The Fifth Quarter

Written by Lachlan Sherriff (Photo by James Worsfold/Getty Images) An 11:30AM tip-off might not be the ideal starting time for a basketball game, but with the first-placed Adelaide 36ers taking on the second-placed SEM Phoenix, it was never going to matter, as RAC Arena packed out for the final NBL game of HoopsFest. And with Wildcats’ legend, and now 36ers guard Bryce Cotton back in town, it was never a debate on who the locals were going to be supporting. In fact, you’d be

Written by Lachlan Sherriff (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Coming into tonight off a three game winning streak, RAC Arena was always going to be lively for the Perth Wildcats’ HoopsFest game, no matter who the opponent. But with the opponent being the Illawarra Hawks, who boast one of the NBL’s greatest ever imports in JaVale McGee, there seemed to be even higher interest in tonight’s game. Indeed, McGee showed his talent early into the game, as he scored the first basket

Written by Lachlan Sherriff (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) In a season that hasn’t exactly been successful for the Geelong Venom, they went into today’s game with hopes they could record a rare victory against the Sydney Flames, who only had two more wins then bottom-placed Geelong entering the match. It was a brilliant start for the Venom, who took a 9-2 lead thanks to four points from Mackenzie Holmes, forcing the Flames into an early timeout. The Flames began to claw ba

Written by Lachlan Sherriff (James Worsfold/Getty Images) Coming off a win against Melbourne United, the Sydney Kings travelled over to Perth for their HoopsFest game against the Brisbane Bullets. The Kings would’ve felt confident coming in against a Bullets team who had lost their last five games, but they’d still have to win shorthanded, as Matthew Dellavedova (concussion) was added to Sydney’s injury list which already featured the likes of Xavier Cooks and Bul Kuol. Surpr

Written by Lachlan Sherriff (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Coming off a surprise loss to Sydney, which was only their third defeat of the season, league leaders Bendigo Spirit returned to the court to take on the Perth Lynx in the opening game of HoopsFest. The Lynx, who defeated Adelaide 80-65 five days earlier, welcomed the rest of the league to Perth for HoopsFest, and looked to kick the action-packed weekend of basketball off with a win. Immediately, the contrast betwe

Written by Lachlan Sherriff (Graham Denholm/Getty Images) It hasn't been an ideal week for the Brisbane Bullets. A humiliating Wednesday night on the Gold Coast saw the Bullets lose 113-84 against New Zealand, who are one of only two teams with less wins then the Bullets. In that game, Casey Prather injured his knee, and it's now confirmed he'll miss the rest of the season. As if that wasn't bad enough, superstar import Jaylen Adams left the club on Friday, after only thirtee

Written by Lachlan Sherriff (Graham Denholm/Getty Images) With Melbourne United now at 9-0 after their first nine games, it'd be fair to say that players around the league would love to beat them. But if you had to pick one player who wanted to make United taste defeat the most, it'd be hard to look past Matthew Dellavedova, who left Melbourne for the Sydney Kings over the offseason. It wouldn't be the first time Dellavedova took on Melbourne in Sydney colours, as the Kings l

Written by Lachlan Sherriff Nathan Sobey once again impressed for the Phoenix with 22 points. ( Daniel Pockett/Getty Images) Returning to John Cain Arena on a three-game winning streak, the South East Melbourne Phoenix hoped to continue their winning form against the Perth Wildcats. The start to life without Bryce Cotton had been a bumpy one so far for Perth, but following a 95-84 win against Tasmania on Wednesday, they also came into John Cain Arena high on confidence. With

Written by Lachlan Sherriff When the 2025-26 NBA season tipped off in Oklahoma City, there wasn't really much that connected Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones, aside from the fact that they were all guards in the NBA at some point. But only 36 hours later, the three men were all connected to what might just be the biggest illegal gambling take down in sports history. Jones hasn't played in the NBA since 2009, and hasn't coached in it since 2018. Of course, if he'

Written by Lachlan Sherriff (Daniel Pockett/Getty Images) After a dominant victory against Illawarra on Saturday which saw South East Melbourne cement themselves as true contenders this season, the Phoenix once again returned to John Cain Arena for another night of basketball. Their opponent, the Sydney Kings, were also in good form, coming off their own blowout win against Perth. With both teams playing high off momentum, we were treated to a pretty even first quarter. Natha

Written by Lachlan Sherriff Chris Goulding and Dash Daniels embrace each other during Melbourne's win. (Kelly Defina/Getty Images) Coming off a 95-86 win in Brisbane against the Bullets on Friday night, Melbourne United returned to John Cain Arena to take on the New Zealand Breakers, with hopes they could improve their record to 7-0. The Breakers also had high hopes of winning. They may have been 2-5 coming into the game, but an 82-65 win against Tasmania on Friday night ensu

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Written by Lachlan Sherriff Photo: ESPN Back with a vengeance following their heartbreaking end to the 2024-25 season, Melbourne United...

After a fifteen year NBA career, JaVale McGee has landed in Australia as the new starting center of the Illawarra Hawks. It's arguably...

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Written by Lachlan Sherriff Let's face it. There's not many reasons to watch the Wizards this year. After trading away Bradley Beal,...

The NBA commissioner Adam Silver recently said he considered relegating the two worst teams to the G League, in a concept seen in...