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Kiwis Get Better Of Aussies
Alex Murdoch, Brisbane Courier Mail
In a move that has shocked the sport, the new Queensland under-14 girls basketball champions are from New Zealand. In a move sure to send maroons everywhere red with rage, Basketball Queensland has allowed a guest New Zealand team to claim the state title . . .
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Open Nationals Qualifiers
Western Bay of Plenty and Massey associations will both send men’s and women’s squads to the Oreo Open National Championships in September, after qualifying teams at the Open Premierships last weekend.
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Townsend Lifts Auckland
Auckland were the big movers in round 12 of the Conference Basketball League (CBL) Northern Conference but it may not be enough to push them into a Nationals berth. Auckland, who welcomed in Canterbury Rams back-up centre Mike Townsend . . .
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Wellington Control Fate
A team approach has put Wellington in control of their own Central Conference destiny in the Conference Basketball League (CBL). Back-to-back wins over the Wellington Saints on the back of solid team offence in round five last weekend – 86-76 on Saturday and 88-87 on Sunday . . .
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Maximum Proffit
Former Tall Ferns triallist Shannon Proffit became the first New Zealander to produce a triple-double in the Australia Basketball Association (ABA) leagues this season on Saturday. Proffit produced a rare points-rebounds-steals triple-double in the Maroochydore Clippers 83-72 win . . .
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Aussie U16s - Finals Day
The New Zealand boys finished sixth and the girls team 13th at the Australia Under-16 National Championships in Kalamunda, Western Australia, on Saturday. Alonzo Burton and Kirk Rangiawha shared top-score with 15 points and five rebounds each, while Michael Karena added a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double . . .
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Jet Suspended
Basketball New Zealand has accepted a Sports Tribunal of New Zealand decision to suspend Manawatu Jet Stacey Lambert until September 16 after he tested positive for cannabis. Lambert returned a positive sample after the Jets round 13 National Basketball League game against the Bay Hawks in Taradale on May 21 . . .
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Cameron Tips Bright Future
Daniel Gilhooly, NZPA
New Zealand Tall Blacks great Pero Cameron predicts his team will bounce back from their Olympic failure but he will not commit to being part of any revival. The Tall Blacks were crushed 48-75 by hosts Greece in a lopsided quarterfinal at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament . . .
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Olympic Dream Over
The New Zealand Tall Blacks Olympic dream has ended. At the hands of powerful sixth-ranked Greece, and in front of 20,000 raucous pro-Hellas fans, the Tall Blacks were eliminated 75-48 in the quarterfinals of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Athens on Saturday morning.
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Greece, A Tall Order
As if facing sixth-ranked Greece on their home floor wasn’t enough. While manning-up with a team full of European superstars on court, the New Zealand Tall Blacks will also have to deal with 20,000 home fans and the pressure of playing for their Olympic lives . . .
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Neglected Fundamentals
Former Italian junior head coach, former Egyptian national coach and current director of international scouting for Italian Serie A club Virtus Bologna, Mario Blasone, offers his tips on drills that incorporate the missing fundamentals.
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Going To The Rebound
Former USA national coach and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Pete Newell and two-time NCAA champion with the UCLA Bruins Swen Nater offer advice on teaching players correct rebounding techniques.
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Junior Tall Blacks vs Australia Emus
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FIBA Oceania Under-19 Championships
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Wayville Sports Centre, Adelaide, 1.30pm (NZ Time)
Junior Tall Ferns vs Australia Gems
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