{"id":725082,"date":"2026-06-09T12:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/725082\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:04:17","slug":"johny-on-the-spot-nbl-guards-incredible-scoring-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/725082\/","title":{"rendered":"Johny on the spot: NBL guard&#8217;s incredible scoring explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since reigning NBL1 West MVP Johny Narkle made his high-profile move to Geraldton, Cockburn\u2019s fans have been waiting for a performance that put the League on notice.<\/p>\n<p>That performance came on Saturday, when the Cougars traveled to Evolution Mining Stadium to take on the Goldfields Giants.<\/p>\n<p>Through the first three quarters, the Illawarra Hawks guard had 12 points to his name, as his Cougars trailed 66-62.<\/p>\n<p>But Narkle took measures into his own hands, scoring 28 of his side\u2019s 29 points in an incredibly display, to finish with a season-high 40 points and power Cockburn to a hard-fought 91-82 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Narkle also had 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in the triumph.<\/p>\n<p>In his fifth year in NBL1 West, Narkle is now averaging 23.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 dimes per game.<\/p>\n<p>The win moves Cockburn into sixth on the ladder, with an 8-4 record, after the first 11 rounds of the 2026 competition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781006657_560_69d47a153353ed2bdf7cd807_Article Banner_1920x250 (1).jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ever since reigning NBL1 West MVP Johny Narkle made his high-profile move to Geraldton, Cockburn\u2019s fans have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-725082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}