2022-23 NBL Season + Off-season news

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Adelaide part company with Kai Sotto.

Would like very much to hear that DJ has been resigned.

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Adelaide part company with Kai Sotto.

Would like very much to hear that DJ has been resigned.

Good move as he just hasn’t come on as expected.

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Game 1

Sydney 95 (Cooks 27, Walton 21, Soares 14, Simon 10) def Cairns 87 (Hogg 24, Antonio 20, Scott 13, Waardenburg 11)

Kings lead the series 1-0

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The JackJumpers level the series at 1-1 sending it to a deciding Game 3 on Sunday afternoon.

Game 2

Tasmania 89 (Doyle 23, McVeigh 16, Kenyon 11) def NZ Breakers 78 (Brown 19, Brantley 17, Pardon 15)

Series level 1-1

Also Basketball Australia have announced the Boomers team for the next FIBA World Cup qualifiers to be played in Melbourne against Bahrain and Kazakhstan on the 23rd and 26th February respectively.

Mitch McCarron
Mitch Norton
Nathan Sobey
Kyle Adnam
Nick Marshall
Daniel Grida
Todd Blanchfield
Alex Toohey
Rhys Vague
Mason Peatling
Isaac Humphries
Nick Kay

https://nbl.com.au/news/nine-nbl-player ... nt-boomers

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The Taipans won tonight also sending their series to Game 3 on Sunday afternoon, should be a good double header.

Game 2

Cairns 93 (Hogg 25, McCall 20, Waardenburg 15, Ayre 12, Mayen 12) def Sydney 82 (Walton 22, Simon 19, Noi 12)

Series level 1-1

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Game 3

Sydney 79 (Vasiljevic 15, Cooks 11, Noi 11, Walton 10) def Cairns 64 (Ayre 20, Waardenburg 17)

Kings win the series 2-1

Game 3

NZ Breakers 92 (Brown 32, Pardon 15, Brantley 14, Loe 11, Le'afa 10) def Tasmania 77 (McVeigh 22, Kelly 16, Macdonald 14, Doyle 12)

Breakers win the series 2-1

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Game 1 of the best-of-five series will tip-off on Friday, March 3 at Qudos Bank Arena, after the international FIBA break.

The full Championship Series schedule is:


SYDNEY KINGS v NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS

Game 1: Friday 3 March
Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers, Qudos Bank Arena, 7:30pm AEDT
Live & free on ESPN via Kayo Freebies, 10 Peach & 10 play, live on SkySport (NZ)

Game 2: Sunday 5 March
New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings, Spark Arena, 4:00pm AEDT
Live & free on ESPN via Kayo Freebies, 10 Peach & 10 play, live on SkySport (NZ)

Game 3: Friday 10 March
Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers, Qudos Bank Arena, 7:30pm AEDT
Live & free on ESPN via Kayo Freebies, live on SkySport (NZ)

Game 4 (if required): Sunday 12 March
New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings, Spark Arena, 4:00pm AEDT
Live & free on ESPN via Kayo Freebies, live on SkySport (NZ)

Game 5 (if required): Wednesday 15 March
Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers, Qudos Bank Arena, 7:30pm AEDT
Live & free on ESPN via Kayo Freebies, live on SkySport (NZ)

https://nbl.com.au/news/kings-v-breaker ... series-set

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The SE Melbourne Phoenix and coach Simon Mitchell have parted ways.

https://nbl.com.au/news/simon-mitchell- ... enix-coach

Also the Brisbane Bullets have announced GM Sam Mackinnon won't be returning next season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/bullets-part-wa ... -mackinnon

Finally the Illawarra Hawks have re-signed guard Will Hickey for next season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/flying-hawk-hickey-re-signs

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The Boomers beat Bahrain tonight and next play Kazakhstan on Sunday afternoon.

Australia 83 (Blanchfield 20, Humphries 18, Kay 13, Vague 13) def Bahrain 51 (Chism 15, Haji 14)

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The Brisbane Bullets have announced former Melbourne United assistant coach Darryl McDonald and previous interim coach Greg Vanderjagt have joined new coach Justin Schueller's coaching staff.

https://nbl.com.au/news/melbourne-hoops ... hing-staff

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Australia 98 (Blanchfield 31, Adnam 20, Kay 11) def Kazakhstan 53 (Aitkali 12)

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The 36ers have announced they've re-signed Nick Marshall to a 3 year deal and he will be coming onto the roster next season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/sixers-sharpshooter-signs-on

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The Breakers provide the upset and now go back home to NZ for Game 2 on Sunday afternoon.

Game 1

NZ Breakers 95 (Brown 19, McDowell-White 19, Brantley 16) def Sydney 87 (Simon 18, Hunter 15, Walton 12, Vasiljevic 11)

Breakers lead the series 1-0

Also the Cairns Taipans have announced they've re-signed NBL Coach of the Year Adam Forde to a 2 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/taipans-coach-back-for-two-more

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HT GAME 2

KINGS 34 - 30

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A pretty impressive defensive performance from the Kings especially with Cooks and Walton only playing 13 minutes combined.

Game 2

Sydney 81 (Noi 20, Vasiljevic 16, Glover 12, Simon 12) def NZ Breakers 74 (Brown 21, Brantley 20, Le'afa 14)

Series level 1-1

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Xavier Cooks will be going to the NBA after the GF series finishes signing a 2 year deal with the Washington Wizards.

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbas-wizards-sign-xavier-cooks

Also the Brisbane Bullets have re-signed centre Tyrell Harrison to a 2 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/brisbane-big-man-re-signs

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Kings win at home in front of the biggest crowd in NBL history 18,049 to take the lead in the GF series returning to NZ for Game 4 on Sunday.

Game 3

Sydney 91 (Vasiljevic 15, Soares 14, Simon 13, Walton 12, Glover 11, Cooks 10) def NZ Breakers 68 (McDowell-White 11, Brantley 10, Brown 10, Rupert 10)

Kings lead the series 2-1

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The Breakers won at home in front of a record NBL crowd in NZ of 9,742 and the GF series goes to a deciding Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Game 4

NZ Breakers 80 (Brantley 23, Brown 20, McDowell-White 19) def Sydney 70 (Walton 18, Glover 12, Cooks 10)

Series level at 2-2

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The NBL have announced Sydney Kings coach Chase Buford has been fined $3,500 for breaching the code of conduct for his comments in the press conference after Game 4.

https://nbl.com.au/news/buford-fined

The Tasmania JackJumpers have re-signed F/C Fabijan Krslovic to a 2 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/krslovic-inks-t ... h-tasmania

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have re-signed guard Owen Foxwell to a 2 year deal and he will be upgraded to the roster next season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/foxwell-earns-main-roster-spot

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The Kings win the championship in front of another new NBL record crowd of 18,124.

Game 5

Sydney 77 (Walton 21, Cooks 19, Glover 12, Noi 11) def NZ Breakers 69 (Brown 22, Brantley 16, McDowell-White 12)

Kings win the championship 3-2

Finals MVP: Derrick Walton