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The 1992, 1993 and 1994 All-Star games featured the Australian Boomers team playing against the USA Stars (1992) and the NBL Stars in 1993 and 1994. The 1992 game played at the AIS Arena in Canberra was played on 4 July and was promoted as the "Independence Day Challenge". [3]
The National Basketball League (NBL) is the premier professional men's basketball league in Australia and New Zealand. It was established in 1979. Andrew Gaze is widely considered one of the league's greatest players and features heavily in these records. Since its inaugural season he has had seven of the top ten seasons for average points scored.
In Australia, Basketball is a popular participation and spectator sport played both indoors and outdoors. According to Ausplay, in 2024 1,056,012 Australian adults play basketball making it the second highest team participation sport in the country. [1] Around 4.6% of Australian adults, and 6.7% of Australian children play basketball. [1]
10–17 November Commonwealth Paraplegic Games [8] Perth, Western Australia: 14 9 93 n/a 1977 20–27 November FESPIC Games: Sydney 12 15 310 n/a 1982 30 September – 9 October Commonwealth Games [9] Brisbane, Queensland: 11 46 1,583 481,313 1985 26 January – 5 February Australia Games [10] Melbourne: 24 31 1,848 92,767 [11] 1994
The National Basketball League's (NBL) scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given season. The scoring title was originally determined by total points scored through the 1996 season , after which points per game was used to determine the leader instead. [ 2 ]
Basketball was first included in the Commonwealth Games in the 2006 games in Melbourne. [4] Australia won gold medals in both the men's and women's competitions. New Zealand's teams and England's teams won the silver and bronze medals respectively. Basketball was not included in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, but India was scheduled to ...
The greatest to ever play the game of basketball, Michael Jordan left behind a sporting legacy of which most athletes can only dream. A prolific scorer, tenacious defender and high-flying dunker ...
Australia and New Zealand are the top two ranked teams in international netball. On 20 August 1938, at Royal Park, Melbourne, Australia defeated New Zealand 40–11. This was the first netball Test between Australia and New Zealand. It was also the world's first international netball match.