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R18 Report: Crocs hunt down 36ers in style
Giant Luke Schenscher carried Townsville to a come-from-behind thrashing of Adelaide.

R18 Report: Tigers climb past fast-starting Sixers
Melbourne overcame a mercurial Chris Warren performance to break their six-game losing streak.

BIG DOUBLE WEEKEND FOR ADELAIDE
The Adelaide 36ers have a double road trip this weekend, taking on the Melbourne Tigers tonight at...

R18 Preview: Melbourne Tigers v Adelaide 36ers
The 36ers head to Melbourne hoping to kick the struggling Tigers while they're down.

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE ADELAIDE 36ERS GALA AUCTION
The Adelaide 36ers biggest fundraiser, the Gala Auction, will be held on Saturday 18 February at...

R17 Report: Crawford, Crocs jump sloppy Sixers
Peter Crawford and Luke Schenscher blew the game open as Townsville overcame a struggling Adelaide.

36ERS TO ATTACK CROCS IN TONIGHT?S GAME
The Adelaide 36ers will be in for a hard game at the Swamp against the Townsville Crocodiles...

R17 Preview: Townsville Crocodiles v Adelaide 36ers
Adelaide and Townsville face off for the first time since 2010.

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Sixers sunk in sixth straight slaughter

MITCH Creek registered a career-high 19 points but Adelaide crashed to its sixth straight NBL loss, beaten 89-71 by Townsville last night at The Swamp.

Lightning ready to strike for title

A THRILLING overtime road victory has put Lightning within one win of claiming the WNBL's regular season championship.

Lightning ready for Bendigo gold rush

ABBY Bishop was the Lightning star last week but the power forward believes the team is ripe to make a run at the WNBL championship.

Fast-finishing Tigers topple Sixers

ADELAIDE import Chris Warren had an NBL career game last night at The Cage but the 36ers could not hold off the fast-finishing Tigers, losing 81-87.

Tragardh's roller-coaster season

CAM Tragardh has "seen it all this year", an NBL season of highs and lows that would upset the stomach of even a seasoned roller-coaster rider.

Coaches, team 'safe' says chairman

THE Adelaide 36ers board "fully support the team and coaches" according to a statement yesterday released by the NBL club's chairman Daryl Simmons.

Third term lapse costly for Wildcats

A DECISIVE third quarter has taken New Zealand to a 83-77 win over Perth and lifted the Breakers to outright first in the NBL.

Sixers and Tigers have same goal

ADELAIDE is confident it can end its four-game NBL losing skid and clinch its season-series with the Tigers tonight in Melbourne.

Around NBL: Melbourne cocked, set to fire

EXPECT a new NBL fanchise out of Melbourne's basketball heartland to be up-and-running before Brisbane loads its Bullets.

Abby Bishop steps up to be the best

DESPITE being hit with one of the most erroneous "unsportsmanlike fouls" in WNBL history, Lightning star Abby Bishop is league Player of the Week.

Sixers icons called to boost run home

ADELAIDE'S two greatest NBL players, Brett Maher and Mark Davis, have been asked to speak with the 36ers.

Revamped Lightning's bolt at history

ADELAIDE Lightning's revamped outfit is just three wins from completing the most successful single-season turnaround in the WNBL's 31-year history.

Sixers' DJ rebounds after off-season

DANIEL Johnson puts much of his emergence as an NBL elite player this season down to the relentless strength and conditioning work he did in the off-season.

Bulls feel the heat from Miami

THE Miami Heat won the NBA battle of the Eastern Conference giants on Sunday beating the Chicago Bulls 97-93, LeBron James contributing 35 points.

Pressure builds as Sixers wane

THE wolves are beginning to bay at the door of Sixers coach Marty Clarke.

Riding high and shooting low

Chris Warren and Krystal Bishop are close in height but as far apart on the sporting spectrum as anyone could imagine.

Sixers' decade of despair rolling on

A FULL HOUSE, a roaring crowd, another Adelaide 36ers' NBL championship - hard to believe it hasn't happened for a decade.

Thunder 'clapped' in Lightning charge

ADELAIDE last night proved it isn't a WNBL one-trick pony as it galloped away to whip Logan 63-52 at Logan.

Bucks star Bogut breaks ankle

LUCKLESS NBA star Andrew Bogut's season is in doubt after scans revealed the Milwaukee Bucks centre suffered a fractured ankle on Wednesday.

Around NBL: Bowed out, not broken

THE new Melbourne NBL consortium should make signing Chris Anstey one of its priorities.