{"id":475686,"date":"2026-02-12T19:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/475686\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:21:09","slug":"double-injury-boost-for-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/475686\/","title":{"rendered":"Double injury boost for Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Perth Wildcats have received a massive boost on the eve of their Round 21 clash with Brisbane at RAC Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Guard David Duke Jr (elbow) and Sunday Dech (illness) have both been cleared to make their returns from injury.<\/p>\n<p>American Duke, who is averaging 12.8 points, 3.3 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game, has been sidelined since Round 14, while Dech only missed the Wildcats\u2019 Round 20 win over Cairns.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 TEAM UPDATE \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Both David Duke Jr. and Sunday Dech are returning to the roster for tomorrow nights home game at RAC Arena vs the Brisbane Bullets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ckVohnkB7a\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ckVohnkB7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Perth Wildcats (@PerthWildcats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PerthWildcats\/status\/2021839226799800528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 12, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>These additions mean only Jaron Rillie (hamstring) will be unavailable for the Wildcats on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup with the Bullets tips off at 9.30pm AEDT, live on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/696810544c3525aaec836c13_Disney+_1920x250_V1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Perth Wildcats have received a massive boost on the eve of their Round 21 clash with Brisbane&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-475686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475686","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=475686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}