How to watch & talking points: Perth v New Zealand

Perth Wildcats v New Zealand Breakers
Saturday, September 26, 9.30pm AEST
RAC Arena

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How to watch

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Rosters

Perth

Expected depth chart:
PG: Knight (IP) (out) / Rillie (DP) (out) / 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. / Brandt

New Zealand

Expected depth chart:
PG: Jackson-Cartwright (IP) / Le Gassick / 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 action

Perth

Brandon Knight - Unavailable - TBC
Blake Nielsen - ACL - Season
Jaron Rillie - Lower leg - TBC

New Zealand

Josiah-Jordan James - Hamstring - Rounds 5-7

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Talking points

Perth on the board

They left it late, thanks to some Elijah Pepper heroics, but the Wildcats are on the board for NBL27.

A big part of that was the play of their starters, who all scored in double figures on Thursday night.

It's now important they build on this win, in Saturday's fixture with the Breakers, which will be their third straight home match to open the new campaign.

DJ feeling at home

Sharpshooter Dejan Vasiljevic has settled into his new home in New Zealand perfectly, hitting 10 triples across the first two games.

His pairing in the backcourt with Parker Jackson-Cartwright is already paying dividends for the Breakers, thanks to their inside-outside scoring potency.

The Boomers sharpshooter looms as a key figure in what could be a high-scoring clash at RAC Arena.