Brad&Boti podcast with Brad Rosen and myself needed no introduction ... because she was a no-show! But we had so much to discuss coming out of the WNBL and NBL rounds - upsets, overtime, it was all happening.