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Young Gunner looks to follow Shaq's footsteps

Lee Gaskin When sifting through numerous offers from American colleges, Darcy Malone couldn't go past one name - Shaq.

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Capitals grab gem with a bright future

Lee Gaskin The Canberra Capitals have locked away one of the brightest young talents in Australian women's basketball.

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Shock for Liz Cambage

Roy Ward Australian has had a shock change of heart and decided to play in upcoming WNBA season.

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Joyce has the coaching pedigree to help bring out the best in Opals

Jon Tuxworth Brendan Joyce is backed to succeed as the new Australian Opals coach.

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Pacers hold off Knicks to reach NBA finals

Lance Stephenson scored a career playoff-high 25 points on Saturday to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 106-99 victory over the New York Knicks and into the NBA Eastern Conference finals.

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Experienced Spurs go to 2-1 lead against Golden State

Andrew Bogut was plagued by early fouls and his sharpshooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were off target as the Golden State Warriors fell to the San Antonio Spurs 102-92 in game three of their...

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Bibby pushes WNBL to get better deal

Jon Tuxworth Jess Bibby believes the WNBL should be treated as Basketball Australia's ''flagship program''.

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Mills ready to answer the call

Lee Gaskin Canberra's Patty Mills has told new Australian Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis he's ready to step up.

Memphis takes 2-1 series lead

Marc Gasol scored 20 points and Memphis made all six of its free-throw attempts in the final 63 seconds to beat Oklahoma City 87-81 in game three of their NBA playoff second-round series.

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Bogut spearheads Warriors NBA victory

Andrew Bogut earned a rave review from coach Mark Jackson after helping Golden State Warriors to a 97-87 overtime victory to level their NBA playoff series against San Antonio.

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Bogut 'getting away with a lot of stuff', claims playoff rival Duncan

San Antonio star Tim Duncan claims Australian centre Andrew Bogut is getting away with too much illegal play in their torrid NBA playoffs duel.

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Longley joins Boomers coaching

Three-time NBA champion has joined the Australian Boomers coaching staff.

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No holds barred for Bogut: Spurs

San Antonio star Tim Duncan claims Australian centre getting away with too much illegal play.

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To go gold, Opals must walk the walk, says Joyce the voice

Jon Pierik New Opals coach says there was too much talk of winning a gold medal before London Olympics, declaring it is time for the team to 'walk the walk'.