NBL1 Weekend Preview: May 5 - 8

Each week across the entire NBL1 there are countless games to watch. So here are three specific games from Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can watch to get your hoops fix and keep up to date with the biggest stories across the league this weekend!

Friday: (Women’s NBL1 West) Joondalup Wolves vs Willetton Tigers

The Joondalup Wolves are 7-0 and it will be a must-watch Round 6 for the NBL1 West.

The Wolves will face off against the Willetton Tigers on Friday and then the undefeated Cockburn Cougars on Saturday. 

But it starts on Friday as the Grand Final runners-up, led by MVP front-runner Alex Sharp, the Tigers will head to Joondalup to take on the three-headed monster of Robbi Ryan, Teige Morrell and Nes’aya Parker-Williams. 

On The NBL1 Show, NBL1 West expert could not contain his excitement. 

“I am rubbing my hands together at this weekend, I know what I’m doing. I’m watching the Joondalup Wolves,” Hire said. 

“You wanna talk about a test, that’s it. You go 2-0, you’re basically proving to the rest of the league that ‘hey, we're the number one team’. 

Watch the game Live & Free from 6:30pm AWST via Kayo Freebies here. 

Saturday: (Men’s NBL1 North) USC Rip City cs Logan Thunder 

These two title-contending teams will test each other on Saturday night, as everyone will be watching NBL23 championship teammates Shaun Bruce and Kouat Noi will go head-to-head in a must-watch clash. 

Voted as the NBL’s best trash talker, Shaun Bruce will be dishing words against his Sydney Kings teammate and Noi will suit up for his second game of the season and his first game in front of USC’’s home crowd. 

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Logan went 2-0 in Round 5 and the NBL1 North MVP will have a warm welcome at home, both teams have plenty of motivation to win this one on Saturday, at 7:30pm AEST via NBL1.com.au or the NBL1 App here. 

Sunday: (Women’s NBL1 South) Knox Raiders vs Sandringham Sabres

The fifth-on-the-ladder Knox Raiders will host the Sandringham Sabres in an early afternoon battle at the State Basketball Centre on Sunday. 

Two former Sydney Flames teammates will go head-to-head as scoring machine Funda Nakkasolgu (averaging 19 points per game) will have to try to get past defensive specialist Kiera Rowe.

Sandringham’s Georgia Pineau will have her hands full with NBL1 South MVP Alicia Froling, as the Sabres will try to steal a win in a double-header weekend for both teams. 

Watch the game live from 12:00pm AEST via NBL1.com.au or the NBL1 App here.