Hoops Heaven's Basketball Hustle joins you mid-round this week fresh off a thrilling New Zealand Breakers win over the Brisbane Bullets and looking ahead to the rest of Round 18 highlighted by the Adelaide 36ers hosting the Cairns Taipans, and the Perth Wildcats taking on the Brisbane Bullets.

NBL Writer Chris Pike and Perth Wildcats legend, The Scoring Machine Shawn Redhage bring you this week's episode that begins with discussion over the Breakers win over the Bullets to open the round which could end up being crucial in the race to end up securing a top four position.

The show then focuses on that dramatic race between Brisbane, New Zealand and Melbourne United over fourth spot while even the Cairns Taipans aren't safe yet.

There's then talk about the hot topics from the NBL this week including the leaking stadium in Wollongong that led to an early finish to the Illawarra Hawks game against the Breakers. There's then also talk about the fines the NBL handed out to Sydney Kings owner Paul Smith and South East Melbourne Phoenix superstar Mitch Creek.

Hoops Heaven's Basketball Hustle then goes through the NBL Award nominees for #NBL20 giving their top three candidates for each award.

There is then the discussion over the potential of Joey Wright finishing up as coach at the Adelaide 36ers to go with a full preview of games between Melbourne United and the Illawarra Hawks, Adelaide 36ers and the Cairns Taipans, South East Melbourne Phoenix and Sydney Kings, and Perth Wildcats and Brisbane Bullets.

All thanks to Hoops Heaven (www.hoopsheaven.com.au) with support from IDAthletic (www.idathletic.com) and Devlin's (www.devlinsonline.com.au).