Adrian Seconi

Steel captain Jodi Brown was conducting her version of a postmortem by sitting through a replay of Sunday's loss to the Magic.

Deja vu - the Steel lost 58-52 for the second time in a row, but this time to the Magic.

Hats off to the Steel - the team has been much better than most imagined this season.

Another night and there is another Webster to look out for - this time it is younger brother Tai Webster.

Applause please - BJ Anthony led the Otago Nuggets to a dramatic 90-85 win against the Hawkes Bay Hawks with a powerhouse performance at the Edgar Centre last night.

The bubble had to burst eventually and it was one of the National Basketball League heavyweights who popped the Otago Nuggets' winning-streak.

Defence really does win the big matches.

The National Basketball League has reached the halfway point. Basketball writer Adrian Seconi picks a form five.

No Andrew Warren and probably no Corey Webster - the Wellington Saints side which looked so invincible at the start of the season suddenly does not look so formidable.

The Otago Nuggets were good enough to win not once but twice if you ask the coach.

Former Otago Nuggets coach Carl Dickel likes what he sees from his old team this year.

Tab Baldwin is New Zealand basketball royalty but even the greats have seasons they would rather forget.

Flight Time has had his wings clipped.

The Steel has an opportunity to create some history on Monday.

In January, Sport Otago chief executive John Brimble suggested the province was about to enter a golden era. Those words now seem prophetic. Sports writer Adrian Seconi looks at the resurgence of elite sport in the South.

Gasp. Promise this is the last time we express any surprise but the Otago Nuggets continue to astound us.

If the rest of the league was not worried about the Otago Nuggets - they are now.

Steel coach Janine Southby believes her side is well placed to capitalise on its stunning win against the Magic with a breakthrough win in Australia.