{"id":846721,"date":"2026-08-07T11:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/846721\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:32:12","slug":"blitz-rule-shakeup-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/846721\/","title":{"rendered":"Blitz rule shakeup coming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Off the back of the news the WNBL is considering trial rules at the Townsville Tip-Off, is the NBL set to follow suit at next month&#8217;s Blitz in Bendigo?<\/p>\n<p>The NBA has long flirted with the idea of a four-point line, to challenge the likes of Steph Curry and Damian Lillard, so the NBL adding it to their court could add an extra challenge for someone like Chris Goulding who regularly hit triples from the carpark.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/NBLBlitz.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GET YOUR TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Sam Mennenga and Zylan Cheatham, they could rack up the points if dunks were worth more.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, everyone loved the drama and one-on-one battle between Bryce Cotton and Kendric Davis during the Hungry Jack&#8217;s NBL27 Championship Series, so who wouldn&#8217;t want to see a one-on-one sudden death showdown to determine the outcome of a game?<\/p>\n<p>Jump on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nbl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBL social channels<\/a> and have your say on what changes should be made.<\/p>\n<p>Head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nblblitz.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBLBlitz.com.au<\/a> to stay connected with all event details, ticketing information, and start planning your trip to Bendigo for five huge days of NBL action.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/NBLBlitz.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GET YOUR TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786102332_603_6a61a5ad7c9ee09714f75730_69d47a153353ed2bdf7cd807_Article Banner_1920x250 (1).jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Off the back of the news the WNBL is considering trial rules at the Townsville Tip-Off, is the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-846721","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\/846721","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=846721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}