Spirit seemingly putting the foot on the throat early should be a cracker against Townsville.

3-0 with Griffin & Wehrung still to be added is a rather nice start to a season.
And yes that Fire game is shaping to be a goodun.

4-0 with KG yet to feature, Wehrung has played just the first game and Hannan has now missed two as well.
With KG out, Samuels has stepped up big time, her averages for ppg and rpg are more than double last year at 17.8 and 5.8.
And to think one quite voluminous commenter questioned why the Spirit even bothered to sign her at all.

Some commenters don't even want the Spirit in the league for some reason

(and yes, 4-0 sorry, not 3-0. WNBL.com.au strikes again!)

I don't think that TSV are going to let Whitcombe and especially Samuels stand on the 3 point line and rain threes on them . Samuels will need to play defence and she is foul prone . Should be a good game , Townsville have been promoting this game for a while.

WNBL Partners with All Women's Sport Network, reaches 198 Countries

The Cygnett WNBL has taken a significant step in expanding its global audience by partnering with the newly launched All Women’s Sport Network (AWSN), owned by Whoopi Goldberg. Officially live today, AWSN has bought the rights to broadcast the WNBL in over 65 countries.

Based in the US, the digital platform will air 48 WNBL regular-season games live, along with all Finals games, and will stream all remaining games on delay. Additionally, AWSN will showcase selected archived games from previous seasons, along with exclusive promotional and social content.

Joining AWSN, Unbeaten carries all games live and repeated in prime time in the US on Samsung TV Plus, Amazon Prime, FUBO and SlingTV while Sport en France and W-Sport are two new international WNBL partners presenting Wednesday game of the week, with commentary available in French, and will air all Finals matches for their viewers.

For comprehensive coverage, FIBA YouTube and unbeaten.com will show every WNBL game live worldwide, while NLSE will broadcast the Wednesday and Sunday games, as well as all Finals.

A range of local channels will also show games in the US (listed below).

Together, these partnerships will bring the WNBL to an unprecedented 198 countries globally.

Christy Collier-Hill, Head of the WNBL, expressed her excitement about the expanded reach.

"The WNBL is thrilled to offer basketball fans around the world the opportunity to watch one of the best women’s basketball competitions in action. With stacked rosters, including seven members of the Bronze Medal-winning Australian Opals and numerous WNBA stars, the 2024/25 WNBL season is truly world-class.

Reaching fans globally and showcasing our incredible athletes, Clubs, and competition is a major milestone for the league. We’re excited to see the positive impact this will bring to our players, fans, and stakeholders."

Cracking game tonight with Caps unlucky in the end.

Amihere looked great and Collier couldn't buy a call from the refs.

Nice to see Nards with 20 points and looking more and more aggressive each game.

Anneli Maley with the game-winning fall-away one-hander.

Got away with one today. Pretty average by the Lynx for most of the game, but managed to be the steadier team in the 4th, including some critical O-boards.

Tahlia Tupaea to join Flames in December.

Does that mean they have to drop someone?

Molloys pick no doubt.

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Whats the story with Kizer for Geelong? Not with the team for the second week?

We're going to OT in Geelong

great win by Geelong! was it 4 3's that hit the rim, then hit the top of the backboard, then somehow went it?!

Not necessarily a great quality game, but a great watch all the same.
Re: Kizer, last week she was announced as a late scratching due to illness, this week I haven't seen any kind of announcement.

Yeah they got some very friendly bounces. That's what you want in a home court!

I thought they were dead in the water but Adelaide just kinda stopped near the end of the 3rd and United reeled them in. Use some bench, Adelaide.

how good is this Fire v Spirit game?! Very spicy!!

Elite of Tolo to manage her fouls in a very physical and feisty game!

Yes, a lively 4th quarter.
Good game, quality win by the Spirit. Sami still killing it.

Sami looks in career best form, it's great to watch

not sure what Goriss is doing with the Caps? Seems to want a more equal opportunity offence, but as a result, Melbourne is not taking enough shots to make them a chance to win. The bench energy is poor too.

Geelong United have 'mutually parted ways' with Kizer. I wonder if they'll try to get another import in for the rest of the season?

she was pretty bad

I wonder if Geelong will look to snap someone else up post NZ League concluding....

Caps didn't look great today. Munger only 6.5 mins off the bench was odd. Hope she is alright.

She played one game so can't judge much from that, especially as import bigs often take a few games to adjust to the reffing, etc.
Anyway, from the wording of the press release I don't think it was due to her play.

Caps and lightning need to turn it around quickly, 3 years at the bottom.
If hurst loses a few more in a row, surely she's gone...

Given the Lightning is up for sale the absence of wins will come at an even bigger cost than just Hurst's job.

Have to agree re Adelaide. Especially having two opals (albeit one emerging and one returning from injury), a wnba player and legit front court size.... Something isn't adding up.

Parity in the league is pretty good in my opinion, so it only takes one injury or underperforming star/import to change a team's fortunes.
Can't be bothered looking up the stats, but I think Adelaide actually had a pretty good record last season in the (limited) games Talbot played. Same with Bendigo Spirit last year- good record in the games Kelsey Griffin played, but missed finals because of their poor record in the games she didn't play.

Also, it seems to me as though wins and losses somehow mean less in WNBL than other leagues in terms of support, sponsors, etc.?
e g. Canberra haven't been winning much recently but appear to still have some of the biggest crowds. Even though they aren't winning they play a fun up-tempo style and compete hard, which seems to be enough to keep the fans and sponsors happy (plus it helps to have Jade as the face of the team!)

Yep, Lightning stormed (pardon the pun) home last season with the return of Talbot. I think people are underestimating what a big out young (6ft) PG Brazel is. She was instrumental for them both ends last season and is a huge loss, especially with Mansfield leaving too.

Brazel huge loss... that's funny…