Not even another 40-point game from Bryce Cotton was enough to give Perth Wildcats a home win over Illawarra Hawks on a night where import Kristian Doolittle suffered a groin injury.
Craig O'Donoghue
Miela Sowah is mounting a case to be considered the WNBL’s Most Improved Player this season, with a stunning scoring spree now has her ranked higher than some of the biggest names in the league.
Josh Giddey has been restricted to eight points but a season-high 39-point haul from Nikola Vucevic was enough to lift Chicago to victory over San Antonio.
Justin Chadwick
Minor injuries kept Melbourne United's Marcus Lee and Ian Clark sidelined against New Zealand, but the import pair are expected to play against Brisbane.
Shayne Hope
Sami Whitcomb has returned to WA to haunt Perth Lynx with a brilliant triple-double leading Bendigo Spirit to victory at the Bendat Basketball Centre.
After a sluggish start to the season, defending NBL champions Tasmania have secured their fourth straight victory, beating Cairns by nine points.
Ethan James
Melbourne United's enviable depth was on show as Rob Loe top-scored in a 97-70 NBL victory over New Zealand in Christchurch.
LA Lakers superstar LeBron James admits it sucks, and coach JJ Redick says the whole team is embarrassed by the NBA club's record-breaking form slump.
Tim Reynolds
Wildcats star Keanu Pinder will miss a second successive game due to illness, but Perth will be strengthened by the return of point guard Tai Webster from a hamstring injury when they host Illawarra on Friday.
Ben Simmons has helped spark a 14-2 run as his Brooklyn Nets snapped a three-match losing run with a 99-90 win over Indiana.
Veteran guard Shaun Bruce sees a resemblance between this year's Sydney Kings and the team that won a drought-breaking NBL title three seasons ago.
Jasper Bruce
Thursday night’s WNBL blockbuster between Perth and Bendigo is unique because the Spirit’s owners, SEN, are helping to manage the Lynx and Perth’s owner Christian Hauff has a stake in the Spirit.
The Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks have secured their places in the NBA Cup quarter-finals for the second year in a row.
Al Green holds the record for the most points in a NBL game, but after watching Bryce Cotton score 59 points on Sunday ,he believes the talent on show and style of game mean someone could catch him.
The Illawarra Hawks are now in the top two on the NBL ladder and coach Justin Tatum has explained why.
Josh Giddey bagged his 12th NBA triple-double, the first since joining the Chicago Bulls in the offseason, as he steered them to a win over the Brooklyn Nets.
Staff Writers
A calf injury has sidelined Melbourne United sharpshooter Chris Goulding, one of the NBL's best players.
Perth Wildcats owner Mark Arena has spotted something in the schedule that he’d like to change - and he’ll make a request to the NBL to allow it to occur.
Franz Wagner has scored 20 points to lead Orlando to a hard-fought eight-point win over Brooklyn in the NBA.
The Associated Press
First has beaten second in the NBA's Eastern Conference, with Cleveland pipping Boston, but Oklahoma City, the best in the west, came up just short in Houston.
After Bryce Cotton nudged aside James Crawford in the Wildcats’ record books, it got us thinking: Who else in WA sport can lay claim to being the kings and queens of single-game scoring greatness?
Chris Robinson
Perth Wildcats legend James Crawford has paid tribute to four-time NBL MVP Bryce Cotton after he broke the club’s record for most points in a game.
What a day we just witnessed for the Bryce Cotton, the NBL and the Perth Wildcats. The superstar’s 59 points is now the best the modern game has seen and it will take a mighty effort to ever catch him.
Bryce Cotton has stunned the Australian basketball community by shattering records on the way to a 59-point game for the Perth Wildcats and praise has come from everywhere.
