2020-21 NBL Season + Off-season news

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The Brisbane Bullets ownership group has expanded and now includes a number of Hollywood executives.

https://www.brisbanebullets.com.au/news ... ne-bullets

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QT

Hawks 24
Sixers 14

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H/T

Hawks 50
Sixers 28

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3QT

Hawks 67
Sixers 46

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Final

Hawks 81
Sixers 73

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QT

Wildcats 22
Sixers 18

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H/T

Wildcats 36
Sixers 34

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3QT

Wildcats 56
Sixers 51

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Final

Wildcats 76
Sixers 68

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Perth Wildcats star Bryce Cotton will be out for the rest of the regular season due to a hematoma in his left quadriceps that required surgery.

https://nbl.com.au/news/cotton-to-miss- ... lar-season

Also the SE Melbourne Phoenix have announced they've picked up the option on coach Simon Mitchell's contract for next season. The Phoenix finished 8th in their inaugural season and currently sit 3rd on the ladder this season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/phoenix-extend- ... -22-season

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With the Covid situation flaring up in Melbourne the NBL have announced that both Melbourne United and SE Melbourne Phoenix will temporarily relocate to Queensland and that games in the upcoming round may have to be moved.

“Depending on how the situation develops over the next 24 hours, the game between South East Melbourne and Cairns scheduled this Saturday may yet have to be moved. The same may apply for the game between Melbourne and Cairns currently scheduled to be played in Melbourne next Monday May 31.”

https://nbl.com.au/news/statement-on-me ... ne-phoenix

The 36ers play the Breakers in Christchurch at 5pm this evening.

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QT

Breakers 18
Sixers 15

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H/T

Breakers 47
Sixers 33

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3QT

Breakers 72
Sixers 61

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Final

Breakers 94
Sixers 76

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Round 19 results:

Melbourne 102 (Goulding 25, Landale 21, Hopson 13, Lual-Acuil 10, Peatling 10) def Illawarra 87 (Deng 15, Jessup 11, Froling 10, Harvey 10)

Brisbane 91 (Patterson 23, Cadee 16, Hodgson 16, Johnson 13, Sobey 12) def Perth 88 (Steindl 25, Mooney 18, Magnay 11, Cotton 10)

NZ Breakers 89 (Delany 28, Randolph 13, McDowell-White 12, C. Webster 11, T. Webster 11) def Sydney 81 (Ware 20, Martin 18, Cooks 15)

Illawarra 81 (Froling 19, Harvey 18, White 16, Deng 10, Simon 10) def Adelaide 73 (Dillon 17, Johnson 13, Teys 10)

Perth 100 (Blanchfield 19, Cotton 19, Mooney 16, Steindl 11) def Cairns 79 (Djeric 15, Machado 11, Jawai 10)

Sydney 81 (Martin 29, Ware 15, Hunter 14) def NZ Breakers 76 (Randolph 25, C. Webster 13, T. Webster 12, Iverson 10, McDowell-White 10)

SE Melbourne 95 (Wetzell 18, Adnam 16, Creek 12, Te Rangi 12, Sykes 10) def Brisbane 66 (Drmic 20, Patterson 11)

Perth 76 (Norton 19, Mooney 15, Blanchfield 14, Steindl 11) def Adelaide 68 (Johnson 13, Crocker 12, Dillon 11, McVeigh 10, Paul 10)

Illawarra 93 (Jessup 24, Harvey 22, Froling 15, Deng 13, Ogilvy 11) def Cairns 81 (Machado 17, Deng 16, King 12, Djeric 11)

Melbourne 99 (Goulding 22, Lual-Acuil 18, Ili 10) def Brisbane 88 (Sobey 20, Patterson 19, Froling 12)

NZ Breakers 94 (C. Webster 22, Randolph 17, Delany 14, Iverson 14) def Adelaide 76 (Dillon 22, Johnson 18, McVeigh 13)

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The NBL has announced schedule changes for Round 20 the two Taipans away games that were to be played in Melbourne have been moved to Cairns.

https://nbl.com.au/news/round-20-schedule-changes

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The Sydney Kings have announced the signing of local Indigenous guard Biwali Bayles for next season on a multi-year contract. The 6'1" PG has been playing college ball at the University of Hawaii.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kings-secure-yo ... -for-nbl22

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QT

Hawks 31
Sixers 25

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H/T

Hawks 52
Sixers 38