If anyone will appreciate the potential impact of Melbourne Boomers' trip to Geelong this Saturday night, it's guard Maddie Garrick.

Dallas Mavericks All-Star Dirk Nowitzki has praised Australian team-mate Andrew Bogut for selflessly offering to give up his role as starting centre on the struggling NBA team.

Boomers star Matthew Dellavedova missed his third successive NBA game due to a hamstring injury, but the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 98-94 on Monday night (Tuesday AEDT).

Melbourne United star Casper Ware is playing down his blazing start to his NBL career.

Former NBA centre Josh Boone's arrival at Melbourne United has coincided with three straight wins but coach Dean Demopoulos is not yet ready to discuss whether Boone will finish out the season.

Melbourne United put on their best performance of the season with a 104-73 win over top-team Adelaide 36ers on Sunday.

James Harden has produced a NBA record 53 points, 17 assists and 16 rebounds as the Houston Rockets beat the short-handed New York Knicks 129-122.

Nathan Sobey has waited for his chance and is now making the most of it as his Adelaide 36ers chase an NBL championship.

Missing Australia's Matthew Dellavedova due to injury, the Milwaukee Bucks have fallen 116-99 to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Sydney have come from behind in crunch time to beat the New Zealand Breakers 85-80 in an NBL nailbiter at Qudos Bank Arena.

Melbourne United won't be closing off their late game scoring options despite import point guard Casper Ware's heroics this season.

Casper Ware handled business and his Melbourne United scored a priceless win in Cairns.

Roy Ward runs the rule over the WNBL as the league heads into the business end of the season.

New Melbourne United signing Josh Boone has five weeks to show what he can do. After that his future is uncertain.

Our youngest girls won gold, our NBA-laden Boomers were robbed of bronze while Delly scored a championship ring and Ben Simmons went No 1 – 2016 a bumper year for Australian basketball.

Australia's Matthew Dellavedova dished out 11 assists, but his Milwaukee Bucks couldn't hold on as they suffered a damaging 107-102 NBA loss to the Washington Wizards.

In the waning minutes of a blowout victory, a little known rookie unleashes a specific brand of momentousness.

Santa delivered for LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers.

Adam Silver, the commissioner of a league whose membership is about 75 per cent African-American, thinks it would be a mistake if NBA championship teams chose to boycott visits to the White House under Donald Trump's presidency.

The Hisense Arena roof remained closed but Melbourne United and Brisbane Bullets still put on a show on Boxing Day night.

Kyrie Irving dropped a fadeway jumper over Klay Thompson with 3.4 seconds left as Cleveland came back on Golden State - just like they did last June in the NBA Finals - to beat the Warriors 109-108.

Melbourne United and Brisbane Bullets have both suffered injuries and both remain in the NBL finals race but signs are pointing to only one of them making the top four, hence the importance of their Boxing Day clash.

Former NBA and European import centre Josh Boone will suit up for Melbourne United against Brisbane Bullets at Hisense Arena on Boxing Day

Australian Boomer Patty Mills has starred, adding a season-high 23 points off the bench in the San Antonio Spurs' 110-90 NBA defeat of the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Perth Wildcats have made the drastic decision to axe American import Jaron Johnson for the second time this season in a desperate bid to save their ailing finals hopes.

Oscar Forman scored 24 points to lead the Illawarra Hawks to a 87-75 NBL win over the Sydney Kings at Qudos Bank Arena on Friday.

Kevin Durant had 26 points, nine rebounds and seven assists as the Golden State Warriors turned an ugly start into an easy finish in a 117-101 NBA victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night (Friday AEDT).

Rob Beveridge has backed talks for the Illawarra Hawks to form a partnership to bring NBL matches to Canberra.

How the NBL season is shaping up and how the teams may finish, from top to bottom.

Canberra's basketball popularity boom has launched NBL talks back on to Basketball ACT's radar as the sport makes moves to capitalise on unprecedented player numbers.

He's been forced to wait a little longer than his teammates, but Matthew Dellavedova finally got his hands on his NBA championship ring.

As NBA drama goes it was first rate but in the life of DeMarcus Cousins it will sit somewhere around the middle.

Canberra NBA star Patrick Mills hit a three-pointer with 12.9 seconds left to guide the San Antonio Spirs to a 102-100 win against the Houston Rockets.

Melbourne United will put out a Christmas SOS for an injury replacement player with former star Hakim Warrick on their shortlist.

There was no trick or secret to how Australian point guard Patty Mills got wide open for the winning shot in the NBA on Tuesday night (Wednesday AEDT).

Melbourne United could be left dangerously undersized if import centre Devin Williams is forced out of their Boxing Day game against Brisbane Bullets.

The Brisbane Bullets came back from a 17-point deficit to force overtime, before losing 91-85 to the Illawarra Hawks on Monday night.

The Adelaide 36ers chalked up their seventh straight victory with Sunday's convincing 103-96 defeat of the Sydney Kings at Qudos Bank Arena.

After nine straight losses, Melbourne Boomers needed inspiration and they found it in the form of 100 gamer Bec Cole.