'The Freeway' documentary highlights NBL's greatest rivalry

The next chapter of the NBL's greatest rivalry, The Freeway Series, between the Sydney Kings and Illawarra Hawks will unfold this Sunday at Qudos Bank Arena.

Ahead of game two of the NBL23 series, Kings and Hawks videographers Sam Tolhurst and Kris Saad interviewed players from both NSW sides, to talk about what the Adrian Hurley Cup rivalry means and has grown over the year.

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In part one of the two-part documentary, Kings forward Justin Simon, who played with the Hawks in NBL21, chatted about experiencing the rivalry from both sides of the ledger.

"When I was playing with the Hawks against the Kings, I could feel that hatred," said Simon, whose side won the series opener 106-97 in Wollongong.

"I can remember having some battles that year against someone like Shaun Bruce, who you hate going against but love having on your team.

"Now I'm on the other side, every time I'm on the court, I want to kill those guys - they might be my brothers off the court but when we're in between those lines, there are no friends, as I want to go out dominate and leave my impression on the game."

Before the round seven game between the two sides, tipping off at 4pm AEDT, watch episode one of the documentary below.