{"id":35146,"date":"2021-11-26T15:30:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T15:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=35146"},"modified":"2021-11-26T15:30:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T15:30:54","slug":"sheffield-sharks-prepare-for-exciting-basketball-league-double-header","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/11\/26\/sheffield-sharks-prepare-for-exciting-basketball-league-double-header\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Sharks prepare for \u2018exciting\u2019 Basketball League double-header"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Sharks return to British Basketball League action this weekend with a highly anticipated double-header against the Newcastle Eagles and Leicester Riders respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with a trip north to face the Eagles at 7.30pm tonight in front of Sky Sports cameras at the Vertu Motors arena, the Sharks will be hoping to build on a positive start to their league campaign with two victories from their first three matches.<\/p>\n<p>Level on four points with tonight\u2019s opposition in the BBL, the Sharks will be hungry to edge their noses in front of their Newcastle rivals by securing victory on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s match is followed up by a home fixture for the Sharks against the Riders at 4pm at Ponds Forge on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>With the Riders also currently placed alongside the Sharks on four points in the league table, Sunday\u2019s contest provides further opportunity for Sheffield\u2019s premier basketball club to attain a strong position near the top of the BBL table.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Back on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SkySports<\/a> Baby!!<br \/>\n\ud83c\udd9a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewcastleEagle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewcastleEagle<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udccd Vertu Motors Arena<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd67 7:30pm Tip-off \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc0 BBL Championship<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa Sky Sports Arena, Mix<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcbb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NMDzGg2mTm\">https:\/\/t.co\/NMDzGg2mTm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GameDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FearTheFin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FearTheFin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BritishBasketball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BritishBasketball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FSAHhYiZAw\">pic.twitter.com\/FSAHhYiZAw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B. Braun Sheffield Sharks (@SheffieldSharks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheffieldSharks\/status\/1464162316862345244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sharks\u2019 Assistant Head Coach, Nick Montgomery, is looking forward to seeing his charges test themselves against formidable opposition this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt\u2019s exciting stuff. It\u2019ll be good to test ourselves against two of the premier teams in the league, both of whom we\u2019re quite familiar with. It\u2019s a test of how far we\u2019ve come I\u2019ll guess, so we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery is bullish about his team\u2019s chances of not only enjoying a successful weekend in the BBL but to compete for even bigger prizes as the season progresses.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe believe that we can win both games. Of course we are going to have to play at our best to do so, but that\u2019s normal and that\u2019s what professional sport is all about. We want to compete for all the competitions and have a good run in the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Sharks return to British Basketball League action this weekend with a highly anticipated double-header against the Newcastle Eagles and Leicester Riders respectively. 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