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The 76ers haved passed their first test of the pivotal stretch, defeating the Toronto Raptors 110-104 in Sunday's much-anticipated meet at the Wells Fargo Centre. This was the Sixers' first of 13 games against a team with a winning record in an…
Sydney have suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time this NBL season, with an electric fourth-quarter comeback falling short against Cairns. Two days after being hammered in Perth, the league leaders have fallen 109-98 to a reborn Taipans outfit who have leaped…
In July 2012, Chris Goulding was discussing with his future wife Molly the prospect of life without the NBL. It seems unthinkable today that the Australian Olympian, NBL grand final MVP and the only player to have a 50-point game in the…
ANNELI Maley can trace her depression back to the Australian Institute of Sport. It is there Maley, then 17, became consumed by basketball. It defined her. It broke her, slowly but surely. Depression crept up on the junior basketball prodigy whose mental…
As the youngest Ball child, it's likely LaMelo Ball does not lack much in the confidence department. So when asked recently whether he should be the top pick in the 2020 NBA draft, his answer shouldn't be too surprising. "Most definitely," Ball…
EAST LANSING, Mich. — On the night Michigan State retired his number, Draymond Green told a funny story about a recent pickup game. At issue was Green’s No. 23, which is also worn by current Spartans standout Xavier Tillman. “He was talking…
Tai Wesley feels the pinch in round one.Credit:Getty Images Few things get to Tai Wesley. But he admits he found his hamstring injury hard to handle. Five minutes into the South East Melbourne Phoenix's season-opener with Melbourne United, Wesley had eight points…
We said last week that Feast Week was going to upend the rankings, but even we didn’t see this coming. Eight of the teams in the Power Rankings suffered losses, including four of the top five and five of the top seven….
Southside Flyers claimed two wins from the Doomsday Double road trip after holding on to beat Adelaide Lightning in Adelaide on Sunday. The Flyers (9-1) beat Perth Lynx in Perth on Friday, with the two victories keeping them on top of the…
James Harden scored 60 points for the fourth time in his career during the Houston Rockets’ 158-111 NBA win over the Atlanta Hawks. He played just 31 minutes of the game and fell one point shy of his career-high points haul of…
"It was only four years but it's felt like an eternity." Australian basketballer Ben Madgen has a good perspective on the rise of the NBL, having headed to Europe just before Larry Kestelman took ownership of the league, and coming home this…
Melbourne United had no answers for Cairns Taipans import Cam Oliver as their six-game winning streak ended in Queensland on Friday night. Oliver was promoted back to the starting centre position and Melbourne couldn't keep him grounded as "Space Cam" posted a…