The Wellington Saints produced a heart-pounding comeback to claim their 11th National Basketball League title and go through the 20-match season unbeaten. Paul Henare's Saints turned an 18-point halftime deficit in the NBL grand final into a 78-68 win over the Hawke's Bay Hawks at Christchurch's Horncastle Arena on Sunday night. Martin Hunter / www.photosport.n Thomas Abercrombie, the grand final MVP, and Saints head coach Paul Henare with the NBL trophy. Saints' 2019 squad was so deep that Australian NBL guard Sunday Dech could not make the starting five for the grand final. KAI SCHWOERER/GETTY IMAGES Ethan Rusbatch of the Hawks goes to the basket over Sunday Dech of the Saints in the NBL grand final.

Source: Stuff July 21, 2019 08:09 UTC