Boomers by 17 in game 1 and 8 in game 2

With both Dellavedova and Gliddon in the backcourt I would fancy our chances against even an NBA team so the Tall Blacks have no chance I'm afraid. Boomers by 14 in game 1 and by 6 in game 2. Opals by 15+ in both games.

The Tall Blacks have Tai Wynyard, and he plays for Kentucky, so I'm picking NZ to have the series all wrapped up during the lay-up lines.

The Boomers should prevail comfortably. With the game being shown live on FTA I really hope that isn't the case and its a close series though with plenty of intensity.

Would be great for the sport in both countries to see 2 traditional rivals fighting it out in a nail biter.

Yep. It'll be a low scoring, not-very-gelled, stuck in the mud, physical win to the Boomers in both games.

Other prediction. The first quarter & a half will be stagnant offensively for the Boomers, trailing by 8 points & there'll be calling for Lemanis' head on this site :)

Opals will dominate.

As per usual with the NZ-AU games, Australia should win easily... but in reality, I expect NZ to play a lot better together, which gives them a chance of making it closer than it should be, or even coming up with an upset.

I'm tipping that NZ will come out strong and we'll be playing catch up for most of game one before finally over running them.

I don't know - if Simmons ends up being as good as projected, Australia should have enough talent to be the favourite in that match up for years to come. Doesn't mean it will show on the court, though.

Like Paul said, Wynyard plays for Kentucky and we all know Kentucky>NBA so NZ by 20.

Are these games on tv? If so when/where?

Mystro, if only that stupid Henare stopped playing NBL bench hacks in front of a future NBA draft pick who is clearly superior.

Boomers by 12 in the first game, but it'll be an ugly-fest with turnovers and rubbish FG%. Tipping that Boomers won't crack 80 pts.

2nd game will be cleaner stats-wise but NZ will try and adjust and clamp down on whomever burnt them in Game 1. Game 2 will be physical and low scoring. Boomers by 5-7.

The only danger is if Lemanis doesn't adjust to suit how NZ play, and we give up an early 4th qtr run.

Clearly Henare needs to go.
He should actually only play Wynyard and leave the scrubs at home

Historically not many local fans have tuned in when the Boomers play, unfortunately, but hopefully that will change under the new leadership, it's been a good start so far.

I dont tend to watch a lot of TV; has there been adds for the game? It does look like there is some talk about it on sports pages and social media.

Going to Rod Laver, getting Major Events involved, having billboards around town, selling it out, getting it on FTA TV, getting our NBA players interviewed on mainstream media, it's been a really big step up from what BA have delivered in the past.

Its a huge step up from playing in Canberra on ABC and the media sleeping on it. Hopefully it does rate well. But unless the adds have been on channel nine as well as GEM, it might pass peoples minds that it is on.

TBs best starting 5 IMO:

Tait
Webster
Fotu
Vukunoa
Wynyard

I love that this series and the respective lineups have so many dynamics and factors to it.

Its going to be very tactical and the coaches are going to have to coach.

NZ can exploit Aus through small ball. Aus can smash NZ inside.

Can't wait

MACDUB, Australia can easily play small ball with the tall blacks. You need only put bairstow at the centre with Motum, Delly, Ingles and Broekhoff.

GWB,

That's hardly small ball. 6"11, 6"10, 6"8, 6"7 & 6"4.

I'm talking really small - Tait, Webster, Abercrombie, Fotu & Vukona type of ball i.e. No Loe or Wynyard in the lineup.

Australia don't need to play small ball to win. They have superior skill and talent across the ball. No offence but in any event Bairstow is quite slow and Broekhoff isn't too fast either.