{"id":907208,"date":"2026-09-27T09:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/907208\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:18:10","slug":"how-to-watch-talking-points-sydney-v-illawarra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/907208\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch &#038; talking points: Sydney v Illawarra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks<br \/>Sunday, September 27, 6pm AEST<br \/>Afterpay Arena<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/tipping.nbl.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Play Mega Rewards NBL Tipping for your chance to win cash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How to watch<\/p>\n<p>Watch every NBL27 game live on ESPN. <\/p>\n<p>This game will also be live on 9Go and 9Now. <\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbl.com.au\/how-to-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How to watch ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tickets<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbl.com.au\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ticketing information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How to follow &amp; live scores<\/p>\n<p>Live scores, stats, breaking news and game highlights are <a href=\"https:\/\/nbl.com.au\/pages\/nbl-app\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">available via the free NBL App.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbl.com.au\/games\/sydney-kings-v-illawarra-hawks-men-27-09-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Visit Game Centre<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nbl.com.au\/pages\/nbl-app\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the free NBL App<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RostersSydney<\/p>\n<p>Expected depth chart:<br \/>PG: Davis (IP) \/ Johnston \/ Hanson (DP)<br \/>SG: Dellavedova \/ Robertson \/ Stone<br \/>\u200dSF: Craig (IP) \/ Maluach<br \/>PF: Cooks \/ Machar (DP) \/ Bofinger (NRP)<br \/>C: Carr (IP\/NRP) \/ Wessels \/ Spurgin \/ Leaupepe (out)<\/p>\n<p>Illawarra<\/p>\n<p>Expected depth chart:<br \/>PG: M.Doyle (IP) \/ Hickey \/ Adnam (NRP)<br \/>SG: Harvey \/ Narkle<br \/>SF: Swaka Lo Buluk \/ Grida (out) \/ Blanchfield \/ Patterson (IP\/NRP)<br \/>PF: Martin (IP) \/ Days (IP) \/ A.Doyle (DP) \/ McGregor (DP)<br \/>C: Froling \/ Peatling \/ Macdonald (DP)<\/p>\n<p>Missing in actionSydney<\/p>\n<p>Keli Leaupepe &#8211; ACL &#8211; Season<\/p>\n<p>Illawarra<\/p>\n<p>Dan Grida &#8211; Calf &#8211; TBC<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbl.com.au\/news\/nbl26-the-latest-injury-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">View full injury list<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Talking pointsNew season, same rivalry<\/p>\n<p>The last two seasons have been fascinating for the New South Wales rivalry. In NBL25, the Illawarra Hawks swept the Sydney Kings on their way to the championship. Last season, the tables turned, with the Kings winning all four meetings and going on to claim the title themselves. <\/p>\n<p>Whatever the recent history, this fixture takes on extra meaning whenever the two sides meet with state bragging rights on the line. Tensions boil over, stars arrive with a point to prove, and coaches will try any tactic to win the first head-to-head of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Soul-searching<\/p>\n<p>The Illawarra Hawks have started the season 0-2, with losses to the New Zealand Breakers and the Brisbane Bullets, and their task doesn&#8217;t get any easier here. The Sydney Kings would love nothing more than to inflict further pain on the Hawks, with Kendric Davis leading the charge. <\/p>\n<p>Can Justin Tatum&#8217;s men find the energy to rise to the occasion and stop the Kings in their tracks? Or will they be left soul-searching ahead of Round 3?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercoach.com.au\/nbl?utm_source=NBLContent&amp;utm_medium=NBL&amp;utm_campaign=Partner&amp;utm_content=Seasonal&amp;sourceCode=SCWEB_EPD_Partners\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"w-inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790500690_415_6a960795989a8ba3337cdc3b_SuperCoach NBL_ Bottom of Article Image Version 1 1920x250.webp\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney Kings v Illawarra HawksSunday, September 27, 6pm AESTAfterpay Arena &gt;&gt; Play Mega Rewards NBL Tipping for your&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-907208","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\/907208","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=907208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}