How to watch & talking points: South East Melbourne v Melbourne

10 Oct 2026

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South East Melbourne hosts Melbourne at John Cain Arena for Throwdown 34.

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NBL.com.au

South East Melbourne Phoenix v Melbourne United
Saturday, October 10, 7.30pm AEDT
John Cain Arena

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How to watch

Watch every NBL27 game live on ESPN, and South East Melbourne v Melbourne on 9 (Melbourne/Sydney), 9Go! (other regions) and 9Now.

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Tickets

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Rosters

South East Melbourne

Expected depth chart:
PG: Mays (IP) / Daniels (NS) / Davidson
SG: Sobey / Glover / Ryan (DP)
SF: Schwartz (IP) / Krebs / Foster (out)
PF: Morin (IP) / Goodrick (out)
C: Hunter / Aliir / Biggar (DP)

Melbourne

Expected depth chart:
PG: Anthony (IP) / Ili / D'Angelo (DP) / Macdonald (NRP) (out)
SG: Goulding (out) / Wilson / Hynes (DP) / Shelley (NRP)
SF: Travers / Ingles / Machar / Fa'ale (DP)
PF: Waardenburg / Bowen / Bradtke (DP)
C: Oduro (IP) / Krslovic

Missing in action

South East Melbourne

Daniel Foster - Back - TBC
Hunter Goodrick - Knee - TBC

Melbourne

Chris Goulding - Calf - Round 5
Sean Macdonald - ACL - Season

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Talking points

Phoenix's opportunity

In the first Throwdown of NBL27, the Phoenix were embarrassed on their home court, only hitting 4-41 from downtown and managing 61 points.

This performance saw coach Josh King apologise to his fans in the post-game press conference.

Add the fact they trail the all-time series 23-10 and their recent return to form against Illawarra, and South East Melbourne will be desperate to shake the ‘little brother’ tag and chalk up their third win of the season.