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Saints give the Jets an Absolute Bombing 06 Mar 2010 - Saints give the Jets an Absolute Bombing In Palmerston North Saints thrashed the Jets thanks to 29 & 28 points from Nick Horvarth and Leon Henry respectively.
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NBL tips-off amid tumultuous backdrop 04 Mar 2010 - NBL tips-off amid tumultuous backdrop New Zealand's National Basketball League tips off tonight amid the usual tumultuous backdrop.
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Former Saints Coach McLeod Prepares For Finals 04 Mar 2010 - Former Saints Coach McLeod Prepares For Finals The 2010 National Basketball League Grand Final series tips-off tonight when the Perth Wildcats host the Wollongong ahm Hawks at Challenge Stadium in Perth at 7:00PM local time.
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Saints signing to miss Jets showdown 03 Mar 2010 - Saints signing to miss Jets showdown By SAM WORTHINGTON - The Dominion Post It is turning into a classic good news-bad news week for Wellington Saints chief executive Nick Mills.
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Saints Sign First Import 28 Feb 2010 - Saints Sign First Import Saints have secured first import, Combo Guard Darryl Hudson who hails from Detroit, Michigan
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Saints and Mountainairs go 1-1 20 Feb 2010 - Saints and Mountainairs go 1-1 Saints off to good start with 30 point romp over the Taranaki Mountainairs but couldn't back it up with a 107-98 loss on Saturday
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2008 Olympians named in Team USA squad 12 Feb 2010 - 2008 Olympians named in Team USA squad NBA All-Stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James were among nine members of the gold-medal winning 2008 US Olympic team named to the 2010-12 US men's national team programme.
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Cougars to host pre-season games 05 Feb 2010 - Cougars to host pre-season games The Christchurch Cougars will host a pre-season National Basketball League tournament featuring the four South Island teams this month after the cancellation of the annual Blitz event in Wellington.
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Giants coach looks to the future 04 Feb 2010 - Giants coach looks to the future Nelson Giants coach Chris Tupu had one eye on the present and the other on the future when he named his squad yesterday for the National Basketball League season.
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Bruton: Wollongong our only focus 04 Feb 2010 - Bruton: Wollongong our only focus As the New Zealand Breakers continue a desperate late bid to make the Australian National Basketball League playoffs, point guard CJ Bruton is keeping his eye on the short-term.
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Cameron wants time deciding Saints roster 18 Jan 2010 - Cameron wants time deciding Saints roster New Wellington Saints coach Pero Cameron says he is confident of assembling a quality squad after his first talent-spotting visit to the capital at the weekend.
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Former Saint Streak To Five 29 Oct 2009 - Former Saint Streak To Five A fourth-quarter surge by the Wollongong Hawks has seen them slip past the Cairns Taipans 77-67 at the WIN Entertainment Centre on Wednesday. Wollongong staggered through three lacklustre quarters, but still managed to cling to the lead at each break, before pulling away 22-17 in the final ten minutes.
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Henare Back To The Bay 28 Oct 2009 - Henare Back To The Bay One of Hawke’s Bay’s favourite sons, Paul Henare, is coming home. Co-captain of the 0800 easy LPG Hawks’ national basketball league winning side of 2006, the vastly experienced former Tall Black and current New Zealand Breakers point guard has signed a one-season deal with the Hawks for next year.
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ANBL - MM 27 Oct 2009 - ANBL - MM's Picks Round Six “Don’t ever underestimate the heart of a champion”. So said Houston Rockets’ head coach Rudy Tomjanovich after his team had won its second NBA title in 1995.
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ANBL - Wortho Wins POW 27 Oct 2009 - ANBL - Wortho Wins POW Melbourne Tigers’ forward Mark Worthington has been named the National Basketball League’s Player of the Week for Round Five. Worthington narrowly missed out on winning the weekly honour last round, but took out the award this week after averaging 24.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks for the week.
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Target Tall Blacks Southland Told 21 Oct 2009 - Target Tall Blacks Southland Told Nelson Giants head coach Chris Tupu believes Southland must secure two marquee Tall Blacks signings if they are to be a force in next year's national basketball league. Southland were awarded a three-year licence last week by the national league board and will play in New Zealand's premier basketball competition for the first time next season if they can come up with the necessary funding.
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ANBL - MM 20 Oct 2009 - ANBL - MM's Picks Round 5 MM's Picks - Round Five. Matt McQuade takes a look at all Round Five games and predicts a tough week for the Melbourne Tigers.
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Hawks Down Breakers 17 Oct 2009 - Hawks Down Breakers The Wollongong Hawks are riding high at the top of the table following a stunning 76-65 comeback win over New Zealand Breakers at the WIN Entertainment Centre on Saturday. The Breakers looked poised for victory after they dissolved a 12-point first-quarter deficit and used a swarming third-quarter press to break the Hawks down physically.
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BBNZ 17 Oct 2009 - BBNZ's New Chief Fired Up Tim Hamilton is searching for lay-ups rather than slam-dunks as he settles into life as New Zealand's basketball boss. The former North Harbour netball and Northland rugby head honcho has just got his feet under the desk after his first week as Basketball New Zealand's new chief executive.
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Kiwi Team On Hold 16 Oct 2009 - Kiwi Team On Hold Basketball New Zealand will not field a franchise in the 2010/11 Australian WNBL, but has not given up on the concept that foundered when the Christchurch Sirens withdrew from the league last year.
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Saints Licence Extended 15 Oct 2009 - Saints Licence Extended The board of the National Basketball League has announced that 11 teams will contest the 2010 competition - Auckland Stars, Bay Hawks, Christchurch Cougars, Harbour Heat, Manawatu Jets, Nelson Giants, Otago Nuggets, Southland, Taranaki Dynamos, Waikato Pistons and Wellington Saints.
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ANBL Injury Report - Round 4 15 Oct 2009 - ANBL Injury Report - Round 4 Below is an update of the injury status of all National Basketball League (NBL) Championship teams as reported by each club as at 13 October.
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ANBL - MM 14 Oct 2009 - ANBL - MM's Picks Round 4 How long will it be until Melbourne pulls the trigger and gets themselves an import this season? That has to be the question being asked by the Tiger faithful after they watched their beloved team crash and burn over last weekend with a pair of dispiriting losses.
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ANBL - Homicide Kills em in Round 3 14 Oct 2009 - ANBL - Homicide Kills em in Round 3 The Townsville Crocodiles’ enigmatic import Corey ‘Homicide’ Williams has taken out the National Basketball League Player of the Week award for Round 3. For the week Williams averaged 25.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.0 assists as he helped his team to a 1-1 record on the road.
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Marino Sparks Lightening 13 Oct 2009 - Marino Sparks Lightening Tall Fern point guard Angela Marino continued her bright start to the Australian WNBL season by guiding her Adelaide Lightning to a 76-62 home win over Bendigo Spirit over the weekend.
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Breakers Believe in Abercrombie 13 Oct 2009 - Breakers Believe in Abercrombie The Breakers believe young athletic phenomenon Tom Abercrombie is on the verge of making a major impact in the Australian NBL after his most promising performance of the season in Thursday's slump-busting win over the Melbourne Tigers.
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Breakers Commited To Import Awvee 12 Oct 2009 - Breakers Commited To Import Awvee It was one of the notable features of the New Zealand's club's slump-busting 79-74 victory over the Melbourne Tigers at the NSEC on Thursday night - when push came to shove and the Breakers needed to haul in a 14-point deficit the former NBA player was riding the pine...
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Breakers Rally Without Penney 09 Oct 2009 - Breakers Rally Without Penney A stunning final quarter handed the New Zealand Breakers a 79-74 win over the Melbourne Tigers in their NBL clash at a packed North Shore Events Centre on Thursday night. The Breakers, who lost to the Tigers two games ago, trailed last year's champions for much of the game before hitting their straps in the second half.
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Melbourne @ New Zealand Preview 08 Oct 2009 - Melbourne @ New Zealand Preview After starting the season with an ominous win over Cairns, New Zealand has fallen into a mini rut with consecutive losses to Melbourne and Adelaide. The Breakers' deadly three-point radar, which saw them make an amazing 18 of 31 shots from beyond the arc in Round 1, has been terribly off the mark since.
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ANBL - Melzer Wins Round Two Award 07 Oct 2009 - ANBL - Melzer Wins Round Two Award Cairns Taipans star import Rich Melzer has taken out the National Basketball League’s Player of the Week honours for Round Two after helping his team to an impressive home win over Perth. Melzer had 23 points and seven rebounds in the Taipans’ 89-71 demolition of the Perth Wildcats at the Cairns Convention Centre on Saturday night.
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ANBL - MM 07 Oct 2009 - ANBL - MM's Picks Round 3 Matt McQuade looks at each of the Round Three NBL match-ups and gives his predictions in his exclusive MM's Picks column
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Ferns To The Fore 06 Oct 2009 - Ferns To The Fore Tall Ferns forward Natalie Purcell and point guard Angela Marino played leading hands as their teams tipped off the Australian WNBL season with victories. Purcell scored 13 points (5/11 FG, 1/4 3pt, 2/2 FT) , adding eight rebounds, three steals, three assists and a block in 23 minutes as Logan Thunder overwhelmed the Australian Institute of Sport 79-42 at home.
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ANBL Team Grades - Townsville 04 Oct 2009 - ANBL Team Grades - Townsville The Crocs provided one of the truly memorable moments of the 2009 NBL Finals series when they upset the higher-seeded Perth Wildcats on the road in the Quarters. Few hoops fans will soon forget the unfettered joy shown by Crocs’ import Corey ‘Homicide’ Williams at the end of that game as he excitedly crowed “ Croc Nation, baby” to the Fox cameras.
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Head And Shoulders 03 Oct 2009 - Head And Shoulders Westlake BHS centre Rob Loe capped a year to remember with a display that finally showed him to be a man playing among boys at the Furnware NZ “AA” Secondary Schools Championships at Palmerston North.
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Sixers Too Good For Breakers 03 Oct 2009 - Sixers Too Good For Breakers The Adelaide 36ers have recorded their first win of the 2009-10 NBL season by defeating the New Zealand Breakers 80-76 at the Distinctive Homes Dome on Saturday. The Sixers made a slow start to the contest but led at every change and were deserved winners against a Breakers line-up which refused to surrender.
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End Of The Line 02 Oct 2009 - End Of The Line Merely winning games is probably the least of Church College’s worries at this week’s Furnware NZ “AA” Secondary Schools Championships in Palmerston North. The pressure is not so much to continue the institution’s fine tradtion, but to give it an appropriate send-off in its final appearance at the event.
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Great Expectations 01 Oct 2009 - Great Expectations Probably no player has carried a bigger target on his back this week than Westlake BHS centre Rob Loe. But if expectations on him have been high so far, they are about to raise even higher as he leads his team – unbeaten through pool play – into the business end of the Furnware NZ “AA” Secondary Schools Championships in Palmerston North.
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Tigers Upset Breakers 01 Oct 2009 - Tigers Upset Breakers A superb performance by co-captain Mark Worthington has helped the Melbourne Tigers begin their season in style with an 86-81 victory over the New Zealand Breakers at the State Netball Hockey Centre on Wednesday night.
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MM 30 Sep 2009 - MM's Picks - ANBL Round 2 Last season, Melbourne got by New Zealand fairly comfortably to set up their fourth straight appearance in the league championship decider, but there’s a feeling the Breakers are trending upwards while the Tigers, as great as they have been, may be falling back to the pack.
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Bruton ANBL POW Week One 30 Sep 2009 - Bruton ANBL POW Week One Opening the Breakers' quest to become the first Kiwi team ever to capture a championship in a major Australian professional league, Bruton was instrumental in guiding New Zealand to their season-opening 95-75 win over the Cairns Taipans at the North Shore Events Centre in Auckland on Thursday.
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Jones - Breakers the Benchmark 29 Sep 2009 - Jones - Breakers the Benchmark The Breakers have been widely touted as title favourites heading into the new hoops season which got under way at the North Shore Events Centre on Thursday night when Jones and his Cairns Taipans were walloped 95-75.
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St Pats Quest For Three 28 Sep 2009 - St Pats Quest For Three After losing the bulk of their 2008 roster, St Patrick’s College may just have dropped off everyone’s radar in their bid for three straight boys’ titles at the Furnware NZ “AA” Secondary Schools Championships in Palmerston North.
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McLeod Hawks Get First Up Win 28 Sep 2009 - McLeod Hawks Get First Up Win An electrifying debut performance by Wollongong import Tywain McKee has lifted the Hawks to 94-92 victory over the Perth Wildcats at the WIN Entertainment Centre on Friday.
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ANBL Team Grades - The Breakers 24 Sep 2009 - ANBL Team Grades - The Breakers Don’t tell the NRL or A-League this, but a New Zealand team just might win a predominantly Australian professional competition this season. That team is the New Zealand Breakers, who will enter the regular season tip-off on Thursday this week as the favourites to take the NBL title.
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NZ Secondary School Chamiponships 23 Sep 2009 - NZ Secondary School Chamiponships Church College girls get off to an early start in their final title defence at next week’s Furnware NZ “AA” Secondary Schools Championships in Palmerston North.
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Coach Turns Fortunes Around 22 Sep 2009 - Coach Turns Fortunes Around Strewn across a bench in Richard Dickel’s office at Stadium Southland is an assortment of trophies and championship medals. They symbolise commitment, fortitude and reward, but also the dramatic progress that Southland basketball has made since Dickel came on board three years ago as the association’s development and operations manager.
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ANBL Team Grades - Melbourne Tigers 21 Sep 2009 - ANBL Team Grades - Melbourne Tigers When last season you came within a single game of winning the whole damn thing over a team that dominated the competition, you then signed one of the eventual Champion’s best players as a free agent AND that other team is no longer in the league, you should be odds-on favourite to take out the title this year, right?
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NBA Referee Lockout 21 Sep 2009 - NBA Referee Lockout The lead negotiator and spokesman for the NBA's referees union said a lockout appears "imminent and unavoidable" following the latest breakdown in talks today.
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ANBL Team Grades - Gold Coast Blaze 15 Sep 2009 - ANBL Team Grades - Gold Coast Blaze There is not a person involved with the Blaze organisation who wouldn’t agree that last season’s wooden spoon effort was a major disappointment. After all, Gold Coast stormed to the playoffs in their first campaign and looked, on paper at least, to have a stronger side in their sophomore season.
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McLeod Leads Hawks To Top End Challenge Title 07 Sep 2009 - McLeod Leads Hawks To Top End Challenge Title The Wollongong Hawks have stunned the National Basketball League by taking out the Top End Challenge pre-season tournament in Darwin with a tough 94-88 win over the more fancied New Zealand Breakers.
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Hamilton lands Top Job 03 Sep 2009 - Hamilton lands Top Job Basketball New Zealand has named Tim Hamilton as its new chief executive officer. Hamilton has resigned his current positions as North Harbour Netball CEO and Netball North regional manager, and will take office at BBNZ's Wellington headquarters next month.
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Ferns Stand Tall In Defeat 03 Sep 2009 - Ferns Stand Tall In Defeat World champions Australia have kept their title defence on course by dispatching the NZ Tall Ferns 97-57 in Canberra to retain the FIBA Oceania Championship for Women and capture the zone’s sole qualifying spot at next year’s global tournament.
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Opals Take Game One 01 Sep 2009 - Opals Take Game One The Opals showed again why Australia is one of the best women’s basketball nations in the world as they swept by the New Zealand Tall Ferns 98-48 in game one of the FIBA Oceania Championship for Women on Monday night.
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Tall Blacks Take It All 28 Aug 2009 - Tall Blacks Take It All The 2009 FIBA Oceania Championship. The Al Ramsay Shield. The region’s top seeding for next year’s FIBA World Championship. And a record win . . . it all belongs to the New Zealand Tall Blacks.
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Tall Blacks Get J-Ingle 24 Aug 2009 - Tall Blacks Get J-Ingle'd New Zealand’s Tall Blacks gave the Australian Boomers everything they could handle before succumbing to a Joe Ingles fourth-quarter shooting barrage in game one of the FIBA Oceania Championship on Sunday night.
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Tall Blacks Face Tough Test Series 20 Aug 2009 - Tall Blacks Face Tough Test Series Expectations have gradually levelled off since New Zealand's stunning fourth placing at the 2002 world championships and the unavailability of senior big men Pero Cameron and Craig Bradshaw for the two-test series has compounded coach Nenad Vucinic's difficulties.
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McLeod Close To Finishing Puzzle 20 Aug 2009 - McLeod Close To Finishing Puzzle Wollongong head coach Gordie McLeod has told the NT News he is just days away from fitting the last piece into the Hawks' puzzle for 2009. McLeod told NT News journalist Peter Tiffen that the Hawks are close to signing a US-import point guard - the last place on their roster to be filled.
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Tall Ferns Tickets on Sale 19 Aug 2009 - Tall Ferns Tickets on Sale Tickets for game one of the FIBA Oceania Championship for Women between the New Zealand Tall Ferns and Beijing Olympics silver medalist Australian Opals in Porirua are now available through Ticket Direct.
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Anthony Joins Tall Blacks 18 Aug 2009 - Anthony Joins Tall Blacks The inclusion of Harbour Heat forward BJ Anthony is the only change to the New Zealand Tall Blacks team ahead of next week’s FIBA Oceania Championship against the Australia Boomers. Anthony, the son of former National Basketball League legend Benny Anthony, will become the fifth rookie to pull on a Tall Blacks uniform in 2009.
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Ruscoe Heads To Mid West 17 Aug 2009 - Ruscoe Heads To Mid West Brook Ruscoe was a Junior Tall Black, now he is a Greyhound. Ruscoe, one of New Zealand’s standout performers at July’s FIBA U19 World Championship in Auckland, leaves Tuesday for the USA and a basketball scholarship with Moberly Area Community College.
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Trans-Tasman Rivalry Has Penney Pumped 17 Aug 2009 - Trans-Tasman Rivalry Has Penney Pumped Don't try and tell Kirk Penney that it's a "dead series" looming against Australia's Boomers. There's no such thing when it comes to the Tall Blacks taking on the old enemy across the ditch. Penney and his New Zealand men's side will meet Australia in two trans-Tasman tests, next Sunday in Sydney and then the following Tuesday back in Wellington.
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Olympians Back For Tall Ferns 13 Aug 2009 - Olympians Back For Tall Ferns Suzie Bates, Jillian Harmon, Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe, Angela Marino, Natalie Purcell and Lisa Wallbutton have been included in first-year coach Shawn Dennis’ squad of 16 to prepare for the FIBA Oceania Championship for Women later this month.
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NZ Basketball Future Bright 04 Aug 2009 - NZ Basketball Future Bright The once mighty Tall Blacks have been consistently slam dunked by international also-rans during their eight-game European tour but former New Zealand players Stan Hill and Paul Henare insist the future is bright for rebuilding the side.
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Tall Blacks Drop Finale 03 Aug 2009 - Tall Blacks Drop Finale This time there was no late surge for the New Zealand Tall Blacks. Unable to repeat their fourth-quarter comeback against Belgium two days earlier, the Tall Blacks fell 102-91 to Finland in their European Tour finale in Vantaa on Monday.
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Tall Blacks Stun Belgium 31 Jul 2009 - Tall Blacks Stun Belgium The New Zealand Tall Blacks have stunned Belgium with a fourth quarter comeback to win 83-81 at Lotto Arena in Antwerp on Friday.
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Tall Blacks Sunk In Belgium 30 Jul 2009 - Tall Blacks Sunk In Belgium The New Zealand Tall Blacks have sunk to a 98-76 loss to Belgium in the sixth game of their European Tour in Oostende on Thursday.
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Tall Blacks Denied By Italy 27 Jul 2009 - Tall Blacks Denied By Italy A poor first quarter doomed the New Zealand Tall Blacks to an 88-70 loss to hosts Italy in their second game at the Trentino Cup in Trento on Monday morning.
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Tall Blacks Go Down Swinging 24 Jul 2009 - Tall Blacks Go Down Swinging Leading for the majority of the game did not translate into a win for the New Zealand Tall Blacks in the second game of their European Tour on Friday morning. Captain Kirk Penney top-scored with 17 points as the Tall Blacks fell to Estonia for the second straight night, 57-54, at Rakvere Spordihall.
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Tall Blacks Drop Opener 23 Jul 2009 - Tall Blacks Drop Opener The New Zealand Tall Blacks have dropped the opening game of their eight-game European Tour to Estonia, 58-49, in Tallinn on Thursday morning. Shooting guard Kirk Penney scored a game-high 23 points but could not prevent a fourth-quarter offensive drought that saw the Tall Blacks drop their tour opener at Saku Arena.
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Tall Blacks Tour Blog: Day 1-2 22 Jul 2009 - Tall Blacks Tour Blog: Day 1-2 Airports are a minefield for team managers. Upon arriving at the departure check-in, confronted by a mass of similarly confused travellers, you are expected to know exactly which queue will take you through the process quickest.
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McLeod Gets Down To Work With Hawks 21 Jul 2009 - McLeod Gets Down To Work With Hawks The Wollongong Hawks have signed local product Daniel Jackson for the 2009/10 NBL Season. This will be Jackson’s third season in the league and he will look to continue to improve under the guidance of new Head Coach Gordie McLeod.
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Saints Henry and Tait in Tall Blacks 17 Jul 2009 - Saints Henry and Tait in Tall Blacks Saints player Leon Henry will make his debut for the Tall Blacks for the upcoming European Tour.
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First Camp An Eye Opener 16 Jul 2009 - First Camp An Eye Opener The New Zealand Tall Blacks camp has been a real eye opener for the squad’s only true rookie, Brook Ruscoe. Just over 24 hours into the team’s preparation camp at the Millennium Institute, the 18-year-old Junior Tall Black from Porirua was already feeling the effects of the step-up from junior to senior hoops.
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USA Coach Savours Win in NZ 15 Jul 2009 - USA Coach Savours Win in NZ For newly crowned world champion basketball coach Jamie Dixon it simply couldn't get any better. He'd masterminded a long-overdue gold medal for the USA at the Fiba world under-19 men's basketball championships in Auckland - and he'd done it in the country that had set him down the pathway to his position now as one of the preeminent coaches in American hoops.
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JTB 03 Jul 2009 - JTB's in Gritty, Gutsy Loss Part elation, part frustration, the Junior Tall Blacks were left to rue the one that got away last night as they came within a whisker of a seismic upset to open the Fiba world under-19 basketball championships in Auckland.
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Kiwis Clean Up Awards 24 Jun 2009 - Kiwis Clean Up Awards 2009 will not be a year Tall Blacks guard Phil Jones will forget after being named the NZCT National Basketball League Most Valuable Player for the first time in his career. Jones has also won the John Macdonald Trophy for Most Valuable Kiwi Guard which is the 6th time he has won the award winning it last season. Jones finished the regular season fourth in scoring at 23.1 points per game and led the league in three point field goal percentage being the only player in the league to shoot 50% from the outside.
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Saints Boss Planning Ahead 23 Jun 2009 - Saints Boss Planning Ahead Saints boss Nick Mills still hurts from his semifinal heartbreak but is gradually casting his eye towards starting afresh next season. Mills was adamant last Thursday's controversial finish, in which the legitimacy of Nelson centre Tony Rampton's winning buzzer-beater was protested against by the Saints, was handled correctly.
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Pistons Draw First Blood 23 Jun 2009 - Pistons Draw First Blood Waikato flexed their considerable muscle to steal an early march on Nelson in the National Basketball League finals series tonight. The reigning champions went 1-0 up in the best-of-three series with a 81-69 success in Nelson, a resounding result which owed a great deal to their physically uncompromising and pragmatic approach.
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Mills Leads ETB 22 Jun 2009 - Mills Leads ETB's To Big Win The New Zealand Emerging Tall Blacks had seven players score in double-figures as they overwhelmed the hosts, Northern Mariana Islands, 93-56, on the opening day of the FIBA Oceania Tournament in Saipan on Sunday.
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Double Basketball Role Not A Problem 20 Jun 2009 - Double Basketball Role Not A Problem National Basketball League manager Shaun Gill has defended the cost-saving arrangement which sees the national competition run by the Saints club. Gill was was constantly "changing hats" in Nelson on Thursday following the Saints' controversial 83-82 NBL semifinal loss to the Giants.
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Giants Joy, Saints Heartbreak 18 Jun 2009 - Giants Joy, Saints Heartbreak The ecogise Nelson Giants have defeated the Century City Saints 83-82 in a thrilling NZCT National Basketball League semi final at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson tonight that came down to a last second and a bit play by Tony Rampton.
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Cougars In An O/T Thriller 17 Jun 2009 - Cougars In An O/T Thriller New kids on the block the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars have won through to a semi final date with the defending champions, Waikato Pistons, after beating Appliance Shed Harbour Heat 106-98 in thrilling overtime NZCT National Basketball League Quarterfinal in Christchurch tonight.
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Saints v Giants Semi Preview 17 Jun 2009 - Saints v Giants Semi Preview Thursday’s game will be a rematch of last year’s semi final when the ecogise Nelson Giants host the Century City Saints. In 2008 the Saints won the semi 86-75 but they will not have home court advantage, having to travel to the tough Trafalgar Centre.
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Saints Hit Back To Down Hawks 16 Jun 2009 - Saints Hit Back To Down Hawks New dad Brendon Polyblank iced it but crook-as-a-dog team-mate Leon Henry won it as the Century City Saints came back from the brink to keep their season alive against 0800 Easy LPG Hawks last night. It was another comeback win, 80-75 after being nine points down in the NZCT National Basketball League quarterfinal at TSB Bank Arena.
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Saints Need A Complete Performance 15 Jun 2009 - Saints Need A Complete Performance The flu-ridden, hot-and-cold Wellington Saints have proved all season they can shine when they put their mind to it. The challenge now is to produce four quarters of consistent basketball in tonight's National Basketball League quarterfinal against Hawke's Bay.
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Mike Efevberha POW Again 15 Jun 2009 - Mike Efevberha POW Again Round Fourteen Mike Efevberha (Century City Saints) 32 Points (12/19 FG, 5/10 3pt), 7 rebounds, 5 steals, 5 blocks in the 84-80 win over the Appliance Shed Harbour Heat Saints import Mike Efevberha has won his fourth POW in the come from behind victory against the Harbour Heat.
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Efevberha Stars in Saints Victory 14 Jun 2009 - Efevberha Stars in Saints Victory A third-quarter rocket from star import Mike Efevberha awoke a sleepy Saints on Saturday night and ensured Wellington enter the National Basketball League finals with momentum on their side. The Saints overcame a 17-point deficit to overhaul a tiring Harbour 84-80 at the TSB Bank Arena, riding Efevberha's 31 points and competitive juices.
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Saints & Jets Fly High 13 Jun 2009 - Saints & Jets Fly High The Century City Saints have beaten the Appliance Shed Harbour Heat 84-80 in Wellington while the McDonalds Manawatu Jets have beaten the Devon Dynamos Taranaki 110-90 in Palmerston North. The Dynamos loss leaves them without a win in the 2009 NZCT National Basketball League, the first time any teams has been through a season without a win since the Northland Suns went 0-20 in 1998.
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5pm Tipoff and the Heat is On to Secure Third 12 Jun 2009 - 5pm Tipoff and the Heat is On to Secure Third Century City Saints look to secure third place when they host the Appliance Shed Harbour Heat 5pm Saturday.
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Heat, Stars & Hawks Win 12 Jun 2009 - Heat, Stars & Hawks Win In NZCT National Basketball League action tonight the ecogise Nelson Giants have been beaten 75-76 by the Appliance Shed Harbour Heat in Nelson, the 0800 Easy LPG Hawks made light work of the Devon Dynamos Taranaki in Napier winning 92-64 and in Christchurch the Bartercard Cougars have been beaten by the Youthtown Auckland Stars 91-101.
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NZCT NBL Live on SKY SPORT 3 11 Jun 2009 - NZCT NBL Live on SKY SPORT 3 The NZCT National Basketball League play-offs begin on Tuesday 16th June and sport fans around the country will have the opportunity to catch all the action live on Sky TV. The Sky Sport 3 channel will show all of the play-off games with live coverage starting at 7pm.
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Emphatic Pistons Number One 11 Jun 2009 - Emphatic Pistons Number One Defending NZCT National Basketball League champions the Waikato Pistons grabbed the regular season honours and top seeding for the play-offs after an emphatic 108-70 victory over the Youthtown Auckland Stars at the Te Awamutu Events Centre tonight.
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NZCT NBL Round 14 Preview 10 Jun 2009 - NZCT NBL Round 14 Preview The final round of the regular season will begin on Thursday when the Waikato Pistons look to clinch the top spot when they host the Youthtown Auckland Stars.
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Second POW for Abercrombie 09 Jun 2009 - Second POW for Abercrombie Player of the Week Round Thirteen Thomas Abercrombie 19 points (6/11 FG, 2/3 3pt), 8 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals in the 75-69 win over the Appliance Shed Harbour Heat & 17 points (5/10 FG, 4/5 3pt), 10 rebounds 5 assists and 5 blocks in the 76-63 win over the Century City Saints
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Pistons Pound Saints 06 Jun 2009 - Pistons Pound Saints In Round 13 NZCT National Basketball League ecogise Nelson Giants have beaten the McDonald Manawatu Jets 94-72 in Palmerston North, the 0800 Easy LPG Hawks have downed the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars 86-81 in Christchurch and the Waikato Pistons beat the Century City Saints 76-63 in Hamilton.
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Saints Leave It Late 05 Jun 2009 - Saints Leave It Late In Friday night Round 13 NZCT National Basketball League action the Century City Saints have beaten the 0800 Easy LPG Hawks 85-84 at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua while in Taranaki the Youthtown Auckland Stars have beaten hosts the Devon Dynamos Taranaki 94-84 at the TSB Arena.
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Pistons Turn Down Heat 04 Jun 2009 - Pistons Turn Down Heat The Appliance Shed Harbour Heat have been beaten 75-69 by the Waikato Pistons in tonight’s NZ Community Trust Basketball League game but showed they might just be up for the play off war. The Heat lost their final regular season home fixture 69 – 75 in a game that was high on defensive intensity as both teams prepare for the play offs. For the Heat the loss means they will be on the road in the first round of the post season, almost certainly away to the 4th ranked team on Wednesday June 17.
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NZ Community Trust NBL Round 13 Preview 02 Jun 2009 - NZ Community Trust NBL Round 13 Preview Round 13 should give a clearer indication of which teams will host the semi finals when the Pistons and Saints play double headers. Waikato Pistons travel to the Furnace on Thursday night to play the red hot Appliance Shed Harbour Heat who currently have the best winning streak in the league winning four in a row. The last time the two teams met was back in Round Six when the Pistons thrashed the Heat 97-79.
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Three POW 01 Jun 2009 - Three POW's For Mike Efevberha Player of the Week Round Twelve Mike Efevberha 39 Points (12-21 FG, 3/6 3pt), 8 Rebounds, 3 Steals in the 100-86 win over the Waikato Pistons. Efevberha stepped up to the plate scoring a game high 39 points to beat the Defending Champs the Pistons 100-86.
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Stars, Jets & Dynamos Eliminated 30 May 2009 - Stars, Jets & Dynamos Eliminated Round 12 of the NZCT National Basketball League wrapped up with three games this evening. Appliance Shed Harbour Heat beat the 0800 Easy LPG Hawks 83-73 at the NSEC on Auckland North Shore, Waikato Pistons beat the ecogise Nelson Giants 76-73 at the Trafalgar Centre and the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars dismissed the McDonalds Manawatu Jets 84-58 at Cowles Stadium.
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Saints Spank Pistons 29 May 2009 - Saints Spank Pistons The Century City Saints have beaten the Waikato Pitons 100-86 at the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington tonight in front of a crowd of over 3000. The win could prove vital in the run into the play-offs as the Saints, Giants, Pistons and Cougars jockey for first and second spot and the right to host a semi final.
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Hawks Hang On 28 May 2009 - Hawks Hang On At the ASB Stadium in Auckland the 0800 Easy LPG Hawks have beaten the Youthtown Auckland Stars 84-80. The Hawks win puts them in pole position for the 6th play-off spot while the Stars are eliminated from making the 2009 NZCT National Basketball League play-offs.
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Behrendorff Claims Round 11 POW Award 26 May 2009 - Behrendorff Claims Round 11 POW Award Player of the Week Round Eleven Tim Behrendorff (Christchurch Cougars) 27 points (11-18 FG), 8 rebounds, 3 steals in the 83-74 win over the 0800 Easy LPG Bay Hawks
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Saints Blow Winning Chance 25 May 2009 - Saints Blow Winning Chance Wellington Saints go back to the drawing board this week after badly losing their composure in a 79-70 loss to the league-leading Giants in Nelson. Riding 19 points from point guard Lindsay Tait, the third-placed Saints led by as much as 14 in the first half on Saturday night, then opened up an eight-point gap early in the final quarter.
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Nelson Giants Over Saints 24 May 2009 - Nelson Giants Over Saints The ecogise Nelson Giants have beaten the Century City Saints 79-70 at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson tonight. The Giants win extends their unbeaten streak to seven and takes them to top of the NZCT National Basketball League table at the conclusion of round 9.
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Pistons Power While Cougars Claw Hawks 23 May 2009 - Pistons Power While Cougars Claw Hawks The Waikato Pistons have emphatically dispatched the Taranaki Dynamos 94-60 at TSB Stadium in New Plymouth while the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars beat the 0800 Easy LPG Hawks 83-74 at the Pettigrew Green Arena in NZCT National Basketball League action tonight.
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Cougars Pair On Familiar Ground 22 May 2009 - Cougars Pair On Familiar Ground Paora Winitana hopes he won't get a hostile reception when he and fellow Hawke's Bay-bred Paul Henare head back to home turf in Christchurch Cougars colours for the national basketball league match at Taradale tonight.
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Harbour Heating Up Again 22 May 2009 - Harbour Heating Up Again The Appliance Shed Harbour Heat made no race of the Battle of the Bridge at the North Shore Events Centre tonight, beating cross town rivals Youthtown Auckland Stars 88 – 71 in a one sided NZCT National Basketball League encounter.
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NZCT NBL Preview: Round 11 21 May 2009 - NZCT NBL Preview: Round 11 Round Eleven of the NZCT National Basketball League will be the return home for Paul Henare and Paora Winitana when the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars head to Pettigrew Green Arena to take on the 0800 Easy LPG Bay Hawks.
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Green Heats Up For POW 20 May 2009 - Green Heats Up For POW Player of the Week Round Ten Mychal Green (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat) 30 points (12/17 FG), 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks in the 122-71 rout of the McDonalds Manawatu Jets
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Pistons Not Pretty But Effective 19 May 2009 - Pistons Not Pretty But Effective There's varying levels of ugly. There's snarling pit-bull ugly. There's Kiss-without-makeup ugly. Then there's the Waikato Pistons' 77-73 NBL victory over the Bay Hawks on Saturday night in Hamilton. The Pistons flattered to impress, but what mattered most was the victory was the defending champions' ninth win in 10 matches and kept them on track to be top seeds come playoff time.
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Jets Seek Talent At Home 19 May 2009 - Jets Seek Talent At Home Manawatu Jets coach Tim McTamney is calling for Palmerston North youngsters to step up to the plate and become National Basketball League quality players. The Jets have a roster this season that is anything but home-grown. Kaine Hokianga lives in Palmerston North and is doing teaching studies, but nearly all the other regular players are from out of town.
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Giants, Pistons Power On 17 May 2009 - Giants, Pistons Power On The ecogise Nelson Giants have beaten Youthtown Auckland Stars in a thriller 75-73 at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson while the Waikato Pistons have held on to beat 0800 Easy LPG Hawks 77-73 at the YMCA, Wiakto in Saturday night round 10 NZCT National Basketball League action.
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Heat Too Strong For Dynamos 17 May 2009 - Heat Too Strong For Dynamos The Appliance Shed Harbour Heat have defeated the Devon Dynamos Taranaki 84-76 at TSB Stadium in New Plymouth this afternoon. Despite Corey Webster and Ben Anthony both fouling out in the fourth quarter, the Heat withstood a furious late comeback from the home team.
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Saints Win Cat Fight, Heat Smokin! 16 May 2009 - Saints Win Cat Fight, Heat Smokin! The Century City Saints have beaten the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars 77-68 at Cowles Stadium, Christchurch whilst the Appliance Shed Harbour Heat smoked the McDonalds Manawatu Jets 122-71 at the NSEC on the North Shore in Round 10 NZCT National Basketball League action tonight.
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Saints Big Men Must Step Up 15 May 2009 - Saints Big Men Must Step Up They passed the audition with flying colours, now Saints' big men Damon Thornton and Calum MacLeod must step up to centre stage against the Cougars in Christchurch tonight. Without Nick Horvath's considerable presence in the paint, the Saints have relied on the athletic Arthur Trousdell, import Thornton and the towering MacLeod to provide rebounding.
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Saints To Stretch Cougars Bench 15 May 2009 - Saints To Stretch Cougars Bench Guard Gerard Bowden has stepped up with his A-game but the Christchurch Cougars need that and more as they face the front-running Saints without two Tall Blacks stars. Paora Winitana and Paul Henare are unlikely to play tonight at Cowles Stadium, with Henare still about a week away from returning following an ankle sprain and Winitana perhaps two weeks away after a broken wrist.
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Jets Fly Over Stars 15 May 2009 - Jets Fly Over Stars The McDonald Manawatu Jets have beaten Youthtown Auckland Stars for the first time since 2004, 83-81 in a tight NZCT National Basketball League Round 10 encounter at the ASB Stadium in Auckland. The Jets got of to a great start taking a 15-5, ten point lead mid way through the first half...
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NZCT National Basketball League Round 10 Preview 14 May 2009 - NZCT National Basketball League Round 10 Preview With only five rounds left in the NZCT National Basketball League Regular Season the race to the top intensifies. Arguably the game of the round will be when two teams in the top four the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars go head to head with the Century City Saints at Cowles Stadium on Friday night.
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Vucinic Eyes Championship 13 May 2009 - Vucinic Eyes Championship Tall Blacks coach Nenad Vucinic has won three National Basketball League titles as a player and coach in New Zealand. And now he is four wins away from a championship in Estonia.
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Saint Damon Round 9 POW 12 May 2009 - Saint Damon Round 9 POW PLAYER OF THE WEEK Round Nine Damon Thornton (Century City Saints) 18 points (8/13 FG), 17 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks in a 107-59 win over the Devon Dynamos Taranaki. Saints big man Damon Thornton was too much to handle for the Dynamos dominating the paint with 17 rebounds and 3 blocks.
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Ankle Injury Keeps Henare In Doubt 11 May 2009 - Ankle Injury Keeps Henare In Doubt Christchurch Cougars captain Paul Henare does not rate his chances of being fit for Friday night's National Basketball League match against the Wellington Saints at Cowles Stadium.
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Cougars, Giants, Pistons Win 09 May 2009 - Cougars, Giants, Pistons Win In Round 9 NZCT National Basketball League action tonight ecogise Nelson Giants have beaten the Devon Dynamos Taranaki 91-64 in Nelson, 0800 Easy LPG Hawks have gone down to the Waikato Pistons 66-86 in Napier and the have been beaten 92-76 by the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars in Auckland.
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Cougars In Hunt For Vital Points 08 May 2009 - Cougars In Hunt For Vital Points The Christchurch Cougars campaign in the national basketball league reaches a pivotal point with a third successive road trip against Auckland tonight and Harbour tomorrow. The Cougars were beaten on their last two away matches against Waikato and Nelson, both frontrunners, and the Cougars will want to reclaim that winning feeling as teams begin jockeying for playoff positions.
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Saints Spank Inury Prone Dynamos 07 May 2009 - Saints Spank Inury Prone Dynamos The Century City Saints have beaten the Devon Dynamos Taranaki 107-59 at the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington tonight. The Dynamos cause was not helped with import Eric Vierniesel going down with a nasty ankle sprain in the fourth minute of the first quarter and not returning to the court again in the game.
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Saints Aim To Repeat Trouncing 06 May 2009 - Saints Aim To Repeat Trouncing Tonight's NBL clash between Wellington and Taranaki will probably be a mismatch of mammoth proportions. Coming off a cruisy 104-78 victory in New Plymouth last week, the second-placed Saints should repeat the punishment against the same opponents at TSB Bank Arena.
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Marcel Jones Jets To POW 05 May 2009 - Marcel Jones Jets To POW Player of the Week Round Eight Marcel Jones (McDonalds Manawatu Jets) 38 Points, 11 Rebounds, 2 Blocks in a 107-93 win over the 0800 Easy LPG Bay Hawks. Jets import Marcel Jones was unstoppable in arguably the upset of the season as the Jets took down the Hawks last Friday.
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Jets Players Maybe Hit By Wage Cuts 04 May 2009 - Jets Players Maybe Hit By Wage Cuts Manawatu Jets' chairman Rick Pene is confident the team will see out the national league season despite again having to tighten the purse strings. A severe slide in gaming grants has stung the franchise, as has money still owed by last season's early naming rights sponsor, OzJet.
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Giants Top Of The Pack 03 May 2009 - Giants Top Of The Pack The ecogise Nelson Giants have defeated Bartercard Christchurch Cougars 80-69 at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson tonight to take outright first place after round eight of the 2009 NZCT National Basketball League.
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Jets Win Revives Hope 02 May 2009 - Jets Win Revives Hope Manawatu Jets coach Tim McTamney hasn't ruled out the possibility of his team making the National Basketball League playoffs after a pulsating 107-93 win over the Bay Hawks at Arena Manawatu last night.
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Pistons Power Over Stars 01 May 2009 - Pistons Power Over Stars The Waikato Pistons have beaten Youthtown Auckland Stars 68-85 at the ASB Stadium in Auckland tonight. For the Pistons the win takes them to 6 and 1 for the season whilst the Stars loss leaves them firmly outside the top six with a 2 and 6 win/ loss record in the 2009 NZCT National Basketball League.
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Saints Too Strong For Dynamos 30 Apr 2009 - Saints Too Strong For Dynamos The Century City Saints have comfortably beaten Devon Dynamos Taranaki 104-78 at TSB Stadium in New Plymouth tonight. Saints got off to a quick start jumping out to an early 17-6 lead with numerous transition baskets, and they were never threatened for the remainder. The margin was a comfortable 20 at halftime at 50-30.
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Saints Dispatch Dynamos 30 Apr 2009 - Saints Dispatch Dynamos The Wellington Saints marched all over the Taranaki Dynamos, coasting to a 104-78 win in a National Basketball League match in New Plymouth last night. In a one-sided clash, the Devon Dynamos were on the back foot from the start and never looked like ending their run of losses, which has now stretched to nine.
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Saints Before Honeymoon 29 Apr 2009 - Saints Before Honeymoon A revived Lindsay Tait has vowed to stop taking his sport so seriously as he embarks on a basketball honeymoon with the Wellington Saints. Tait married long-time sweetheart Anna last Saturday in Auckland but, rather than putting his feet up in Fiji, he left his new bride and three-year-old son Mikaere behind to link up with the Saints.
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Cameron 28 Apr 2009 - Cameron's Presence Fires Up Players Waikato Pistons' basketballer Pero Cameron played his first game for the franchise this year and brought the best out of several of his team-mates. Cameron played 18 minutes of the Pistons 99-82 win over the Christchurch Cougars at the Hamilton YMCA on Saturday night, but his presence sparked on both Thomas Abercrombie and Michael Fitchett.
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Paora Winitana Week 7 POW 28 Apr 2009 - Paora Winitana Week 7 POW Player of the Week Round Seven Paora Winitana (Christchurch Cougars) 40 Points (15/20 FG, 4/5 3pt), 8 Rebounds and 4 Assists in a 102-80 victory over the Devon Dynamos Taranaki. Winitana was outstanding against the Dynamo scoring 40 points at a field goal percentage of 75% and also shooting 80% from beyond the arc.
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Saints Starting to Hit Top Form 27 Apr 2009 - Saints Starting to Hit Top Form It took a while, but the pieces of the puzzle are finally falling into place for Saints' owner Nick Mills. Tall Blacks' point guard Lindsay Tait made his season debut in Friday night's dramatic 90-89 away win against Hawke's Bay.
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Drained Cougars Now No. 2 26 Apr 2009 - Drained Cougars Now No. 2 Nelson has never looked so inviting for a Canterbury basketball team. After halving their weekend road trip following Friday's 102-80 win over Taranaki and the 99-81 defeat to Waikato on Saturday the Christchurch Cougars' next assignment is a bit of Giant killing up at the Trafalgar Centre this Saturday night.
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Pistons End Cougars Streak 25 Apr 2009 - Pistons End Cougars Streak The Christchurch Cougars six game winning streak was brought to halt tonight after suffering a 99-82 defeat to the Waikato Pistons at the Hamilton YMCA tonight. The Pistons victory leaves them with the best win percentage in the league (83.3%) despite playing three games less than NZCT National Basketball League leaders ecogise Nelson Giants.
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Giants Burn Heat, Cougars & Saints Win 24 Apr 2009 - Giants Burn Heat, Cougars & Saints Win In NZCT National Basketball league action tonight, ecogise Nelson Giants stay at the top of the table after beating Appliance Shed Harbour Heat 86-93 at the NSEC tonight. The Christchurch Cougars beat Devon Dynamos Taranaki 80-102 in new Plymouth to extend their winning streak to six, whilst the Century City Saints beat 0800 Easy LPG Hawks 89-90 in a thriller at Pettigrew Green Arena to go 4 & 0 on the road.
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Basketball on Sky TV 23 Apr 2009 - Basketball on Sky TV Pay television network Sky is likely to be back in the picture if and when the Breakers are confirmed in the new Australian Basketball League. Breakers home games have been broadcast delayed on Maori TV for the past two seasons but a new deal in Australia could prompt a return to live home-and-away coverage on Sky.
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NZCT NBL 2009: Round 7 Preview 23 Apr 2009 - NZCT NBL 2009: Round 7 Preview ecogise Nelson Giants will travel up North to play the double playing Youthtown Auckland Stars on Thursday and then the Appliance Shed Harbour Heat on Friday. The Giants have had recent success against the Stars beating them both times last year, but this will be a desperate Stars team who need to start beating teams in the top 6 if they have a chance of making the playoffs. Hopefully the Stars will be welcoming back their leading rebounder Dillon Boucher (12.5 reb/game) who was sorely missed in their loss to the Century City Saints in Round Five.
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Here comes a weapon of mass dimension 23 Apr 2009 - Here comes a weapon of mass dimension The return of former Tall Black Brendon Polyblank has equipped Wellington Saints coach Gordie McLeod with another weapon ahead of tonight's National Basketball League derby against Hawke's Bay.
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Polyblank Inspires Saints 22 Apr 2009 - Polyblank Inspires Saints The return of former Tall Black Brendon Polyblank put the icing on the cake as Wellington Saints surged to a share of the National Basketball League lead with a comfortable defeat of Manawatu. Polyblank flew in from Europe yesterday and was courtside for the Saints' 113-100 victory at Wellington's TSB Bank Arena.
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Efevberha Top of Player Power Rankings 22 Apr 2009 - Efevberha Top of Player Power Rankings After Six Rounds in the NZCT NBL Saints import Mike Efevberha is number one in the Player Power Rankings
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Saints Get Double Over Jets 19 Apr 2009 - Saints Get Double Over Jets The Century City Saints have beaten the McDonalds Manawatu Jets 113-100 in a high scoring NZCT National Basketball League encounter at the TSB Arena in Wellington this afternoon.
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Cougars & Giants Win 17 Apr 2009 - Cougars & Giants Win The Christchurch Cougars have beaten Devon Dynamo Taranaki 93-74 at Cowles Stadium in Christchurch, whilst ecogise Nelson Giants have beaten McDonalds Manawatu Jets 99-89 at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson tonight.
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Former Saint Fractures Bone 16 Apr 2009 - Former Saint Fractures Bone Dynamos player and former Saint Aaron-Nowell could be out for up to two weeks fracturing bone in arm.
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NZCT NBL Preview: Round 6 15 Apr 2009 - NZCT NBL Preview: Round 6 After five rounds it is already looking like a competitive league with only half a game separating the top team Christchurch Cougars and sixth place Waikato Pistons.
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Efevberha Grabs POW For 2nd Time 14 Apr 2009 - Efevberha Grabs POW For 2nd Time Century City Saints import Mike Efevberha put on a dominant display against the Youthtown Auckland Stars to earn player of the week honors for the second time this season
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Hawks Swoop in the Naki 11 Apr 2009 - Hawks Swoop in the Naki O800 Easy LPG Hawks have defeated the Devon Dynamos Taranaki 93-82 in New Plymouth tonight. For the Dynamos the horror start to the NZCT National Basketball League now sees them 0 & 6 and desperate to break the duck.
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Saints Smash Stars 10 Apr 2009 - Saints Smash Stars The Century City Saints have beaten the Youthtown Auckland Stars 116-84 at the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington tonight thanks to Mike Efevberha’s second 40 point haul of the season.
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Paurini adds pace to desperate Dynamos 09 Apr 2009 - Paurini adds pace to desperate Dynamos The Taranaki Dynamos welcome back Josh Paurini for tonight's National Basketball League clash with the Harbour Heat in the "furnace" of Auckland's North Shore Events Centre.
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Experience counts for Cougars 09 Apr 2009 - Experience counts for Cougars A greater depth of experience is a key difference between the pacesetting Christchurch Cougars and the struggling Canterbury Rams teams of the recent past, says shooting guard Gerard Bowden.
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Saints chasing first home win 09 Apr 2009 - Saints chasing first home win Saints coach Gordie McLeod is urging his men to crash the boards tonight in search of the season's first home win at TSB Bank Arena.
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Cougars Maul Saints 05 Apr 2009 - Cougars Maul Saints The Christchurch Cougars have defeated the Century City Saints 90-75 on the road at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua tonight.
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Saints Should Put The Bite On Cougars 04 Apr 2009 - Saints Should Put The Bite On Cougars Christchurch Cougars coach Andrew Gardiner has claimed the underdog tag ahead of their NBL game against the Wellington Saints in Porirua.
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Saint Mike Shoots Out Stars 27 Mar 2009 - Saint Mike Shoots Out Stars The Century City Saints head home with two wins from their Auckland double header road trip after beating the Youthtown Auckland Stars on the back of 42 points from Mike Efevberha.
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Harbour Feel Heat From Saints 26 Mar 2009 - Harbour Feel Heat From Saints Appliance Shed Harbour Heat suffered their first lost of the 2009 NBL season after going down 100-85 to the Century City Saints at the North Shore Event Centre tonight.
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Saints Fall to Giants 20 Mar 2009 - Saints Fall to Giants The ecogise Nelson Giants got their double header road trip via the Capital to Christchurch of to a great start beating the Century City Saints 98-93 at the TSB Bank Arena on the Queens Wharf in Wellington.
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Saints put it right in third quarter 16 Mar 2009 - Saints put it right in third quarter A third-quarter blitz ensured Wellington Saints made a flying start to the National Basketball League but a worrying knee injury meant import Damon Thornton was kept on ice.
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Saints Ground Jets 14 Mar 2009 - Saints Ground Jets The McDonalds Manawatu Jets and Century City Wellington Saints got the 2009 NBL under way in front of a crowd of 1100 at Arena Manawatu tonight. The Century City Wellington Saints eventually ran out 97-86 winners.
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Saints poised to start in style 14 Mar 2009 - Saints poised to start in style Overcoming a lack of tall timber will be the Wellington Saints' immediate hurdle as they look to go one better this season and win the National Basketball League.
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Anstey stars as ANBL decider needed 12 Mar 2009 - Anstey stars as ANBL decider needed Melbourne centre Chris Anstey beat suspension, then beat the South Dragons virtually single-handedly last night to send the NBL grand final series into a deciding fifth game.
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