Posts Tagged "Cairns Taipans"
Kings win NBL overtime thriller in Cairns
By AAP, 24 Nov 2012
The Cairns Taipans slumped to their fourth-straight home NBL defeat with an 83-76 overtime loss against a Ben Madgen-led Sydney Kings.
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When the NBL season tips off Friday night, fans won’t have to worry about unreliable live scores, ridiculous TV delays or controlling their anger towards the game’s administration. They can simply get back to enjoying the basketball.
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The 2011-12 NBL season is here and on a number of fronts, there’s solid reasons to get around it. Patrick Mills has returned home due to the NBA lockout. Andrew Bogut, once insurance is all sorted, will join him.
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New Zealand Breakers win their first NBL title
By Adrian Warren, 30 Apr 2011 New Zealand strangled Cairns down the stretch to earn a piece of trans-Tasman history with a crushing 71-53 victory in the NBL grand final decider in Auckland on Friday night.
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Taipans force NBL finals decider in thriller
By Evan Schwarten, 25 Apr 2011 The Cairns Taipans’ thrilling double overtime win over the New Zealand Breakers was a match veteran Breakers’ star Paul Henare says showcased what finals basketball is all about.
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Breakers prepare for sporting history
By Adrian Warren, 24 Apr 2011 New Zealand Breakers coach Andrej Lemanis is bracing his team for an “absolute war,” as it stands on the verge of making trans-Tasman sporting history by becoming the first Kiwi side to win a major Australian competition.
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NBL grand final series preview
By Connor Kret, 20 Apr 2011 On Wednesday afternoon, the NBL grand final series will begin with Game 1 in Auckland. The first grand final appearance for either club, the Cairns Taipans will go up against the minor premiers New Zealand Breakers.
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Brace yourself, Australia. For the first time ever, a New Zealand team might actually win a major Australian sporting championship. That’s what’s at stake when the NBL grand final series tips off tonight in Auckland.
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Taipans outlast Crocs in Townsville
By Connor Kret, 17 Apr 2011 The Cairns Taipans have won their first ever playoffs series after a stunning 93-83 victory over the Townsville Crocodiles.
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Breakers tighten NBL grip with another win
By Adrian Warren, 31 Jan 2011 New Zealand strengthened their already tight grip on the NBL minor premiership with an extraordinary come-from-behind away win over Cairns on Sunday
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After round one, who’s for real in the NBL?
By Adrian Bauk, 19 Oct 2010 Mixed results in the opening weekend of the IINet NBL Championship have left fans scratching their heads over who is legitimate and who isn’t.
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It’s crunch time as the new-look NBL tips off
By Michael DiFabrizio, 15 Oct 2010 18 Have your say
Welcome to the new look 2010 NBL
By Asa Schuster, 14 Oct 2010 We were supposed to be cruising around in flying cars by now, but somewhere down the line manufacturers became distracted with sustainability and surviving economic downturn. So what’s the timeframe on flying cars now anyway? 2020?
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NBL pay TV feast, for Breakers fans
By Laine Clark, 26 Aug 2009 Basketball fans can look forward to a feast of live NBL action … from the New Zealand Breakers. The NBL on Tuesday trumpeted their broadcast schedule with pay TV’s Fox Sports for the streamlined new competition starting next month.
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Players from both the Sydney Spirit and Cairns Taipans are seeing out the season on half their normal salaries. Both clubs saw their owners pull out mid-season.
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Boomers star takes swipe at “crap owners”
By Guy Hand, 13 Dec 2008 Olympian Mark Worthington says the financial demise of several NBL clubs may be good for Australian basketball in the long term with poor owners being weeded out of the ailing sport.
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Memo NBL: thanks for keeping the dream alive
By Trevor, 12 Dec 2008 In our current economic climate, many industries are suffering. Sport is one of those industries. For many years we, as sport junkies, have expected, maybe even demanded, more entertainment from our favourite industries whether it be rugby, football or, in this case, basketball.
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NBL warning as Taipans near rescue
By Wayne Heming, 11 Dec 2008 Basketball Australia (BA) have warned the next NBL club to hit troubled waters will most likely sink. BA’s interim chief executive Scott Derwin is expected to push for a rescue package to help bail out the financially stricken Cairns Taipans, who are in voluntary receivership with operating debts of around $1 million.
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The sad demise of the NBL
By The Crowd, 11 Dec 2008 The news that the Cairns Taipans has gone into voluntary administration meant that another nail has gone into the coffin of the National Basketball League.
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Financial crisis hits another NBL club
By Roger Vaughan, 10 Dec 2008 Another financial crisis has rocked the NBL, with the Cairns Taipans stunning league officials by going into voluntary administration.
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