2014/15 NBL Season + Off-season news/Boomers

[Gozu]

Round 18 results:

Adelaide 97 (Motum 23, Johnson 18, Wilson 15, Creek 10) def Sydney 78 (White 20, Madgen 19, Perry 12, Duinker 10)

Perth 65 (Beal 17, Knight 12, Martin 11) def Cairns 54 (Loughton 16, Gliddon 11)

Wollongong 82 (Martin 19, Davidson 16, Carson 11) def Melbourne 76 (McRae 19, Kickert 13, Dennis 12, Tomlinson 12)

Townsville 79 (Blanchfield 27, Conklin 13) def New Zealand 71 (Jackson 14, Webster 14, Wesley 13, Vukona 12, Ibekwe 10)

Cairns 92 (Tragardh 23, Gliddon 17, Wilbekin 17, Loughton 12) def Sydney 78 (Madgen 22, Garlepp 19, Perry 17)

[Gozu]

AFL club Richmond had been canvassing the idea of entering a team into the NBL but it seems that's been put on hold for now:

Richmond Football Club has investigated fielding a team in the National Basketball League but not in its famous yellow-and-black colours.

Fairfax Media understands Richmond were working in secret with the NBL in a bid to run a second Melbourne franchise with a group of Tigers' staff building a proposal which met all the NBL's criteria except for attracting the independent money needed to fund the early seasons.

It is understood the bid to get a team up and running in the 2015-16 season has stalled after the club ran out of time and required more financial backing. Club officials are still to decide whether to continue the process for the 2016-17 or beyond.

The Tigers wanted to attract new financial backing for its NBL side.

The NBL side would not play as Richmond Tigers due to the AFL's demands to keep sole use of club identities. This also prohibited the use of the much-loved yellow and black colours.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/b ... 3c2m5.html

[Jim05]

Good win over NZ tonight

[Gozu]

Good win over NZ tonight

Awesome win, 93-88. I really thought we were going to blow that game when they came back and took the lead late in the 4th but we held on.

[Brodlach]

Wouldn't have beaten them over there too often

Beaten Perth in Perth and NZ in NZ

[Gozu]

Wouldn't have beaten them over there too often

Beaten Perth in Perth and NZ in NZ

I think we won both games in NZ last season but up until then our record over there had been really poor. The Breakers first ever win in the NBL was in their first NBL game against us there, I can still remember the embarrassment I felt then 12 years later.

8 wins in a row for the 36ers bloody fantastic!

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: Melbourne @ Cairns at 9:30pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: Wollongong @ Sydney at 2pm (Ten)

[Gozu]

Wollongong Hawks veteran big man Adam Ballinger has announced he will retire at the end of the season ending his 12 year career in the NBL. He was a star in his 5 years here with the 36ers and I still remember him scoring 40 in his first NBL game for the Victoria Giants. From all reports a great guy on and off the court Balls says his three children were born in three different Australian cities.

http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/stor ... to-retire/

Perhaps fitting that his final NBL game will be against the 36ers Sunday week.

[Brodlach]

Met Adam many times, great bloke who had a fantastic career.


Be nice for Adelaide to break their longest winning streak of 14

[Brodlach]

With Melbourne losing last night Adelaide are in the finals. Great effort so far.

[wristwatcher]

Never in doubt.

Can't wait for next Friday. AA should be buzzing

[Gozu]

With Melbourne losing last night Adelaide are in the finals. Great effort so far.

Melb Utd should be ashamed of themselves. Loaded roster with a lot of individual talent they never gelled and then dished up that gutless performance in Cairns last night with their season on the line.

[Gozu]

Melb Utd outdid themselves tonight losing to Townsville 105-68!

[Brodlach]

In fighting among themselves I hear. Too many egos

[Gozu]

Round 19 results:

Adelaide 93 (Wilson 28, Motum 18, Johnson 15, Gibson 11) def New Zealand 88 (Webster 26, Abercrombie 15, Ibekwe 14, Jackson 11)

Cairns 84 (Craig 21, Wilbekin 17, Weigh 10) def Melbourne 62 (Kickert 17, McRae 15, Worthington 11)

Townsville 105 (Conklin 23, Norton 23, Steindl 15, Blanchfield 10) def Melbourne 68 (McRae 24, Worthington 15, Corletto 14)

Wollongong 75 (Forman 17, Carson 14, Martin 13) def Sydney 73 (Perry 20, Garlepp 15)

New Zealand 89 (Webster 27, Jackson 22, Ibekwe 11) def Perth 87 (2OT) (Beal 24, Daniels 24, Redhage 12)

[Gozu]

Cedric Jackson's incredible mid-court game winner in double overtime against the Wildcats yesterday:

[king neptune]

The NBL TV broadcasts need to have a clock that shows the tenths of seconds remaining. Also actually have it synced up with the in-game clock. Can see in that replay that Jackson got it away in time but would've been very confusing/frustrating for anyone watching the broadcast.

[Grahaml]

Went a long way with the ball for the time remaining. I know it could have been as much as 1.99 seconds left but that looked like over 2 seconds from when he first touched it to when it left his hand.

[Gozu]

Good news about the return of a Brisbane based team in the NBL again next season:

AN NBL legend and one of Australia's richest families are set to bring the Brisbane Bullets back to life.

Basketball great Larry Sengstock and businessman Paul Bendat are two of the directors listed under the company name "Brisbane Bullets Basketball Pty Ltd" which was registered with ASIC on January 8 this year.

Bendat’s father, Jack, is the owner of the Perth Wildcats and was No.70 on the 2014 BRW Rich List with an estimated fortune of $675 million.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/more- ... 7223342595

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: Melbourne @ Sydney at 9:30pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: Sydney @ Melbourne at 2pm (Ten)