NBL X NBL1 Finals Player Watch

NBL X NBL1 Finals Player Watch

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

NBL1 Finals continued over the weekend, with NBL1 North joining NBL1 Central and NBL1 West in a thrilling slate of games. 

NBL1 Finals continued over the weekend, with NBL1 North joining NBL1 Central and NBL1 West in a thrilling slate of games. 

In NBL1 West, the Grand Finalists were revealed after a big weekend of semi and preliminary finals. 

2021 Perth Wildcats development player Andrew Ferguson’s Perry Lakes will be going up against Rockingham on Saturday night in the men’s division, with the Flames side featuring two three-time championship players in Greg Hire and Tom Jervis. 

Jervis in particular had a big weekend for the Flames, following up nine points and seven rebounds in the semi-final with a big double-double to knock of the second-seeded Lakeside in the preliminary final. 

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The NBL1 North quarter-finals saw Jason Cadee suit up for Gold Coast, Lamar Patterson feature for the Southern Districts, Emmanuel Malou continuing his campaign with Mackay, Tanner Krebs dominate for USC, and Shaun Bruce solidly contributing for Logan. 

Malou, Krebs and Bruce all led their teams through to the semi-finals, while Cadee was gallant in the Rollers’ loss with a big triple-double. 

In NBL1 Central, Adelaide 36ers star Sunday Dech returned to the North Adelaide line-up to get his side through to the preliminary final. 

He finished the game with 24 points, five rebounds and six dimes while former NBL teammate Jack McVeigh recorded yet another double-double with 20 points and 16 boards. 

The Rockets will fight for the right to play the Norwood Flames in the NBL1 Central Championship Game on Saturday night, with the minor premiers Sturt standing in their way. 

NBL and NBL1 fans can catch the NBL1 Central prelims and the NBL1 North semis live and free as always on NBL1.com.au and the NBL App.

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NBL1 Central 

Jack McVeigh (Tasmania Jackjumpers/ North Adelaide Rockets)- 20 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists v Forestville 

Sunday Dech (Adelaide 36ers/ North Adelaide Rockets)- 24 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists v Forestville 

NBL1 North 

Jason Cadee (Brisbane Bullets/ Gold Coast Rollers)- 18 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists v USC 

Tanner Krebs (Brisbane Bullets/ USC Rip City)- 26 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists v Gold Coast 

Shaun Bruce (Sydney Kings/ Logan Thunder)- 17 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists v Southern Districts 

Lamar Patterson (Brisbane Bullets/ Southern Districts Spartans)- 29 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists v Logan 

Emmanuel Malou (Adelaide 36ers/ Mackay Meteors)- 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists v Brisbane 

NBL1 West 

Tom Jervis (Perth Wildcats/ Rockingham Flames)- 9 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists v Mandurah & 21 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists v Lakeside 

Andrew Ferguson (Perth Wildcats/ Perry Lakes Hawks)- 25 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists v Perth