How to watch & talking points: Adelaide and Illawarra

Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks
Saturday, November 7, 5.30pm AEDT
Adelaide Entertainment Centre

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Rosters

Adelaide

Depth chart:
PG: Cotton / I.White / Rasmussen / H.White (DP)
SG: Jenkins III (IP) / Webster / Williams (DP) / Cameron (out)
SF: Rigoni / Kenyon / Kuol (out)
PF: Cheatham (IP) / Griscti
C: Rakocevic (IP) / Mathiang (out)

Illawarra

Depth chart:
PG: M.Doyle (IP) / Hickey / Adnam (NRP)
SG: Harvey / Narkle
SF: Swaka Lo Buluk / Grida / Patterson (IP/NRP) / Blanchfield
PF: Martin (IP) / Days (IP) / A.Doyle (DP) / McGregor (DP) / Peatling (out)
C: Froling / Maker / Macdonald (DP)

Missing in action

Adelaide

Flynn Cameron - Ankle - TBC
Bul Kuol - ACL - TBC
Mangok Mathiang - Personal reasons - TBC

Illawarra

Mason Peatling - Foot - Season

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Talking points

Pressure makes diamonds, pressure busts pipes

The heat is rising in Adelaide.

Bryce Cotton’s 36ers were tipped by many to win it all this season, but they’ve managed just five wins from 11 games and are struggling to find any consistency.

After a shock home loss to Brisbane last weekend, they simply must bounce back when they host the Illawarra Hawks on Saturday evening.

Here come the Hawks

Don’t look now, but the Illawarra Hawks are back in business.

They went to Perth and beat the Wildcats, then headed to Cairns and kept rolling with a win over the talented Taipans.

Now Justin Tatum’s side travels to Adelaide chasing three straight wins, all on the road.

Get this one, and the Hawks won’t just be back on track; they might be legitimate contenders once again.