Hoops

Are the NBL on drugs? or trying to rewrite history

Drugs are bad, mmmkay.

I applaud the enthusiasm of those running the NBL social media, but there are plenty of cringe-worthy moments...almost daily.

Who reckons Casper Ware isn't sick of the ghost puns?

They're really swinging for the fences with the 'was this the most controversial finish in NBL history?' story...

Me too. I can't find it.

Forgot Cal Bruton naming the DD.

Shout out to the NBL historian above.

I always thought it had a bit to do with the hostile reception provided by the Adelaide and Perth fans. The 2 teams are still in the league. NBL should respect the heritage, especially as both teams are still successful and draw crowds.

This is history:

Doomsday Double

The Doomsday Double, involving a road trip to play the Adelaide 36ers and Perth Wildcats during the same round, has occurred 141 times as at the end of the 2010–11 season. Only four teams have won both legs of the trip, played either on consecutive nights or on a Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Due to the long time success rate of both the 36ers and Wildcats, the Double has long been considered the toughest two games in one weekend road trip in the NBL. The Doomsday Double was given its name by Hall of Famer Cal Bruton during its early days when the trip was a game in Perth on the Friday night followed by Adelaide the following night or vice versa.

Sunshine Swing

Similar to the Doomsday Double, the Sunshine Swing pits teams against an away double or even triple game schedule against opponents from the state of Queensland, in the same round. The most frequent combinations have featured the Brisbane Bullets/Gold Coast Rollers or Cairns Taipans/Townsville Crocodiles double. Other variants include Brisbane Bullets/Cairns Taipans (current version), Brisbane Bullets/Townsville Crocodiles and the gruelling Brisbane Bullets/Cairns Taipans/Townsville Crocodiles triple.

The league should schedule at least one of these road trips for team per season to maintain the history of the league.

At least in the A League it's the big blue.

Above

Alliteration, setting a contrast between the teams, all good.

Maybe:
titanic
tussle
teams
two different timezones
tense

You could write a script for a ringside (or court side) announcer with this stuff

It's a tussle of teams from two distant timezones. Der!

Two Timezone Tussles this weekend - PER@NZ & NZ@PER

hahaha see what I did there?

Actually RIP to all three of the above :(

or Reptile Rumble. R.I.P. :(

Weren't they dubbing Syd vs. Mel as "Capital City Clash" or something lame along those lines a few seasons ago? Trying to be another Doomsday Double or Sunshine Swing... fail.

I would hope so.

I think they're just promos for upcoming games rather than the league proclaiming any single battle as the greatest rivalry.

I know, WTF, right? Cairns vs. Townsville, obviously.

Boomers v Tall Blacks live in about 10 mins.

It looks like FIBA TV is showing the game, but its $27 to get access for 24 hours and I don't want to fork over only to find they're blacking out Aussie IP addresses! Can someone who has FIBA TV access (Paul, etc) please let me know if they are able to watch this stream?

Short of using FIBA TV, I am looking for a live stream. Anyone else have one yet?