{"id":951771,"date":"2026-11-04T02:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T02:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951771\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T02:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T02:24:12","slug":"wildcats-star-to-miss-bullets-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951771\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildcats star to miss Bullets clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Perth Wildcats will be without their stars for Wednesday night\u2019s crucial Ignite Cup fixtures with Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p>Point guard Brandon Knight has been ruled out of the Nissan Arena due to soreness, with Development Player Tana Kopa replacing him in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>NBA talent Knight will be re-evaluated before the Wildcats\u2019 November 8 game at RAC Arena against Cairns.<\/p>\n<p>Knight joins Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. (calf), Blake Nielsen (ACL) and Jimmy Whitt (personal reasons) on the sidelines for Perth.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brandon Knight (soreness) has been ruled out of tomorrow nights NBL Ignite Cup game in Brisbane, and will be re-evaluated prior to our next home game this Sunday vs. Cairns Taipans (November 8th, 2pm AWST). Development Player Tana Kopa will replace Knight in tomorrow nights lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Perth Wildcats (@PerthWildcats) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PerthWildcats\/status\/2117555016189747307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite still sitting in third, this Round 8 fixture looms crucial for John Rillie\u2019s side after back-to-back losses to Sydney and Illawarra.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture, which also marks Jesse Wagstaff\u2019s 550th in the NBL, tips off at 8pm AEDT, live on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793759052_208_6aaf06b4ba693cfeb2523730_6a960795989a8ba3337cdc3b_SuperCoach NBL_ Bottom of Article Image Version 1 .png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Perth Wildcats will be without their stars for Wednesday night\u2019s crucial Ignite Cup fixtures with Brisbane. Point&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-951771","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\/951771","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=951771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}