{"id":175235,"date":"2025-09-28T13:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/175235\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T13:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:29:08","slug":"adelaide-v-brisbane-round-2-nbl26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/175235\/","title":{"rendered":"Adelaide v Brisbane (Round 2, NBL26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets<br \/>Sunday, September 28, 4.30pm AEST<br \/>Adelaide Entertainment CentreHow to watch\u200d<\/p>\n<p>\u200dWatch every game live on ESPN, with Sunday games live and free on 10.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/nbl.com.au\/news\/how-to-watch-the-hungry-jacks-nbl26-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How to watch ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How to follow &amp; live scores<\/p>\n<p>\u200dLive scores, stats, breaking news and game highlights are <a href=\"https:\/\/nbl.com.au\/pages\/nbl-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">available via the new and improved NBL App.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/nbl.com.au\/games\/adelaide-36ers-v-brisbane-bullets-28-09-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Visit Game Centre<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nbl.com.au\/pages\/nbl-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download the free NBL App now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Talking points<\/p>\n<p>Bryce&#8217;s debut<br \/>It\u2019s all eyes on the five-time MVP in his new threads, as he takes on the Bullets for what will be a sold-out Adelaide Entertainment Centre. They\u2019re the hottest ticket in town and the 36ers will be hoping to reward the fans in a big way in their home opener. <\/p>\n<p>If last weekend\u2019s game against the EuroLeague powerhouse was any indication, Cotton and this Adelaide team are ready to roll.<\/p>\n<p>Javon&#8217;s a threat<br \/>One thing Adelaide hasn\u2019t proven just yet is that they have enough defensive talent to limit some opposition superstars and that\u2019s precisely what Javon Freeman-Liberty is. <\/p>\n<p>The Bullets&#8217; star guard could enjoy this matchup and put up some big numbers.<\/p>\n<p>New faces<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide<br \/>\u200dBryce Cotton, Zylan Cheatham, Flynn Cameron, Nick Rakocevic, Matt Kenyon, Michael Harris, Blake Jones, Che Brogan, Majok Manyang and Deng Manyang.\u200d<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane<br \/>\u200dJaylen Adams, Javon Freeman-Liberty, Jacob Holt, Alex Ducas, Taine Murray, Jensen Bradtke, Jack Purchase, Callum Dalton, Lamar Patterson and Tristan Devers.\u200d<\/p>\n<p>Depth charts<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide 36ers<br \/>\u200dProjected depth chart:<br \/>PG: Cotton \/ Rasmussen \/ Brogan (DP)<br \/>SG: Vasiljevic \/ White \/ Manyang (DP)\/ Manyang (DP)<br \/>SF: Cameron \/ Kenyon<br \/>PF: Cheatham (IP) \/ Jones<br \/>C: Humphries \/ Rakocevic (IP) \/ Griscti<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane Bullets<br \/>\u200dProjected depth chart:<br \/>PG: Adams (IP) \/ Norton \/ Devers (DP)<br \/>SG: Freeman-Liberty (IP)\/ Murray \/ Devers (DP)<br \/>SF: McDaniel \/ Ducas \/ Patterson (IP\/NRP)<br \/>PF: Prather (IP) \/ Holt \/ Purchase<br \/>C: Harrison \/ Smith-Milner \/ Bradtke (DP)<\/p>\n<p>Missing in action<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide 36ers<br \/>\u200dBen Griscti &#8211; Neck -TBC\u200d<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane Bullets<br \/>\u200dJacob Holt &#8211; Injured &#8211; TBC<br \/>Javon Freeman-Liberty &#8211; Ankle &#8211; TBC<br \/>\u200dMitch Norton &#8211; Knee &#8211; Round 9<br \/>Sam McDaniel &#8211; Ankle &#8211; TBC<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nbl.com.au\/news\/nbl26-the-latest-injury-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">View full injury list<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1759066148_170_68d1e546bf14e7cc65f14d99_Updated NBL26 banner.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane BulletsSunday, September 28, 4.30pm AESTAdelaide Entertainment CentreHow to watch\u200d \u200dWatch every game live on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-175235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}