| ROUND 18: Wednesday 16th January Adelaide v Perth (7.30) Sth Dragons v West Sydney (7.30) Friday 18th January Wollongong v Adelaide (7.30) Gold Coast v Townsville (8.30) Saturday 19th January Melbourne v NZ Breakers (7.30) Sydney v West Sydney (7.30) Brisbane v Adelaide (8.00) Perth v Sth Dragons (9.00) Sunday 20th January Singapore v Cairns (8.00) ROUND 19: Wednesday 23rd January Adelaide v Melbourne (7.30) Sydney v South Dragons (7.30) Thursday 24th January NZ Breakers v West Sydney (5.30) Friday 25th January Wollongong v South Dragons (7.30) Brisbane v Perth (8.00) Townsville v Cairns (9.00) Saturday 26th January Melbourne v Singapore (7.30) Gold Coast v Perth (8.30) Cairns v Adelaide (8.30) All times shown are Sydney time. |
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| ROUND 17 RESULTS Sydney Kings 106 d Wollongong Hawks 99 Cairns Taipans 93 d Perth Wildcats 89 New Zealand Breakers 126 d Gold Coast Blaze 93 Perth Wildcats 103 d Gold Coast Blaze 88 Brisbane Bullets 101 d Cairns Taipans 79 Melbourne Tigers 111 d West Sydney Razorbacks 108 Adelaide 36ers 115 d Sydney Kings 93 Townsville Crocodiles 108 d New Zealand Breakers 88 Singapore Slingers 113 d Wollongong Hawks 102 |
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| There's a lot of travel in a short period of time in the NBL, and that was a reality felt by Gold Coast Blaze in round 17. On Thursday night they travelled to Auckland, and tasted a heavy 126-93 defeat, thanks in part to a fine 32-point haul to Kirk Penney. Just 2 days later, the Blaze had travelled a long haul flight west across 4 time zones to again go down 103-88 to Perth Wildcats; a double defeat that was to cost the Gold Coast side a top-4 spot. Even the best sides have form lapses, and this round was to provide one for the Kings. On Wednesday night it all looked to be going to plan when they got off to a flying start against the struggling Wollongong, but the Hawks kept coming back and cut the margin to just a solitary point with 2 minutes left on the clock before the Kings steadied. Then on Saturday night, it was Adelaide 36ers who provided the upset. Inspired by hauls of 35 from Adam Ballinger and 31 from Brad Davidson, the 36ers gave the ladder leaders their third loss of the season while keeping their own finals hopes alive. Cairns Taipans several times looked to be running away with their home game against Perth Wildcats, but the WA side would never give up and in the end the Taipans were only just able to hang on for a slender 4-point win. Melbourne Tigers were expected to have little trouble against the West Sydney Razorbacks, but the Pigs put up far more fight than anyone could have anticipated; and in the end only 3 points separated the sides. In other results, Townsville were 20 points too good for New Zealand Breakers; while Singapore climbed off the bottom of the ladder after a 113-102 win over Wollongong. |
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