Lachlan Pryor
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Australia’s NBL: results, injuries, the Next Stars and the import market.
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JackJumpers beat short-handed Bullets 106-85 to stay top, with 22 from Josh Bannan against his old club
Tasmania led 14-2 inside five minutes, won every quarter and moved to 6-2. Brisbane played without Tyrell Harrison, Jacob Holt, Arnas Velička and Sam McDaniel, and Raul Neto made his debut with nine points on four of four shooting.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 21, 2026 · 3 min read
Makur Maker's late three lifts the Hawks past Melbourne United 91-89, and Taran Armstrong's 32 beats Sam Mennenga's 36: NBL weekend roundup
Four games on Saturday and Sunday. Illawarra won on the road for the first time this season, Tasmania went to 5-2, the Phoenix came from 12 down to beat Cairns by 32, and the Kings ended a two-game losing run against a short-handed Perth.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 18, 2026 · 5 min read
Bryce Cotton scores 35 and the last eight in a row as the 36ers beat the JackJumpers 94-88
Tasmania came back from 13 down and tied it 82-82 on Nick Marshall's three with 2:13 left. Cotton answered with a three, a layup and another three, and Adelaide improved to 4-4.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Max Mackinnon has 24 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists as the Bullets beat the Phoenix 115-105
Brisbane took the lead in the first quarter and never gave it back, opening the second half with a 10-0 run. Angus Glover scored 27 off the bench for South East Melbourne.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Torrey Craig hits four threes in the last two minutes, but the Breakers hold off the Kings 102-101 in Canberra
New Zealand led by 13 with 2:24 left after winning the third quarter 24-12. Craig scored 12 points in the last 1:55 to pull Sydney within two, and Tyler Robertson's tip-in with two seconds left came too late for Sydney.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Adelaide end Sydney's unbeaten start 84-78 as Cotton and Davis clash again, and Cairns hit 18 threes at Illawarra
John Jenkins III hit six threes in the first Championship Series rematch, and Bryce Cotton and Kendric Davis were each called for a flagrant foul in the final minute. Melbourne came from 10 down to beat South East Melbourne 104-99, and Sam Mennenga's 40 and 18 was not enough at Perth.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 11, 2026 · 5 min read
David Johnson scores 32 as Tasmania post a franchise-record 122 in Wollongong
The JackJumpers shot 65% from the field and 16 of 28 from three to beat Illawarra 122-112 and move to 4-1. They led by 27 before a 39-point Hawks fourth quarter.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Bolden's late three helps Cairns hold off Brisbane 97-91 despite 30 from Nate Hinton
Jack McVeigh set up the last two Taipans baskets in the first Queensland derby of NBL27. Jaylon Brown scored 25, and 17-year-old Next Star Luke Paul made his debut. Brisbane have lost three straight.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Melbourne United hold off a 13-2 Adelaide run to win 96-91
United led by 20 before the half and by 14 with under five minutes left. Bryce Cotton and Nick Rakocevic scored 33 each, and the 36ers got within three before Cole Anthony's three settled it.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 7, 2026 · 2 min read
JackJumpers close overtime on a 10-0 run and beat the Bullets 109-99 behind Taran Armstrong's 29
Brisbane erased an 11-point deficit with 11 straight points late in the fourth quarter. Josh Bannan tied it with 22 seconds left, and Tasmania scored the last 10 of overtime to move to 3-1 without four injured players.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 3, 2026 · 3 min read
Taipans score the first 11 of the fourth and beat Melbourne United 107-95 despite Cole Anthony's 40
Cairns trailed 79-67 late in the third quarter, then won the fourth 35-14. Jaylon Brown scored 14 of his 20 in the last 10 minutes after making one of nine shots before it.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Oct 3, 2026 · 3 min read
JackJumpers forward Majok Deng out at least four weeks with fractured fibula
Deng played on after the contact in the season opener and scored a tying layup before leaving the game. The club aims for a return in four to six weeks.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Kings beat Hawks 121-100 as Sydney's bench scores 51
Makuach Maluach made all six of his shots off the bench. Sydney is 2-0 and hosts unbeaten Brisbane on Wednesday, while Illawarra falls to 0-3.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Sep 28, 2026 · 3 min read
JackJumpers beat South East Melbourne 96-91 in their NBL season opener
Tasmania did not lead until 2:26 was left in the third quarter, then outscored the Phoenix 58-39 in the second half to come back from 14 points down, with David Johnson scoring 26.
Lachlan PryorDesk name · Sep 21, 2026 · 3 min read