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    Bottom-placed Cairns have defeated Australian basketball league leaders Illawarra for the second time in a month, with the cellar dwellers coughing up a 22-point lead before recovering late to post a 100-94 win
     24 January 2025
    Bottom-placed Cairns have defeated Australian basketball league leaders Illawarra for the second time in a month, with the cellar dwellers coughing up a 22-point lead before recovering late to post a 100-94 win
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    Melbourne United have leapfrogged Perth into third on the Australian basketball league ladder with a 99-83 win on the Wildcats' home court
    23 Jan: Melbourne United have leapfrogged Perth into third on the Australian basketball league ladder with a 99-83 win on the Wildcats' home court... more
    Coach Petteri Koponen believes the Breakers are the most harshly officiated team in the Australian basketball league
    19 Jan: Coach Petteri Koponen believes the Breakers are the most harshly officiated team in the Australian basketball league... more
    A boost for the Breakers ahead of tonight's NBL basketball game away at the South East Melbourne Phoenix
    18 Jan: A boost for the Breakers ahead of tonight's NBL basketball game away at the South East Melbourne Phoenix... more
    The Breakers have kept their hopes of making the ANBL basketball play-offs alive with a 85-75 win over the Jack Jumpers
    17 Jan: The Breakers have kept their hopes of making the ANBL basketball play-offs alive with a 85-75 win over the Jack Jumpers... more
    Learner Tien has beaten Daniil Medvedev in a four hour and 48 minute, five-set, second-round thriller to complete the fifth day of the Australian Tennis Open at 2.54am local time
    17 Jan: Learner Tien has beaten Daniil Medvedev in a four hour and 48 minute, five-set, second-round thriller to complete the fifth day of the Australian Tennis Open at 2.54am local time... more
    A second quarter-slump sees the Breakers trailing the Tasmania Jack Jumpers 45-39 at halftime in their Aussie NBL basketball clash in Auckland
    16 Jan: A second quarter-slump sees the Breakers trailing the Tasmania Jack Jumpers 45-39 at halftime in their Aussie NBL basketball clash in Auckland... more
    Breakers coach Petteri Koponen admits the implementation of Tacko Fall has been a challenge, following a 91-89 ANBL basketball loss to Melbourne United in New Plymouth
    14 Jan: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen admits the implementation of Tacko Fall has been a challenge, following a 91-89 ANBL basketball loss to Melbourne United in New Plymouth... more
    The Sydney Kings have held off the Cairns Taipans 91-87 in their ANBL basketball contest at home
    13 Jan: The Sydney Kings have held off the Cairns Taipans 91-87 in their ANBL basketball contest at home... more
    Australia's NBL says Cairns Taipan Jackson Makoi has been arrested by New South Wales police, over alleged domestic violence charges
    12 Jan: Australia's NBL says Cairns Taipan Jackson Makoi has been arrested by New South Wales police, over alleged domestic violence charges... more

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     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 +++++++

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