The Southside Flyers have opened their WNBL finals campaign with a 68-65 comeback victory over the Adelaide Lightning.
Kia Nurse showed her WNBL MVP credentials as the Canberra Capitals used a strong final term to beat the Melbourne Boomers in game one of their semi-finals.
Maddie Garrick senses something special about her Melbourne Boomers side as they look to knock reigning champions Canberra Capitals out of the WNBL semi-finals in their best of three series starting on Sunday.
The Australian Opals have departed to take part in the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament in France,and are confident they can secure a place at Tokyo 2020.
The WNBL regular season ended on Saturday night with Southside Flyers and Melbourne Boomers headed to the semi-finals.
The WNBL's final round comes up on Saturday but for Australian Opals players like Cayla George,they are just beginning an exhausting month of games and travel.
After three years splitting time between the AFLW and WNBL,Monique Conti has asked for a release from Melbourne Boomers to focus her attention on football and her first season at Richmond.
Lindsay Allen is seeing the benefits of resting her troublesome knee but she admits it's tough watching her side hit the court without her.
Melbourne Boomers centre Ezi Magbegor stepped up to make sure her side took a win in Sydney on Saturday after two heartbreaking losses.
Melbourne Boomers again fell agonisingly short in the final seconds before losing in overtime to the Canberra Capitals on Friday night.
It's been a wild week for Southside coach Cheryl Chambers who has lost her captain for the season and had to rally her side all while preparing for her 250th WNBL game as a coach.