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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Basketball articles  Basketball
    In a battle for the basketball skies, the Manawatu Jets have eventually taken flight to beat the Taranaki Airs 93-84 in NBL action at New Plymouth
     19 March 2025
    In a battle for the basketball skies, the Manawatu Jets have eventually taken flight to beat the Taranaki Airs 93-84 in NBL action at New Plymouth
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    New Orleans will be the first NBA team to play in Australia when they meet Melbourne United and South East Melbourne for pre-season clashes in October
    11 Mar: New Orleans will be the first NBA team to play in Australia when they meet Melbourne United and South East Melbourne for pre-season clashes in October... more
    In basketball...Melbourne United have fought back from a ten-point halftime deficit in Wollongong to score an upset 96-88 win over the Illawarra Hawks in game one of the best-of-five NBL grand final series
    9 Mar: In basketball...Melbourne United have fought back from a ten-point halftime deficit in Wollongong to score an upset 96-88 win over the Illawarra Hawks in game one of the best-of-five NBL grand final series... more
    Another milestone for basketball great LeBron James, on ESPN..
    5 Mar: Another milestone for basketball great LeBron James, on ESPN..... more
    The Indian Panthers are taking shape ahead of their entry into the New Zealand men's basketball league
    5 Mar: The Indian Panthers are taking shape ahead of their entry into the New Zealand men's basketball league... more
    The Illawarra Hawks are within touching distance of the NBL basketball grand final after a 101-94 win over the South East Melbourne Phoenix in Game 1 of their three-game semi-final series in Wollongong
    1 Mar: The Illawarra Hawks are within touching distance of the NBL basketball grand final after a 101-94 win over the South East Melbourne Phoenix in Game 1 of their three-game semi-final series in Wollongong... more
    Chris Goulding has delivered a shooting masterclass to steer Melbourne United to a 1-nil advantage in their Australian NBL semi-final series against the Perth Wildcats
    28 Feb: Chris Goulding has delivered a shooting masterclass to steer Melbourne United to a 1-nil advantage in their Australian NBL semi-final series against the Perth Wildcats... more
    Revenge for Luka Doncic in his first NBA game against his former Dallas Mavericks side, since being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers
    26 Feb: Revenge for Luka Doncic in his first NBA game against his former Dallas Mavericks side, since being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers... more
    Women's basketball great Diana Taurasi has retired
    26 Feb: Women's basketball great Diana Taurasi has retired... more
    American basketballer Kevin Braswell - involved in several New Zealand franchise triumphs as a coach and player - has died aged 46 due to complications from heart surgery in Japan
    25 Feb: American basketballer Kevin Braswell - involved in several New Zealand franchise triumphs as a coach and player - has died aged 46 due to complications from heart surgery in Japan... more

     Most Popular Recent Basketball News
     08 Jun: To basketball's NBL... the Tuatara have comfortably beaten the Tauranga Whai 78-59 in Auckland +++++++++++
     01 Jun: The state of Indiana is celebrating the breaking of a long-running drought in the NBA's Eastern Conference finals +++++++++++
     01 Jun: Indiana Pacers basketball coach Rick Carlisle is thanking his high performing stars ++++++++++
     18 Jun: New Zealand-born basketballer Mojave King is a step closer to a possible NBA debut +++++++++
     15 Jun: The Wellington Saints have beaten the Auckland Tuatara in the final second of overtime in their top-four National Basketball League clash in the capital ++++++++
     14 Jun: The NBA finals are level at two games apiece after the Oklahoma City Thunder stormed their way back to win game four, 111 to 104 against the Indiana Pacers ++++++++
     20 Jun: The Indiana Pacers have forced game seven in the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder +++++++

     Basketball NewsLinks
      30 Jun: Cameroon player dunks ball in his own basket to help australia to miracle win (Sydney Morning Herald)
      27 Jun: 25 great kiwi sporting moments of the past 25 years (Stuff.co.nz)
      16 Jun: Phoenix uprising: melbourne team joins legal action against nbl (Sydney Morning Herald)
      30 May: Nelson city council revises catering contract to save giants basketball team (RadioNZ)
      30 May: Giants future safe after trafalgar centre deal (Stuff.co.nz)
      26 May: Basketball boss on wellington flight describes plane’s ‘unnatural’ sideways jolts (NZ Herald)
      23 May: Why the indian panthers’ debut season ended in failure (RadioNZ)
      22 May: Indian panthers withdraw from national basketball league (NZ Herald)
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