How to watch & talking points: Sydney v New Zealand

Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers
Sunday, November 15, 3pm AEDT
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How to watch

Watch every NBL27 game live on ESPN.

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Rosters

Sydney

Depth chart:
PG: Davis (IP) / Johnston / Hanson (DP)
SG: Maluach / Dellavedova / Robertson / Stone
SF: Craig (IP) / Bofinger (NRP)
PF: Cooks / Machar (DP)
C: Carr (IP/NRP) / Wessels / Spurgin / Leaupepe (out)

New Zealand

Depth chart:
PG: Davison / Evans Jr. (DP) / Mays (out) / Jackson-Cartwright (IP) (out) / Le Gassick (out)
SG: Vasiljevic / Weidemann / Le'Afa / Cooper (DP)
SF: King (NRP) / Te Rangi / Chunga (DP) / James (IP) (out)
PF: Mennenga / Noi / Robinson (DP)
C: Bediako (IP) / Rissetto

Missing in action

Sydney

Keli Leaupepe - ACL - Season

New Zealand

Parker Jackson-Cartwright - Tibia - Season
Josiah-Jordan James - Hamstring - TBC
Preston Le Gassick - Neck - TBC

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Talking points

Need more than a two-man show

The New Zealand Breakers are battling and that might be an understatement, with key imports suffering injuries in the first half of the season.

The silver lining for Gordie Herbert is that those absences allowed him to discover that Carlin Davison is worthy of more responsibility and he has been a revelation for this group.

The challenge now is for other local players on this roster to find the same confidence and take pressure off Davison and Sam Mennenga.

DJ Vasiljevic was the one on Friday, putting on an offensive clinic in a big win. Can he continue that?

Will the real MVP please stand up?

The MVP discourse is only going to get louder the deeper we venture into the season and that’s a positive thing.

Because no matter who fans, experts or players believe is the MVP, it highlights some terrific individual performances across the board.

Yet, with all the deserved praise Kendric Davis is getting in NBL27, has Torrey Craig been quietly building his own case for Sydney?

The NBA veteran has turned up the heat in the last month and it’s a big reason why the Kings are top of the table.