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‘Sydney is in love with the Kings’: Large crowd celebrates drought-breakers
A large crowd in Circular Quay celebrated the Kings first title in 17 years as star Jaylen Adams remains coy on his future.
- by Dominic Bossi
Jayson Tatum and Giannis Antetokounmpo do battle
Jayson Tatum scored 46 points, outdueling Giannis Antetokounmpo as the Celtics beat the Bucks 108-95 to force a seventh series game.
The house that Kings built: How Sydney recruited champion roster
Playing “import bingo” and keeping the faith in young recruits helped the Sydney Kings rebound from the devastation of a grand final loss in 2020 to claim their first NBL title in 17 years.
- by Angus Thomson
Bucks come back, Aussie grabs US chance and is an NBA move on cards for grand final MVP?
Xavier Cooks has battled self-doubt and injury to star in the NBL and now his NBA dream is within reach; Anneli Maley is impressing in her second chance in the WNBL; and the Bucks came back from 14 down in the last to stun the Celtics.
- by Roy Ward and Angus Thomson
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Kings break 17-year NBL title drought in front of record home crowd
The Sydney Kings pulled off a sweep of the best-of-five series, beating the Tasmania JackJumpers 97-88 to claim the NBL title in front of a 16,149 home crowd.
- by Angus Thomson
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Slam dunk: Basketball winning the battle for hearts and minds
Clear pathways, excellent domestic leagues and international success have helped basketball enter a new golden era in Australia.
- by Angus Thomson and Phil Lutton
‘Keyboard warriors’: Vasiljevic shrugs off death threat as Kings home in on title
Dejan Vasiljevic was unfazed by social media abuse received after his clutch three-pointer against the Tasmania Jackjumpers on Sunday put the Kings just one win away from the NBL championship.
- by Dominic Bossi
He’ll be right: DJ’s journey from Achilles surgery to ‘dagger’ King
Exactly one year and one month after rupturing his Achilles in his rookie season, Dejan Vasiljevic scored a clutch three points to bring the Sydney Kings within one win of glory.
- by Angus Thomson
‘The truth will always come to light’: Cambage responds to ‘Third World’ sledge
Basketball star Liz Cambage has responded to allegations about the abuse she directed towards Nigerian players before the Tokyo Olympics, coming as Australian greats Andrew Bogut and Andrew Gaze weighed into the heated issue.
- by Jon Pierik