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Undrafted star sends Heat into NBA Finals
Caleb Martin played his best game in the biggest moment of his career as the Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics in Game 7.
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NBA play-offs as it happened: Miami Heat defeat Boston Celtics in game seven of Eastern Conference finals
It’s the game seven no one saw coming as Boston and Miami do battle for the right to face Denver in the NBA finals.
- by Paul Suttor
Brush with royalty: Daniels and his run-in with LeBron
Australian guard Dyson Daniels wasn’t raised to take a backward step, even with LeBron James about to bowl through him.
- by Roy Ward
Daniels v Delly: Battle is on for a spot in the best Boomers side ever
Dyson Daniels will be doing all he can to push for a place in the Australian Boomers team for the FIBA World Cup, even if it means beating out one of the team’s veterans.
- by Roy Ward
‘I’m already training my arse off’: The Aussie NBA champion preparing for World Cup fight
Matthew Dellavedova will return to Melbourne United with plans to use his second stint in the NBL to make his case to remain in the Boomers team for this year’s FIBA World Cup and the Paris Olympics.
- by Roy Ward
'Dream come true': Boom times for Giddey, Daniels, but wait on Simmons
Emerging NBA stars Josh Giddey and Dyson Daniels headline the strongest Boomers squad in Australian basketball history ahead of this year’s FIBA men’s World Cup, while the door is open for a shock return for Ben Simmons should he prove he has overcome a back injury.
- by Jon Pierik
Curry fires Warriors into semi-finals
Stephen Curry shot a career playoff record 50 points to lift Golden State Warriors to the western conference semi-finals.
Dante Exum body-slammed: EuroLeague player sorry for hit on Aussie in basketbrawl
The EuroLeague issued suspensions of up to five games for four players involved in a brawl between Real Madrid and Partizan Belgrade, including a five-game ban for player who body-slammed Australia’s Dante Exum.
Gaze weighs in on transgender ban
Aussie basketball great Andrew Gaze spoke to Today about the basketball ban on a transgender player in the NBL1 competition.
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Transgender basketballer can reapply despite being denied approval to join league
Lexi Rodgers says she firmly believes she has a place as an athlete in women’s basketball after Basketball Australia rejected her application to join a semi-professional women’s league, saying she is ineligible to play at the elite level.
- by Carla Jaeger and Lachlan Abbott
Basketball Australia knocks back trans athlete
Basketball Australia has denied an application from transgender woman Lexi Rodgers to compete professionally.