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NBL Rankings, Tips 16: Time to smarten up
LAST round in the NBL easily could have been dubbed "Brain Fade Round". First Tassie didn't foul late against Brisbane. Then Sydney left its big boy pants on the plane in Adelaide. Zylan Cheatham tried to call an on-court time-out, Jordon Crawford took a three when his team had time to win with an easier basket.
NBL TotW15: Soaring up the hit parade
WHAT an amazing round that was considering a few teams looked gross in one outing, great in another. Adelaide, Sydney and New Zealand spring to mind for example. But when it came down to selecting our NBL Team of the Week for Round 15, it was easy to go for the club storming up the charts with a bullet.
NBL Rd 15 Wrap: Kings turn it around over NZ
IF you happened to miss our NBL Round 15 match summaries, here they all are in one fix! Of course, you can simply go back and find the game you might be searching for, or settle in for some light reading featuring Sydney's two chalk-and-cheese performances, among others.
Kings sing in pink, Bullets fire: NBL
NATHAN Sobey returned from injury to lead Brisbane over Illawarra before the Sydney Kings turned their "Pink Hoops" day to raise breast cancer awareness and funding, into a sell-out success as they routed New Zealand in front of a record 16,605 crowd, Jaylen Adams scoring 39 points.
'Night of the Gak' in Cairns, Perth: NBL
IT was most definitely the "Night of the Gaks", with Cairns' Akoldah Gak setting career-highs with a 21-point, 14-rebound double and South East Melbourne's Gorjok Gak leading the Phoenix with 11 boards. But it was a night to forget for the Adelaide 36ers, before the Wildcats pantsed the Phoenix in Perth.
Major point of difference: NBL
THE NBL last night threw up two exciting results with a major point of difference - Melbourne beat New Zealand 82-81 in regulation but Illawarra required two overtimes to stall Tasmania 108-107, two one-point thrillers where, unfortunately, some of the officiating was not commensurate with the level of play.
Brad&Boti: Purple rain is falling finely
IT WAS mighty tough for former Sydney Kings captain and my Brad&Boti podcast colleague Brad Rosen last night, watching as 12 parachutists in purple uniforms bailed from the kamikaze plane being piloted in the cockpit by Mahmoud Abdelfattah somewhere over Adelaide.
Sydney now at Sixers and Sevens: NBL
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ADELAIDE, once more wearing its throwback 1999 NBL (back-to-back) champion uniforms last night took a big chunk out of current back-to-back champion Sydney Kings' dreams of going one better in 2024 with a convincing home win, Trey Kell and Isaac Humphries again at their best but Sunday Dech also sizzling.
Tasmania suddenly a sinking island: NBL
TASMANIA is bordering on becoming the NBL's "island of irrelevancy" after dropping its road game 77-80 to a Brisbane minus the drive of its scoring wizard Nathan Sobey, but with import Chris Smith reinforcing his bona fides as a player better than a "Sixth Man of the Year" candidate.
NBL Rankings, Tips 15: In Bryce We Trust
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THE NBL playoff/play-in aspirations of every club not named Melbourne or Perth will go under the microscope across the eight matches in Round 15, our rankings reflecting the wide form variations which have made tipping a nightmare, beyond the always reliable - expecting Bryce Cotton to shine.
