Chris Pike

#NBL26 🏀TATUM LEAPS TO DEFENCE OF MCLAUGHLIN⛹️‍♂️

Illawarra Hawks coach Justin Tatum jumped on the front foot over some erroneous reporting about the departure of JaQuori McLaughlin.

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Davis and Kings make statement in Adelaide Kendric Davis and his Sydney Kings walked into enemy territory and beat the Adelaide 36ers by 24 points.

#NBL26 🏀DAVIS, KINGS MAKE STATEMENT IN ADELAIDE⛹️‍♂️

It was the most hotly anticipated game of NBL26 to date and Kendric Davis returned to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and came away with Sydney Kings scoring a statement 103-79 win over Adelaide 36ers.

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Tough night for Bullets in the 'Gong The Brisbane Bullets had a tough outing against the defending champion Illawarra Hawks but will focus on bouncing back in Perth now on Wednesday.

#NBL26 🏀TOUGH NIGHT FOR BULLETS IN THE 'GONG⛹️‍♂️

Illawarra Hawks were always going to warm into their NBL championship defence and that happened on their home floor with Brisbane Bullets turning their attention to hitting back in Perth.

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JLA, Windler lift Perth to win in Cairns Jo Lual-Acuil Jr and Dylan Winder have starred in a thrilling road win for the Perth Wildcats against the Cairns Taipans.

#NBL26 🏀JLA, WINDLER LIFT PERTH TO WIN IN CAIRNS⛹️‍♂️

Jo Lual-Acuil Jr and Dylan Windler combined for 56 points and the Perth Wildcats scored nine of last 13 points to secure a nail-biting 80-77 road win over Cairns Taipans.

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Preview: NBL26 R4 Away v Illawarra Hawks After three tight losses the Brisbane Bullets will look to get back to winning in NBL26 up against the winless defending champion Illawarra Hawks in Wollongong.

#NBL26 🏀BULLETS PREVIEW AWAY v HAWKS⛹️‍♂️

Brisbane Bullets are back on the road this Saturday evening when they take on the defending champion Illawarra Hawks with both teams in need of an early season NBL victory.

Read here: www.brisbanebullets.com.au/news/preview...

JackJumpers go down fighting in Adelaide The Tasmania JackJumpers have now completed four straight road matches ahead of a return home on Wednesday night.

#NBL26 🏀JACKJUMPERS GO DOWN FIGHTING IN ADELAIDE🐜

The Tasmania JackJumpers showed plenty of their trademark fight before a nine-point loss to the Adelaide 36ers to complete a four-game road run ahead of their return home on Wednesday.

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#NBL26 🏀GOORJ WANTS KINGS TO EMBRACE HEAT IN ADELAIDE⛹️‍♂️

Brian Goorjian has full faith in Sydney Kings to figure things out including doing better going small and Xavier Cooks' free-throw woes while he wants them to embrace what they will face in in Adelaide.

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Starks perfect spark as Bannan continues to shine All the Tasmania JackJumpers will ask of TJ Starks in his few weeks in the NBL is to score as much as he can and his 13-point fourth quarter showed just what he's capable of.

#NBL26 🏀STARKS PERFECT SPARK AS BANNAN CONTINUES TO SHINE🐜

TJ Starks provided Tasmania JackJumpers a spark with 13 fourth quarter points having just arrived down under with both coach Scott Roth and star forward Josh Bannan suitably impressed.

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Proud Lash has full faith in Bullets' direction Stu Lash was always confident in the Brisbane Bullets squad stepping up despite injuries to four key players and that proved justified in their home-opener.

#NBL26 🏀PROUD LASH'S FAITH IN BULLETS DIRECTION⛹️‍♂️

Proud was the first word that came to mind for Brisbane Bullets coach Stu Lash after first home game and a big reason why he didn’t want to use injuries as an excuse was his faith in whole squad.

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JackJumpers secure another thriller The Tasmania JackJumpers kept their winning run on the road going with a hard earned two-point win against the Brisbane Bullets.

#NBL26 🏀JACKJUMPERS SECURE ANOTHER THRILLER⛹️‍♂️

Josh Bannan and Will Magnay were powerful forces inside and newly signed import TJ Starks produced 13 points in fourth quarter as Tasmania JackJumpers won another thriller 84-82 over Brisbane Bullets.

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Bullets fight hard for enthusiastic home crowd The Brisbane Bullets were undermanned but put in a performance full of heart in an eventual two-point defeat to the Tasmania JackJumpers.

#NBL26 🏀BULLETS DIG DEEP IN FIRST HOME GAME⛹️‍♂️

Brisbane Bullets weren’t interested in excuses and put in a standout performance against the odds only to fall agonisingly short with Tasmania JackJumpers scoring last five points to win 84-82.

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Preview: NBL26 R3 Home v Tasmania JackJumpers The Brisbane Bullets play their first home game of NBL26 this Saturday night hosting the Tasmania JackJumpers.

#NBL26 🏀BULLETS PREVIEW AT HOME v JACKJUMPERS⛹️‍♂️

Brisbane Bullets return to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre for the first time this NBL season taking on Tasmania JackJumpers on Saturday night.

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#NBAxNBL🏀DOYLE, UNITED PUSH PELICANS ALL THE WAY⛹️‍♂️

Melbourne United kept fighting the entire way to put an almighty scare into their NBA opponents with Milton Doyle putting up 25 points but New Orleans Pelicans prevailed 107-97 at Rod Laver Arena.

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#NBL26 🏀JARON RILLIE'S +46 START TO NBL CAREER⛹️‍♂️

Perth Wildcats have had to come from behind to win their two games in NBL26 and on both occasions development player Jaron Rillie has inspired the fightback with his team now +46 with him on the floor.

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First Bullets focus is building competitive spirit Three games into NBL26 and Brisbane Bullets coach likes the competitive spirit that his group is already building.

#NBL26 🏀FIRST BULLETS FOCUS IS BUILDING COMPETITIVE SPIRIT⛹️‍♂️

Brisbane Bullets have already taken on three opponents in their home openers and Stu Lash can't fault the fighting spirit his team has been showing ahead of returning home.

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#NBL26 🏀SNAKES DESERVE MORE THAN BEING UNDERDOGS🐍

Cairns Taipans coach Adam Forde still feels his team is being underestimated despite bringing in high calibre players with the arrival of new import guard Andrew Andrews providing the perfect example.

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NBL champ Doyle's seamless fit with United | Basketball.com.au The former JackJumper has United sitting as NBL26 championship favourites after just three games

#NBL26 🏀DOYLE NEVER DOUBTED SEAMLESS UNITED FIT⛹️‍♂️

Milton Doyle was confident he'd have no trouble fitting in at Melbourne United and his cool head has been instrumental in their 3-0 start with his clutch reputation only growing.

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Bullets battle valiantly on road to 36ers Missing three key players the Brisbane Bullets put in a valiant fighting performance against the Adelaide 36ers on Sunday.

#NBL26 🏀BULLETS BATTLE VALIANTLY IN ADELAIDE⛹️‍♂️

While never content not to win, Brisbane Bullets did produce a brave performance to push Bryce Cotton and Adelaide 36ers in their home opener before the home team prevailed 87-80.

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#NBL26 🏀MCGEE SHINES BUT WORK TO DO FOR HAWKS⛹️‍♂️

JaVale McGee surpassed all expectations in his NBL debut but Illawarra Hawks coach Justin Tatum is still looking for his squad to gel and Scott Roth felt it might have worked in Tasmania JackJumpers' favour.

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Preview: NBL26 R2 Away v Adelaide 36ers The Brisbane Bullets play their last of three straight road games to open NBL26 against the Adelaide 36ers on Sunday.

#NBL26 🏀BULLETS PREVIEW AWAY v 36ERS⛹️‍♂️

For the third time to start the NBL season the Brisbane Bullets will be taking on an opponent playing on their home floor for the first time when they face Adelaide 36ers on Sunday.

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#NBL26 🏀MCGEE STARS FOR HAWKS BUT JACKJUMPERS PREVAIL⛹️‍♂️

The excitement was palpable as three-time NBA champion JaVale McGee starred on debut for the defending NBL champion Illawarra Hawks, but Tasmania JackJumpers answered every challenge to win 91-86.

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#NBL26 ⛹️‍♂️WILDCATS GO 17-0 IN Q4 TO OVRERUN BREAKERS🏀

Perth Wildcats hit back with 17 straight points after conceding a 15-0 run to open the fourth quarter to score their first win of the NBL season 89-78 against New Zealand Breakers.

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#NBL26 🏀MCVEIGH FIRES, ANDREWS ENCOURAGES, LEE ON NOTICE⛹️‍♂️

Andrew Andrews surpassed expectations first up for Cairns Taipans while Jack McVeigh delivered and Adam Forde has no doubt Marcus Lee was as relieved as anyone with the win.

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Bullets can't quite complete comeback The Brisbane Bullets did get back in front after being down 12 but ended up losing to the Cairns Taipans by a point.

#NBL26 🏀BULLETS CAN'T QUITE COMPLETE COMEBACK⛹️‍♂️

Brisbane Bullets dug deep to overcome a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to get back in front in the first Sunshine Stoush of NBL26 but Cairns Taipans prevailed in a thriller 83-82.

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Our awards will still be running in #NBL26 thanks to Damian Martin and Cody Ellis with Round 1 NBL top votes in Best Defensive Player going to John Brown III from South East Melbourne Phoenix and top votes in the Player of the Year to Bryce Hamilton of Tasmania JackJumpers

#NBL26 🏀URGENCY FOR PHOENIX IMPORT GATHERS STEAM⛹️‍♂️

While on one hand Thursday's Throwdown defeat highlighted the urgency for South East Melbourne Phoenix to secure a new import, coach Josh King doesn't want anyone to think that'll be the sole fix.

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Preview: NBL26 R2 Away v Cairns Taipans The Brisbane Bullets will attempt to start NBL26 2-0 when they remain on the road to face the Cairns Taipans on Friday night.

#NBL26 🏀BULLETS PREVIEW AWAY v TAIPANS⛹️‍♂️

Brisbane Bullets have the first three games on the road and will be attempting to keep the momentum going after an impressive start this Friday in a Sunshine Stoush with Cairns Taipans.

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Bradtke's faith in Bullets as best place to develop Jensen Bradtke grew rapidly during the NBL1 North at the Gold Coast Rollers and already is developing quickly at the Brisbane Bullets.

#NBL26 🏀BRADTKE'S FAITH IN BULLETS TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT⛹️‍♂️

He might be a decidedly different player than his famous father, but Jensen Bradtke is excited to be at Brisbane Bullets after starring role in NBL1 North at Gold Coast Rollers.

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#NBL26 🏀PJC HURTING WITH BREAKERS OUT OF SHAPE, SYNC⛹️‍♂️

New Zealand Breakers coach Petteri Koponen feels his team is looking slow on their feet and in their head after two games which is only exacerbated by Parker Jackson-Cartwright's on-going rib problem.

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Cotton shines but Panathinaikos prevail Kendrick Nunn and Panathinaikos BC Aktor dominated the second half for the 17-point win in the Pavlos Giannakopoulos Tournament against the Adelaide 36ers.

#NBL26 🏀COTTON SHINES BUT PANATHINAIKOS PREVAIL AT #PGT⛹️‍♂️

The Bryce Cotton, DJ Vasiljevic back court combined for 46 points in their first time playing with Adelaide 36ers but Kendrick Nunn and Panathinaikos BC claimed 106-89 win in Sydney.

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