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Tremmell Darden with his wife, Nardia, and son, Tremmell jnr, yesterday. Photo: John Woudstra Nick Sheridan October 31, 2008 IMPORT Tremmell Darden and Dragons coach Brian Goorjian both credit Mark Worthington ...

New Zealand Breakers guard Kirk Penney's 41-point haul against Wollongong last week has earned him the NBL's round one Player of the Week award.

Dirk Nowitzki overcame an early shooting slump to score a game-high 20 points and lead Germany past Brazil 78-65 and into the semifinals of the Olympic basketball qualifier on Friday.

Dirk Nowitzki overcame an early shooting slump to score a game-high 20 points and lead Germany past Brazil 78-65 and into the semifinals of the Olympic basketball qualifier on Friday.

STAR QUALITY: Tournament top scorer Kirk Penney will need to have another big game for the Tall Blacks against Greece if they are to have any chance of qualifying for the Beijing Olympics.

In a perfect world, the Tall Blacks will brush aside Cape Verde tomorrow night before edging out Germany, leaving them with a quarter-final against a Brazil side shorn of a couple of big stars.

Kirk Penney's mysterious absence from the Tall Blacks' transtasman series against Australia can finally be explained - the NBA beckons once more.