Hayden Donnell of nzherald.co.nz and NBA junkie Dan Trevarthen cover game 2 of the NBA Finals from 12pm.

If you're wondering how one of this country's most famous basketball players got started in the sport, look no further than his mother.

New Zealand teenager Steven Adams is tipped to be as high as a top 20 pick in the NBA's much-anticipated draft next month.

TNT Maddox broke a long drought in 2011, becoming the first woman in nearly 20 years, and just the ninth ever, to join basketball's famously flamboyant entertainers - the Harlem Globetrotters.

Twitter in sport is generally seen as an athlete's game but one coach bucking that trend is Dean Vickerman.

Kobe Bryant is in a court battle to try to keep his mother from auctioning off mementoes from his high school days in Pennsylvania and his early years with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Jason Collins, an NBA basketball player, didn't only come out as gay. He also confirmed that he was black.

LeBron James scored 30 points to lead Miami over Milwaukee and complete a sweep into the second round of the NBA playoffs yesterday.

Dean Vickerman has barely been in the job 48 hours but the new Breakers' coach is already casting an eye to future.

When Andrej Lemanis was appointed Breakers coach, Paul Henare didn't really know what to think other than hope Lemanis would last more than one season.

Ground spectators might be turned off by video refereeing, but the biggest audience - in living rooms - is turned on by it, writes Chris Rattue.

A Breakers singlet featuring a poppy embroidered by designer Trelise Cooper has raised $2850 for the Auckland Returned and Services Association.

The party has continued on home soil for the New Zealand Breakers after their historic three-peat championship win.