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NBL Rankings, Tips 20: Spots for grabs as greats retire
A PAIR of the all-time greats of our league, Tom Abercrombie and Brad Newley will hang up their boots at the close of the 2023-24 season after stellar NBL and international careers, the sport considerably poorer for their loss. Outstanding players, both are even greater human beings.
NBL TotW19: Fab Four make beautiful music
WITH only six games in NBL Round 19, teams that split two appearances such as Illawarra and New Zealand, quickly dropped from the equation, leaving our Team of the Week to come from Brisbane, Tasmania, Perth or Melbourne.
Brad&Boti: LJ calls it a day, WNBL back, NBL hot
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BRAD Rosen and I had a bucketload of basketball to unpack in this week's Brad&Boti podcast, what with the Opals qualifying for the Paris Olympics, Lauren Jackson retiring from international play, the WNBL back in business and the NBL drawing to a thrilling conclusion.
Who has a case to answer? NBL
HERE it all is, wrapped up in one nice big bundle - all our NBL match summaries from Round 19. If you missed any of them, well they're all here in one place now. And perhaps it is time to pose the question, why do referees have such short fuses with polite gentlemen such as Mike Kelly?
Breakers in chase, Hawks secure: NBL
NEW Zealand remains in control of its own finals destiny despite being devastated by foul woes in its loss to Melbourne, Will McDowell-White the hardest hit, though the NBL coaching future of Sydney's Mahmoud Abdelfattah took a bigger welt as Illawarra again dethroned the Kings, leaving the defending champs' fate at the mercy of others.
Bryce is Right, Jackies bite: NBL
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BRYCE Cotton put on a show in Perth as the Wildcats ultimately comfortably eliminated Cairns from the post-season and Tasmania flexed its muscles in front of a 10,000-plus crowd at John Cain Arena, formally consigning South East Melbourne to the club's historic first last-placed finish in its NBL life.
PJC and WMW combine to flush Hawks: NBL
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PARKER Jackson-Cartwright last night staked his case as the NBL's premier "Little Big Man", leading New Zealand to a huge home win over Illawarra, making tomorrow's Hawks' trip to Sydney massive and the Breakers' visit to Melbourne also critical. In Brisbane, the Bullets ended Adelaide's play-in bid.
NBL Rankings, Tips 19: Time's up for pretenders
HOW massive is this penultimate round of the NBL regular season? The finals fates of Adelaide and Cairns, both on 15 losses, hang on away wins in Brisbane and Perth respectively. And this also could signal Sydney's official despatch from its historical second threepeat bid - and cut short coach Mahmoud Abdelfattah's two-year contract.
Brad & Boti: Breaker Breaker good buddy. Squawk!
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YES we're rolling again this week, Brad Rosen and I dissecting the NBL's latest developments in our Brad&Boti podcast but without any WNBL to speak of, we revisit the Opals playing for Olympics qualification in Brazil this coming weekend before going in-depth on our men's competition.
Will's bill? Ridiculous - NBL18 Wrap in Full
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IF you missed any of NBL Round 18's match summaries, here they are for you all in one place! How's that for convenience? And how's this for ridiculous? The NBL's Games Review Panel today gave Tasmania's Will Magnay a one-game suspension or a $1,550 fine for "unduly rough play" against Cairns.
