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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.
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.
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.
Fire, Flyers, Boomers, Lynx for flag: WNBL
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THERE have been some extraordinary final regular season rounds in the WNBL's long history, but few would come close to this one, the return of import superstar Aari McDonald squeezing Perth Lynx back into the Final Four at big-spending Sydney's expense, and only after the final match was played.
Brad&Boti: Mercury rising for NBL champ Fleur
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WE succeeded! If at first you don't succeed, try, try again ... so goes the old saying, so Brad Rosen and I persisted and yes, we landed a big scoop with Sydney Kings assistant NBL coach and soon-to-be Phoenix Mercury WNBA assistant GM, Fleur McIntyre for this week's Brad&Boti podcast.
WNBL Rankings, Tips Rd15: It's 'all or nothing' time
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OMG! Rarely if ever has a WNBL regular season come down to so many permutations, from which club will finish top, to which of four teams battling for two spots will make it into the post-season, to which player from MVP finalists Sami Whitcomb, Jordin Canada, Lauren Nicholson, Isobel Borlase or Jade Melbourne will claim the coveted award?
WNBL TotW14: Spirited revival continues unabated
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OUR WNBL Team of the Week for Round 14, which some might argue also could easily have been our TotW for Round 13, was the stand-out across a torrid and very meaningful series of matches, where, ultimately, some international preseason Spirit truly paid off as the fight for the Four intensified.
What a finish coming up! WNBL
FIRST place is not settled, the Final Four is not settled and only Adelaide Lightning and Canberra Capitals are out of the playoff picture. But both very clearly can influence the final outcome and play spoilers after another torrid round left six teams in the post-season hunt and Kelsey Griffin pacing a surging Bendigo.
Happy Valentine's Day: WNBL
HAPPY Valentine's Day may have been said a gazillion times today in Australia and across the globe, but for Canberra, if it beats Bendigo tomorrow, it will not only have been a happy day/night for the Capitals but also Melbourne and maybe even Perth, a contender before Aari McDonald was hurt.
