Saturday, October 10, 9.30pm AEDT
RAC Arena
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RostersPerth
Expected depth chart:
PG: Knight (IP) / Rillie (DP) / Sam (DP) / Whitt (NRP)
SG: Pepper / Dell’Orso / Kopa (DP)
SF: Windler (IP) / Huefner / Nielsen (DP) (out)
PF: Doolittle (IP) / Higgins-Titsha / Wagstaff
C: Lual-Acuil Jr. (out) / Brandt
New Zealand
Expected depth chart:
PG: Jackson-Cartwright (IP) / Le Gassick (out) / Evans Jr. (DP)
SG: Vasiljevic / Le’Afa / Cooper (DP) / King (NRP)
SF: James (IP) (out) / Davison / Te Rangi / Chunga (DP)
PF: Mennenga / Noi / Robinson (DP)
C: Bediako (IP) / Rissetto
Missing in actionPerth
Blake Nielsen – ACL – Season
Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. – Calf – TBC
New Zealand
Josiah-Jordan James – Hamstring – Round 5-7
Preston Le Gassick – Neck – TBC
Talking pointsKnight in shining armour
It may have taken until their fifth game of NBL27, but the Wildcats will finally suit up their import point guard on Saturday, and boy is he going to be worth the wait.
Former 451-game NBA talent Brandon Knight is sure to bolster a Wildcats side that is rolling and on a three-game win streak.
The scary thing is he will likely create even better shots for the dangerous Kristian Doolittle, Dylan Windler, Elijah Pepper and Anthony Dell’Orso.
New Zealand’s point god
While a lot of the attention will be on his opposite number on Saturday night, Parker Jackson-Cartwright will look to continue his MVP-calibre campaign at RAC Arena.
Currently averaging a career-high 26.6 points and 9.4 dimes (both marks are good for second-most in the League), the American point guard is enjoying his best NBL season to date.
If he continues to play at this level, it will translate to a lot of wins for the Breakers, including potentially Saturday night.
