The WNBL finals get under way on Wednesday with Basketball Australia boss Larry Sengstock declaring the competition the strongest he had seen for many years. Townsville host Sydney in an …

The Sydney Kings have received around 20 applicants for their NBL head coaching position, with high profile candidates from America, Australia and Asia among the hopefuls. Applications for an interim …

Kevin Durant scored a career-best 51 points in the top individual performance in the NBA this season as Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 124-118 in overtime on Sunday. …

Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks rebounded from the first loss of the point guard’s magical run to defeat the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks 104-97 on Sunday. Just …

The Perth Wildcats claimed a 91-74 victory over the Sydney Kings at Challenge Stadium on Sunday to remain in second position on the NBL ladder. The Wildcats came into the …

The Townsville Crocodiles put one foot in the NBL playoffs with an 80-66 win over the Gold Coast Blaze in Brisbane on Sunday. The Crocs intense first-half defence and the …

Dandenong have emerged as a genuine WNBL title threat after stretching their winning streak to six with a 31-point away thumping of minor premier Adelaide. Dandenong (14-8) would have finished …

Cairns Taipans are confounding basketball tipsters as they battle to stay on the NBL finals tightrope. Last season’s losing grand finalists (13-10) are locked in a three-team battle with Queensland …

The same racial stereotypes that dogged Yao Ming early in his NBA career are now being cast upon Harvard educated, New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin. American sports network ESPN …

The Cairns Taipans have gone from embarrassing to emphatic, defeating the Melbourne Tigers 77-56 on Saturday night in Cairns to end the Victorians’ NBL post-season hopes. The win comes 24 …

A late comeback led by Jeremy Lin fell short and the New Orleans Hornets ended New York’s NBA win streak at seven games with an 89-85 victory on Friday, but …

Retired NBA legend Michael Jordan was hailed as the greatest player in basketball history by two potential rivals to the throne on Friday as he celebrated his 49th birthday. As …

Townsville dominated a fiery reptile rumble to record a comprehensive 75-43 NBL win over Cairns on Friday night. The Taipans shot out to an early lead in the first quarter …

NBA sensation Jeremy Lin was a last-minute addition to the NBA’s All-Star weekend Rising Stars Challenge for first and second-year players on Thursday. The New York point guard, who has …

Six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan continues to struggle as a team executive in the league. The Jordan-owned Charlotte Bobcats have a 3-26 win-loss record this season and are flirting with …

The New Zealand Breakers have gone two wins clear at the top of the NBL ladder after a hard-fought 82-74 victory over bogey team Wollongong in Auckland on Thursday night. …

Even Jeremy Lin is amazed at how the New York Knicks have responded to “Lin-sanity” and the new Asian-American NBA superstar says things will only improve when injured playmaker Carmelo …

Ian Robilliard says he has mixed emotions about standing down as Sydney Kings coach and being appointed interim chief executive officer in an organisational reshuffle at the NBL club. Robilliard, …