{"id":906,"date":"2018-11-23T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T02:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.localhost\/basketball\/?p=906"},"modified":"2018-11-23T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T02:54:31","slug":"weekend-previews-wnbl-round-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/weekend-previews-wnbl-round-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend previews: WNBL- Round 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mouth-watering clash between second and third on the table will kick off Round 7 in the Women\u2019s National Basketball League (WNBL). This match sees some of the competition\u2019s most dominant players go head-to-head, making for a must-watch match. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>UC Capitals v Melbourne Boomers <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Friday 7pm at National Convention Centre <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Key match-up: Kia Nurse v Jenna O\u2019Hea <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O\u2019Hea will need to keep Nurse quiet in this game, as it could be the difference between a win and a loss. Nurse is averaging the second most points in the WNBL this season with 19.57 points. This is behind her teammate, <\/span><b>Kelsey Griffin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who sits on an average of 20.14 points a game. O\u2019Hea has the benefit of playing as a guard or forward, which is what Nurse plays as well. Expect O\u2019Hea to play defensively to curb Nurse\u2019s influence. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Season so far: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both teams have experienced a good run of form this season. The Capitals\u2019 consistent wins came at the start of the season, charging out of the blocks to reach the top of the table. Now it\u2019s the Boomers who have found their form that saw them head to last season\u2019s Grand Final, rising up to third on the ladder. They are the in-form team at the moment with <\/span><b>Lindsay Allen <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">playing some unbelievable basketball. The Capitals currently sit second on the table, so this should be a very entertaining match. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The game: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Capitals and Melbourne Boomers both have immense scoring power and have both secured some big wins this year. Last time these two teams met, the Boomers got the upper hand. The Boomers\u2019 big names seem to be improving each week, with <\/span><b>Cayla George <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Steph Talbot <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dominating on the court. However, the Capitals will back themselves in, given the home court advantage and their fair share of big names like Nurse and Griffin.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mouth-watering clash between second and third on the table will kick off Round 7 in the Women\u2019s National Basketball League (WNBL). This match sees some of the competition\u2019s most dominant players go head-to-head, making for a must-watch match. &nbsp; UC Capitals v Melbourne Boomers Friday 7pm at National Convention Centre Key match-up: Kia Nurse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[177,31,172,193,196,234],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wnbl","tag-cayla-george","tag-jenna-ohea","tag-kelsey-griffin","tag-kia-nurse","tag-lindsay-allen","tag-steph-talbot"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}