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Late error end Daniels' season
Dyson Daniels makes a late foul as the Atlanta Hawks' season comes to an end.
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Analysis
NBA
LeBron, Steph, SGA, Luka, Jaylen and Jalen: All you need to know about the NBA play-offs
The road to the NBA Finals starts early on Sunday (AEST). Sixteen teams are high on hope. Two will get the chance to play for the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
- by Paul Zalunardo
Aussie WNBA draftee Amoore had a huge celebrity congratulate her
The latest Aussie WNBA draftee speaks to The Today Show the morning after the draft.
‘A bit of dog in me’: How a 168cm baller from Ballarat made it big in America
Georgia Amoore grew up in Ballarat playing football, cricket, netball and taekwondo before choosing basketball, and has now become Australia’s highest WNBA draft pick since Liz Cambage 14 years ago.
- by John Salvado
It’s 6am in Melbourne, the phone rings, 30 minutes later Josh Giddey joins the Chicago Bulls
The Australian superstar could have been traded anywhere within the NBA, but in an exclusive chat he reveals he’s exactly where he needs to be.
- by Roy Ward
Giddey opens up on footy roots
Aussie NBA star Josh Giddey grew up playing footy, cricket and basketball and had to make a choice in his teens.
Billionaires’ brawl for control of Australian basketball escalates
Newly filed court documents have detailed an escalating dispute between American billionaire Jared Novelly and the Larry Kestelman-owned Australian league.
- by Chris Barrett
Former ruckman nabs biggest title in US college basketball with desperate final act
The biggest game in US college basketball was in the balance. The ball spilled loose. Millions were watching on TV. In the stands, 66,000 fans held their breath. Up stepped Alex Condon, Australia’s 211cm NBA hopeful.
- by Scott Spits
Investigation
NBL
Off-court battle: Inside the civil war dividing Australian basketball
A decade after rescuing the NBL, Larry Kestelman is facing off against team owners in a fight led by an American billionaire and Donald Trump appointee.
- by Chris Barrett
Josh Giddey’s half-court buzzer-beater silences LeBron James and sets the stage for a $235m payday
The Boomers point guard’s 12.6 seconds of magic has happened at the perfect time.
- by Paul Zalunardo
NBL legend Bryce Cotton to leave Perth Wildcats
The five-time league MVP knocked back a contract offer from Perth that reportedly would have made him the highest-paid player in NBL history.
- by Joanna Guelas
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