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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Basketball articles  Basketball
    Plenty to play for in the final regular season game of the NBL basketball competition between the Canterbury Rams and the Franklin Bulls in Christchurch
     6 July 2025
    Plenty to play for in the final regular season game of the NBL basketball competition between the Canterbury Rams and the Franklin Bulls in Christchurch
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    The basketball might of the United States isn't fazing the Junior Tall Blacks ahead of their historic Under-19 World Cup semifinal, overnight in Switzerland
    5 Jul 2025: The basketball might of the United States isn't fazing the Junior Tall Blacks ahead of their historic Under-19 World Cup semifinal, overnight in Switzerland... more
    Coach Matt Lacey is mightily impressed with the way Hayden Jones led the junior Tall Blacks into the Under-19 World Cup semi-finals in Switzerland
    5 Jul 2025: Coach Matt Lacey is mightily impressed with the way Hayden Jones led the junior Tall Blacks into the Under-19 World Cup semi-finals in Switzerland... more
    The Taranaki Airs head into basketball's NBL playoffs on a winning note after beating the Otago Nuggets 93-83 in New Plymouth
    5 Jul 2025: The Taranaki Airs head into basketball's NBL playoffs on a winning note after beating the Otago Nuggets 93-83 in New Plymouth... more
    Kiwi basketballer Tyrell Harrison will play for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Summer League
    3 Jul 2025: Kiwi basketballer Tyrell Harrison will play for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Summer League... more
    The Junior Tall Blacks have advanced to the last eight of the under-19 basketball World Cup for the first time
    3 Jul 2025: The Junior Tall Blacks have advanced to the last eight of the under-19 basketball World Cup for the first time... more
    Basketballer LeBron James is set for a record 23rd season in the NBA
    30 Jun 2025: Basketballer LeBron James is set for a record 23rd season in the NBA... more
    New Zealand have started the men's under-19 basketball World Cup with a big victory
    29 Jun 2025: New Zealand have started the men's under-19 basketball World Cup with a big victory... more
    Last year's New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Lachlan Olbrich has been taken in the NBA Draft as the 55th overall pick by the Chicago Bulls
    27 Jun 2025: Last year's New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Lachlan Olbrich has been taken in the NBA Draft as the 55th overall pick by the Chicago Bulls... more
    The Breakers will send a travelling party to the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in an effort to fill their remaining two import slots ahead of the Australian NBL season
    25 Jun 2025: The Breakers will send a travelling party to the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in an effort to fill their remaining two import slots ahead of the Australian NBL season... more

     Most Popular Recent Basketball News
     03 Jan: The Breakers have a simple New Year's resolution - bank wins in the back-end of the season and make the Australian NBL play-offs ++++++++++++++++
     05 Jan: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen has called out import forward Rob Baker after the side's 99-91 ANBL loss to the Perth Wildcats in Auckland ++++++++++++++++
     03 Jan: The Breakers are well aware they're drinking at the Last Chance Saloon in the Australian NBL ++++++++++++++
     03 Jan: The Breakers are promising to fight hard for a finals spot in basketball's NBL +++++++++++
     04 Jan: The Breakers are keen to swarm the Perth Wildcats in their NBL basketball clash in Auckland this afternoon ++++++++++
     10 Jan: The threat of a cyclone in Far North Queensland has forced the postponement of Cairns Taipans Australian basketball league game against rivals Brisbane today +++++++++
     09 Jan: The Breakers are focusing on performance, not their lowly position on the Australian basketball league ladder +++++++++

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      17 Jan: Nrl’s new kick-off plan could backfire like basketball’s infamous slam dunk ban (Sydney Morning Herald)
      12 Jan: Former nz basketball player nathaniel salmon accepts american football college offer (RadioNZ)
      6 Jan: Peacock embraces dolby vision hdr and atmos for live sports (PC World)
      26 Dec: Fri, 26 Dec 2025: How perth lynx coach helped reignite an olympian’s career (Sydney Morning Herald)
      25 Dec: Thu, 25 Dec 2025: British boy, 13, fatally stabbed in portugal (BBCWorld)
      19 Dec: Fri, 19 Dec 2025: World's tallest teen sets new basketball record (BBCWorld)
      18 Dec: Thu, 18 Dec 2025: World's tallest teen dunks ball for first field goal in college basketball (Stuff.co.nz)
      1 Dec: Mon, 1 Dec 2025: Fans frustrated as tense tall blacks loss to australia cuts out on screen (RadioNZ)
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