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Young Blood
Teenager Corey Webster looks set to become the youngest Tall Black in almost a decade after his selection for the national men’s squad preparing for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Athens next month.
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Saints Look To Avoid Sweep
As if Tuesday night’s game one of the Dominion Finance NBL Finals was not enough of a nightmare, Century City Wellington Saints coach Doug Marty has had to relive it the rest of the week.
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Tall Blacks Tickets On Sale
The New Zealand Tall Blacks host the Australia Boomers in game one of the two-game Ramsay Shield series at the North Shore Events Centre on Thursday, June 26.
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Meteors Crash To Earth
Emerging Tall Blacks guard Zane Meehl and former Tall Blacks forward Miles Pearce could not prevent the Mackay Meteors falling to their fourth loss in five games in the Queensland Australia Basketball League (QABL) last week.
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Breakers Complete Roster
The NZ Breakers roster for the 2008-09 Australian NBL season has been completed with the re-signing of import Rick Rickert and the addition of University of Denver forward Adam Tanner.
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Crowe Flies Away With MVP
A single-game franchise assists record, three triple-doubles, five Player of the Week awards and number one in the Player Power Rankings. Add it all up and it equals Most Valuable Player.
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Pistons Dominate, Go One Up
And now we have a series. The Waikato Pistons took a 1-0 series lead with a dominating 95-78 win over the Century City Wellington Saints in game one of the 2008 Dominion Finance NBL Finals in Te Awamutu on Tuesday night.
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Frank Doubles-Up At Forward
For the second time in three years, Youthtown Auckland Stars main man Casey Frank swept the forward awards in the Dominion Finance NBL. Frank, who joined the Tall Blacks trials camp on Monday after his Stars were eliminated from the NBL Playoffs on Friday night . . .
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Swimming With Sharks
NZ Tall Ferns coach Mike McHugh has seen his worst fears realized after European powerhouses Spain and the Czech Republic landed in his team’s group at the Beijing Olympics.
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Saints Surge Into Finals
Reeling in early March with a 1-2 record, coach Doug Marty admits the playoffs, let alone the 2008 Dominion Finance NBL Finals, seemed some way off.
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Pistons Believe
Asked how his Waikato Pistons can compete with a Century City Wellington Saints squad he just described as having “all the parts”, coach Murray McMahon responds with five words.
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Balancing Act
Now his beloved CPS Nelson Giants are eliminated, NZ Tall Black coach Nenad Vucinic doesn’t really care who wins the 2008 Dominion Finance National Basketball League title … as long as they do it quickly.
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Pistons Power Into Finals
The 2008 Dominion Finance NBL Finals will feature a 1st vs 2nd match-up after the Waikato Pistons win on Friday night. American guard Brian Wethers scored a game-high 26 points and point guard Jason Crowe drained the biggest shot of the game . . .
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Saints Set At Home
The Century City Wellington Saints will get the chance to extend their undefeated record at their TSB Bank Arena home in next week’s Dominion Finance NBL Finals after all. After negotiations between Basketball New Zealand, Sky Television and Saints management . . .
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Saints March Into Finals
The Century City Wellington Saints remained undefeated at home on Thursday night in the Dominion Finance NBL semifinals. But got everything they could handle from the CPS Nelson Gaints.
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Wanted: Harbour CEO
Harbour Basketball, New Zealand’s largest basketball association, is seeking applicants for the role of CEO.
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Baldwin Denied Title
A brutal foul-count and a determined four-time defending champion dynasty at home denied former Tall Blacks coach Tab Baldwin a championship in Romania last week.
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Upcoming Events
Friday, June 20
NBL Finals - Game Two
Wellington Saints vs Waikato Pistons
TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, 7.30pm
CBL - Northern Conference (Round Eight)
JTB/Breakers vs West Ballaz Massey
Breakers Stadium, North Shore, 7.30pm
Saturday, June 21
CBL - Northern Conference (Round Eight)
JTB/Breakers vs Tai Tokerau
Breakers Stadium, North Shore, 2pm
Waikato Pistons Dev. vs AUT University
Waikato Uni Rec Centre, Hamilton, 3pm
Harbour Heat Reserves vs Northside
AUT University, Auckland, 4pm
Waikato Titans vs West Ballaz Massey
Fraser High School, Hamilton, 5pm
Auckland vs Counties/Te Wananga
ASB Stadium, Auckland, 6.30pm
Western Bay Suns vs Eastern Bays
Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Tauranga, 7.30pm
CBL - Central Conference (Round Three)
Turanga Health Rising Suns vs Taranaki Panthers
Gisborne YMCA, Gisborne, 5pm
Sunday, June 22
NBL Finals - Game Three (if necessary)
Wellington Saints vs Waikato Pistons
TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, 7.30pm
CBL - Central Conference (Round Three)
Turanga Health Rising Suns vs Taranaki Panthers
Gisborne YMCA, Gisborne, 10am
CBL - Northern Conference (Round Eight)
JTB/Breakers vs Auckland
Breakers Stadium, North Shore, 12pm
Waikato Pistons Dev. vs Western Bay Suns
Waikato Uni Rec Centre, Hamilton, 12pm
Taupo Volcanoes vs Eastern Bays
Taupo Events Centre, Taupo, 12.30pm
Northside vs Tai Tokerau
Breakers Stadium, North Shore, 2pm
Monday, June 23
Tall Blacks Camp
Breakers Stadium, North Shore
Thursday, June 26
Ramsay Shield Series
New Zealand Tall Blacks vs Australia Boomers
North Shore Events Centre, North Shore, 7.30pm
CBL - Northern Conference (Round Nine)
West Ballaz Massey vs JTB/Breakers
St Dominic's College, Henderson, 7.30pm
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