2025-26 NBL Season

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Not a fan of Kenyon starting but I assume Brown will start next game anyway

[Gozu]

H/T

Hawks 49
Sixers 44

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6ers got some work to do in the 2nd half.

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Final

Sixers 97
Hawks 85

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Another good win
Humphries and Cotton our best

[Brodlach]

Won a last quarter

Third game in 7 games so it’s a good win.

[Gozu]

The NBL have announced that NBA legend Allen Iverson will be in attendance at HoopsFest in Perth.

https://www.nbl.com.au/news/allen-ivers ... perth-2026

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H/T

Phoenix 43
Sixers 37

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DJ and Brown played bugger all in the 1st half.
Cotton being well held
Who’s gonna stand up for us?

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DJ huge last quarter
Got to play more minutes

Brown disappointing again

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Final

Sixers 94
Phoenix 81

What a quarter DJ 17 points in the 4th!

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MU just dominared with offensive rebounds.
Look forward to the rematch next week.

[Gozu]

Round 10 results:

Adelaide 97 (Cotton 31, Humphries 22, Cheatham 12, Cameron 11) def Illawarra 85 (Harvey 21, Peterson 19, Hickey 12, McGee 12)

SE Melbourne 103 (Hunter 24, Iwundu 13, Sobey 13, Foxwell 11, Glover 11) def Brisbane 76 (Harrison 16, Mathias 12, Norton 12, Holt 11, Ducas 10)

Melbourne 105 (Goulding 23, Doyle 19, Edwards 14, Delany 13, Krebs 12) def Illawarra 102 (McGee 28, Peterson 22, Hickey 18, Harvey 13)

Perth 101 (Doolittle 30, Duke 19, Lual-Acuil 19, Windler 11) def Tasmania 95 (Bannan 29, Deng 26, Hamilton 13, Marshall 12)

NZ Breakers 102 (Brockington 22, Mennenga 22, Jackson-Cartwright 20, Lopez 15, Baker 10) def Cairns 96 (McVeigh 35, Andrews 23)

Adelaide 94 (Vasiljevic 22, Cotton 19, Cheatham 15, Cameron 14, Humphries 12) def SE Melbourne 81 (Sobey 26, Hunter 20, Brown 16, Iwundu 10)

Tasmania 104 (Hamilton 22, Ayre 19, Bannan 19, Johnson 15) def Sydney 81 (Davis 20, Noi 18, Maluach 11)

Melbourne 98 (Doyle 24, Walker 23, Delany 11, Edwards 11, Goulding 11) def Perth 87 (Doolittle 20, Lual-Acuil 19, Windler 17)

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NBL ladder after 10 rounds heading into the FIBA break:

Melbourne 13-2
Adelaide 11-3
SE Melbourne 9-4
Perth 8-6
Sydney 7-6
Tasmania 6-9

NZ Breakers 5-10
Brisbane 5-10
Illawarra 4-9
Cairns 3-12

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With the FIBA qualifiers upon us the Boomers are in action against New Zealand Friday night in Hobart from 7pm and again in Wellington on Monday at 4:30pm both games live on ESPN.

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Updates to the teams for the Boomers & Tall Blacks series starting tonight:

Australia: Alex Ducas, Angus Glover, Ben Ayre, Dash Daniels, Elijah Pepper, Jack White, Jaylin Galloway, Jordan Hunter, Josh Bannan, Keanu Pinder, Nick Kay, Owen Foxwell (injured - replaced by Ayre), William Hickey, Will Magnay (injured - replaced by Pinder)

New Zealand: Carlin Davison, Finn Delany, Flynn Cameron, Izayah Le’afa, Max Darling, Mojave King, Sam Mennenga, Shea Ili (injured - replaced by Murray), Taine Murray, Taylor Britt, Tohi Smith-Milner, Tyrell Harrison, Yanni Wetzell

[Gozu]

The Boomers got the win in Hobart tonight and play the Kiwi's next in Wellington on Monday at 4:30pm.

Australia 84 (Galloway 19, Glover 17, Hickey 12, White 10) def New Zealand 79 (Mennenga 19, Cameron 15, Delany 10)

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In NBL news the Brisbane Bullets have announced the signing of import Terry Taylor to a one-year deal. He's a 6'5" forward who spent five seasons in the NBA with Indiana, Chicago & Sacramento.

https://www.nbl.com.au/news/taylor-made ... rt-forward

Also in ex-NBL news Adelaide lad Lachlan Olbrich has made his NBA debut for the Chicago Bulls registering 2 points and 3 rebounds in the Bulls 103-101 loss to the Indiana Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

https://www.nbl.com.au/news/aussies-abr ... -nba-debut

Finally tonight the Boomers had a thrilling win over New Zealand that saw Will Hickey hitting the game-winning three pointer at the buzzer in Wellington.

Australia 79 (Pinder 21, Kay 20, Galloway 13, Hickey 12) def New Zealand 77 (Mennenga 16, King 13)

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The NZ Breakers have announced the signing of Kiwi guard Tai Webster as an injury replacement for Izayah Le'afa who has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his foot. Webster returns to the NBL for another stint with the Breakers after playing for the Perth Wildcats last season and then in France.

https://www.nbl.com.au/news/tai-me-is-r ... o-breakers