Jonathan Prestwich, Author at Aussie Hoopla

  Round 8 showed again just how close the NBL is. New Zealand went from the high of the double over Perth to losing both games this week. Perth got a measure of revenge and Sydney split the games with Cairns.     GAME REPORTS     Sydney 81 ( Tyler 53, Cadee 39, Randle…

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Jonathan Prestwich 0 December 7, 2017 1053 Views

A day of tennis followed by a night of Basketball? Each season as a Melbourne United fan, the Australian Open comes round and we are kicked out of our home at Hisense Arena, making way for the likes of Nick Kyrgios. It’s met with mixed feelings as the Cage is a traditional home of Melbourne basketball…

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Jonathan Prestwich 0 December 6, 2017 678 Views

With the international break over, it is time for the NBL to take centre stage again. In this short article we will attempt to give you a frame work for the short term schedule.       Additional to the above table. After the single game round in round 11 Brisbane and Cairns return to…

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Jonathan Prestwich 0 November 28, 2017 674 Views

Round 7 is done and we have our first international break. The report has been delayed this week as we reached the milestone. We found out Jerome Randle still has what it takes for the NBL and Jeremy Tyler maybe doesn’t. We saw Isaac Humphries produce some of his best games yet along with this…

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Jonathan Prestwich 0 November 23, 2017 , , , , , , 1057 Views

Brad Davidson is the current producer of NBL 2k Ultimate. As far as NBL fans go, there might not be any more committed than this man.   NBL 2k Ultimate is a mod of the NBL 2k13 game which can be installed and played on your PC by following the instructions on their page here.   It…

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Jonathan Prestwich 0 November 16, 2017 2150 Views

What a round once again. Perth and New Zealand went to each others homes and New Zealand came out well and truly on top. Melbourne sea-sawed, Cairns exploded after Michael Carrera went down and huge scores were everywhere in the fantasy points.   That’s all before mentioning the biggest news, Sydney made two signings and…

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Jonathan Prestwich 0 November 14, 2017 1353 Views

Round 5 was filled with surprises. Coaches being sent off, dramatic buzzer beaters and Sydney lost twice. Ok not all surprising, but two away wins for Illawara was. Also they continued the somewhat repetitive debates over the best PG in the league is.   Without further ado, below are game reports for each game this…

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Jonathan Prestwich 0 November 7, 2017 849 Views

  MELBOURNE UNITED:  87 (Ware 26, Goulding 20, Prather 16) CAIRNS TAIPANS: 65 (Carrera 19, Heuir 10, Gliddon 8, Weigh 8)     MELBOURNE UNITED:  101 (Prather 25, Ware 21, Andersen 13, Boone 13) ADELAIDE 36ERS: 84 (Johnson 25, Creek 16, Shorter 13)     United spent the last week in Melbourne and with two home games in front…

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Jonathan Prestwich 0 501 Views

Round 4 is done. Some big scores will have filled a number of coaches with renewed confidence.   When making your transfers consider some of the following. Round’s 5 & 6 see New Zealand, Cairns and Melbourne with back to back doubles. Cairns, New Zealand and Sydney will also see a lot of doubles in…

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Jonathan Prestwich 0 October 31, 2017 , , , , , , 1280 Views

MELBOURNE UNITED:  85 (Prather 30, Goulding 13, Boone 12) BRISBANE BULLET: 87 (Holt 17, Bruce 13, Buford 13, Trice 13) What a strange game this one was. Brisbane should have finished Melbourne off on a number of occasions but Melbourne kept clawing back. At one point in the 3rd quarter, Melbourne trailed by 17. The game finished…

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Jonathan Prestwich 0 October 29, 2017 637 Views

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