The National Basketball League, the so-called minor league of the CBA, doesn’t get a ton of love in these parts or within China, mostly because it runs during the summer, which is the height of the China National Team season, and because it generally sucks. Add in the fact that media coverage is minimal, games aren’t usually shown on television [...]
Hong Kong (#6) forced the game against Guangzhou FM (#4) into an overtime, but lost by six points 90-96 on Tuesday night. The game took place in . But the guests were better at the end. Walter Sharpe stepped up with a double-double by scoring 27 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. Hong Kong’s coach DeGui Zhang [...]
NBL round 8 most important game was a victory of Changan Group over one of their biggest challengers Hebei 104-91 on Saturday night. It was a key game for the top position in the league. The game was mostly controlled by Changan Group. Hebei managed to win third quarter 22-12. But it was not enough to take a lead and [...]
Round 7 in NBL means a new league leader. The biggest surprise took place in where host Guangzhou FM (4-3) beat league’s leader Hebei (5-2) 105-95 on Tuesday evening. The game was mostly controlled by Guangzhou FM. Hebei managed to win third quarter 33-27. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Guangzhou [...]
PERTH Wildcats guard Kevin Lisch has taken out the Andrew Gaze Trophy as the NBL’s most valuable player. Lisch had an outstanding season, averaging 17.6 points during his 28 games to guide the Wildcats to second spot and a 26th straight playoffs appearance. The American import polled 105 votes in the count to claim the coveted award from Cairns Taipans [...]
Nan-shan HS revenged its bitter loss last year in the HBL finals against Song-shan HS yesterday. This time it routed Nen-jen HS 72-55 in the title game to win its sixth men’s championship in school history. Meanwhile, Taipei First Girls’ HS, one of the best girls’ high schools in the nation academically-wise, shocked everyone with its 75-67 win in overtime [...]
Tonight, expect the “Homicide” Williams who was the champion to the Crocodiles faithful to play with confidence and flair that made him a Townsville icon. Nostalgia has nothing to do with the reigning National Basketball League MVP’s attitude. Rather, it’s revenge for that humbling November defeat. “We got our asses bust and I played like s*** on top of it,” [...]
Just about everyone has a favourite story about an NBL import. At the least they have a favourite import player or an opinion on who has been the best import in the NBL. Lanard Copeland easily fits all categories. Over 532 games, mostly with Melbourne Tigers, Copeland became one of the NBL’s all-time great players and helped with the massive [...]
There is no use denying it, everyone at the Gold Coast Blaze took the loss to Perth Wildcats on New Year’s Eve very hard. The boys sat down and had a bit of a heart to heart after the game and there was some real soul searching going on. I know our coach Joey (Wright) this week went very public in [...]
Adelaide coach Marty Clarke wants the National Basketball League to cut the number of imported players to one per team. The former Australian Institute of Sport mentor believes the competition would be better suited allowing teams to have up to 15 contracted players instead of the extra import. NBL rules allow for teams to have two imports, usually Americans, out [...]
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