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NBL Crowds for round 3?

4062 in Cairns.

Illawarra only one missing for Round 3.

Saturday afternoon A-League- Melbourne City vs Wellington crowd 9091
Sunday afternoon @NBL - @MelbUnitedHQ vs NZ Breakers crowd 10300#NBL18

— NBLfacts (@nblfacts) October 22, 2017

5,970 in Adelaide.

All games at Boondall are on weekdays at 6;30pm which is a nightmare. I went to a game there last season and it took me and hour and a half to get there from the CBD with the traffic.

I'd have no issue if we did a series type thing in the NBL but we are talking about same opposition playing in close proximity without returning to the other clubs venue to play them... that is highly annoying, happened I think last season or the season before when Perth didn't play Sydney until last month of the season, the games should be more dispersed.

Brisbane looked sadly empty but Boondal is pretty big, why not get people closer to the action so it looks more full?

Get over it Annoymous, many NBL fans like me like the Double-header series format[citation needed] it's exciting and keeps things fresh e.g. 1 game home then away..

It's their traditional night on the North Shore, not in Auckland city centre.

13,037 in Perth.

Clearly not going by the comments above.

Basketball isn't a series sport like baseball until the playoffs.

Get over it Annoymous, many NBL fans like me like the Double-header series format it's exciting and keeps things fresh e.g. 1 game home then away..

I like back to back double headers vs the same side, it creates a series type situation. You play that team at home then if you lose try and get revenge away in there backyard..

This isn't baseball.

I like back to back double headers vs the same side, it creates a series type situation. You play that team at home then if you lose try and get revenge away in there backyard..

Is there a difference in where the game is played that would affect the number? 3700 at Spark Arena vs the usual 3700 at North Shore. Why is Thursday considered traditional, as in their preferred night, when they get better crowds on Friday and Saturday?

I dont think a crowd of 3700 is anything special no matter where its played at.

Beat me to it paul!

It is low, even by early-season standards. They had 4700 last week, so possibly the same opponent two weeks in a row didn't help, especially with it being a Thursday game this week.

Thanks paul for the NZ crowd? Source?

Yes, I don't like watching basically the same game played within a week of eachother. This is the problem with having only 8 teams.

Yeah the schedule is ridiculous. It cant be that hard to ensure that no team plays the same team twice in a row at the same venue.

The first round game at Spark the attendance was never published, which is strange as I would think the opener had the highest crowd of the three games so far.

Playing the same opponents consecutively is a terrible idea and looks sloppy from a scheduling point of view. Something to improve on next season I hope.

Cats expecting 12,000+ tonight. They've opened the top section. Expecting the Boos to come out for Prather. NBL need to sort out the schedule, same team twice in 3 game.

Is that a bit low even for early in the season? Didn't the Breakers run a student night promo as well?

There was a fire at Adelaide Arena overnight, which was upgraded to a second alarm by the fire service (calling in extra trucks).

3 sprinklers had been activated on arrival, however initial reports said they were unable to locate the exact source. Unsure whereabouts in the stadium it was.