One of the WNBL's star players has labelled an overlap between the WNBA and Australia's domestic season "hard" ahead of the league's tip-off on Thursday.
Sebastian Tan
The enmity between Bryce Cotton and Kendric Davis erupted when the NBL's two best players had to be separated in the closing stages of Adelaide's win in Sydney.
Steve Barrett
Dark horse Cairns have made it three consecutive wins, knocking down 18 three-pointers to see off the plucky Illawarra by 10 points in Wollongong.
Adelaide have inflicted Sydney's first loss of the season in a grand final rematch highlighted by another heated clash between Bryce Cotton and Kendric Davis.
Perth Wildcats captain Jesse Wagstaff keeps defying his age by producing remarkable performances and one of his teammates has given him extraordinary praise by ranking him above the biggest names in the NBA.
Craig O'Donoghue
Former NBA star Brandon Knight made his NBL debut for the Perth Wildcats, but Dylan Windler and Elijah Pepper starred in a 16-point win over the NZ Breakers.
Dylan Windler has produced a remarkable final quarter to lift the Perth Wildcats to a massive win over New Zealand Breakers and take the spotlight away from high profile recruit Brandon Knight.
Melbourne United have maintained their stranglehold over South East Melbourne Phoenix, overcoming a poor start to notch a five-point NBL derby win.
Izzy Borlase, the 22-year-old Australian who made her WNBA debut this year and is the reigning WNBL MVP, has helped lift Atlanta into the WNBA Finals.
Rob Forsaith
Led by David Johnson, Tasmania's bench thrived as the JackJumpers notched their highest score in a 10-point away win over Illawarra.
Jaylon Brown laid the foundation and Jack McVeigh provided the finishing touches as the Cairns Taipans beat the Brisbane Bullets by six points.
Wildcats coach John Rillie is loving what he’s seeing on the practice court from Brandon Knight, but is still yet to guarantee the veteran import signing will make his NBL debut this weekend.
Chris Robinson
Adelaide coach Trevor Gleeson accused his players of being "scared", while insisting the referees targeted him in the 36ers' loss to Melbourne United.
Bryce Cotton and Nick Rakocevic combined for 66 points but Adelaide couldn't prevent a third successive defeat, losing by five points to Melbourne United.
The New Zealand Breakers have snapped a three-year losing streak on Adelaide soil, comfortably defeating the wayward 36ers by 16 points.
Nathan Sobey and South East Melbourne Phoenix have ended their shooting woes to torch the Illawarra Hawks by 17 points.
Chris Fagan may be a Brisbane Lions legend, but his NBL allegiance to the Tasmania JackJumpers has proved a lucky charm too.
Four Cairns players have posted 20-plus scoring nights as the Taipans unleashed a 35-14 fourth quarter to steamroll Melbourne United in an NBL boilover.
Taran Armstrong has starred for the Tasmania JackJumpers, who scored the last 10 points of the overtime period to mow down the Bullets in Brisbane.
Perth Wildcats won another tight contest on Friday night and coach John Rillie quickly identified the moment which could have turned the game if his player hadn’t reacted the right way.
No team in NBL history attempts more three-pointers than South East Melbourne, but the Phoenix are struggling with a horrific conversion rate from long range.
Perth trio Elijah Pepper, Kristian Doolittle and Anthony Dell'Orso have all posted 20-plus points in the Wildcats' 92-88 win over South East Melbourne Phoenix.
Perth Wildcats have reversed their loss to South East Melbourne from earlier in the season and handled the late minutes significantly better despite being undermanned.
Illawarra unleashed what one club great called the "greatest half of basketball" in their history to break their duck with a 22-point win over Adelaide.
