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    The play-off positions in NBA basketball's eastern conference are set midway through the final day of the regular season

    The play-off positions in NBA basketball's eastern conference are set midway through the final day of the regular season


    The New York Knicks have jumped into second ahead of Milwaukee after an overtime win against Chicago.

    They'll take on the winner of the seven-versus-eight play-in game between Miami and Philadelphia in a best-of-seven series.

    Milwaukee will meet Indiana.

    Oklahoma City are odds on to finish top of the western conference ahead of defending champions Denver and Minnesota.

    Those three teams went into their 82nd and final regular season games with identical 56-win 25-loss records.

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     14 Sep: The New Zealand Breakers have completed their pre-season basketball campaign with a 90-81 loss to the Kumamoto Volters in Japan
     13 Sep: The Breakers' pre-season basketball tour of Japan has kicked off with a 93-90 win over Nagasaki Velca
     01 Sep: A successful two wins from two pre-season for the basketball's Breakers after beating the Cairns Taipans 94-75 in Canberra as part of the NBL Blitz
     30 Aug: A strong start for the New Zealand Breakers in their Australian NBL basketball pre-season, beating the South East Melbourne Phoenix 109-to-101 in Canberra
     29 Aug: Belief a core of current and former Tall Blacks will help the Breakers solidify their team structure ahead of their pre-season NBL Blitz tournament getting under way tonight
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    Entertainment:
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    Basketball:
    A basketball culture shock for Breakers guard Izaiah Brockington ahead of tonight's NBL season opener against the Brisbane Bullets in Auckland 12:27

    Entertainment:
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    Motoring:
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    Entertainment:
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    National:
    Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the latest sign we’re witnessing the end of US democracy 11:17

    International:
    What Donald Trump and Keir Starmer had to say after the US president's historic second UK state visit 11:17

    Law and Order:
    Two youths have pleaded not guilty to murder following the death of a 15-year-old in Napier earlier this year 11:07

    Entertainment:
    Josh Duhamel has undergone cataract surgery 11:01

    Tennis:
    The United States have stayed on course for a record-extending 19th Billie Jean King Cup women's tennis crown in Shenzen 10:47


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