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BBL
Wed 27/12
Complete
heat
172
thunder
9/157
NBL
Wed 27/12
Full Time
BRI
71
NZB
81
ALW
Thu 28/12
Full Time
melb city
5
brisbane
3
BBL
Thu 28/12
Complete
hurricanes
155
stars
3/67
NBL
Thu 28/12
Full Time
ADL
82
PER
100
ALM
Thu 28/12
Full Time
melb city
8
brisbane
1
ALW
Fri 29/12
Full Time
sydney FC
1
wellington
0
BBL
Fri 29/12
Complete
renegades
6/178
strikers
6/177
NBL
Fri 29/12
Full Time
SYD
101
CAI
82
ALM
Fri 29/12
Full Time
sydney FC
3
wellington
1
ALW
Sat 30/12
Full Time
Canberra
1
western utd
1
ALM
Sat 30/12
Full Time
newcastle
2
western utd
0
ALW
live
45:00
western sydney
2
melb victory
0
BBL
live
In Progress
thunder
7/151
sixers
1/19
ALM
live
66:53
melb victory
0
adelaide
0
NBL
live
Q3 - 08:14
BRI
61
SEM
47
ALW
Sun 31/12
1:15PM
central coast
-
perth
-
ALW
Sun 31/12
2:00PM
newcastle
-
adelaide
-
NBL
Sun 31/12
2:30PM
ILL
-
ADL
-
ALM
Sun 31/12
4:00PM
central coast
-
perth
-
BBL
Sun 31/12
4:15PM
strikers
-
stars
-
NBL
Sun 31/12
4:30PM
CAI
-
MEL
-
NBL
Mon 01/01
1:00PM
TAS
-
NZB
-
BBL
Mon 01/01
1:00PM
hurricanes
-
thunder
-
ALM
Mon 01/01
2:00PM
western sydney
-
macarthur FC
-
BBL
Mon 01/01
4:15PM
heat
-
sixers
-
BBL
Tue 02/01
4:15PM
stars
-
renegades
-
BBL
Wed 03/01
3:05PM
sixers
-
heat
-
ALW
Wed 03/01
4:00PM
sydney FC
-
Canberra
-
BBL
Wed 03/01
6:15PM
scorchers
-
strikers
-
BBL
Thu 04/01
4:15PM
renegades
-
hurricanes
-
NBL
Thu 04/01
4:30PM
SYD
-
MEL
-
ALM
Thu 04/01
4:45PM
adelaide
-
wellington
-
BBL
Fri 05/01
4:15PM
strikers
-
scorchers
-
NBL
Fri 05/01
4:30PM
ILL
-
SEM
-
ALM
Fri 05/01
4:45PM
macarthur FC
-
newcastle
-
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