Adrian Seconi

The Otago Nuggets have kept their winning streak alive with a 110-93 win against the Taranaki Mountain Airs at the Edgar Centre tonight.

The Steel upset the Magic 65-58 in Invercargill today to slip into the top four of the ANZ Championship.

It is the starting five who usually attract all of the attention in basketball. But this weekend, it is Brendon Polyblank's time to shine.

There are closet shooters in every netball team and you usually find them hiding among the defenders.

The Otago Nuggets have battled back from the brink of extinction and are on track to snap a 16-year playoff drought. Sports writer Adrian Seconi asks Basketball Otago board member Simon Clarke how the franchise managed the transformation from chumps to potential champs.

The Otago Nuggets are 5-0 but face a daunting challenge with back-to-back games against the Taranaki Mountain Airs and the Southland Sharks this weekend. Basketball writer Adrian Seconi reports.

Our golden girl is leaving Dunedin.

The good news is Otago will remain under-21 champion in perpetuity.

What is more extraordinary: that the All Black-laden Highlanders are at the bottom of the Super 15? Or that the Nuggets, who staved off financial ruin four years ago without the help of a Campbell Live sausage sizzle, find themselves at the top of the National Basketball League after five consecutive wins?

The Steel have moved into the top four of the ANZ Championship standings thanks to a 73-63 win against the Mystics in Auckland last night.

If you ask Brendon Polyblank, the Otago Nuggets let the pressure off during the third quarter.

The Otago Nuggets have picked themselves up from the bottom of the table and are charging towards their first appearance in the playoffs since 1997. Basketball writer Adrian Seconi outlines four reasons why tonight's game against the Waikato Pistons is one not to miss.

Jhaniele Fowler 59 - Swifts 55.

News of Southern's defeat was greatly exaggerated.

Former Silver Ferns captain Belinda Colling cannot remember seeing a player so dominant so early in her career.

Otago Nuggets forward BJ Anthony wanted to make a statement and it has taken all of four games to make it.

The Otago Nuggets are enjoying a bit of a renaissance but still need the community's support, Basketball Otago general manager Markham Brown says.