Game Centre<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\nTalking points
1 \u2013 Big opportunity<\/p>\n
Wednesday night\u2019s Ignite Cup game between the Brisbane Bullets and Perth Wildcats is a big opportunity for both teams and for very different reasons.<\/p>\n
The Bullets went down to Adelaide last round and came away with a fairly convincing win, even without some key pieces available thanks to injury.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats, on the other hand, stumbled at home, dropping two straight and are left looking for answers.<\/p>\n
Can Perth get back on track for the rare away game in the first half of the season? Or will Brisbane keep building steadily?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Don\u2019t look back<\/p>\n
For Illawarra Hawks fans, last weekend\u2019s win in Perth was not only much needed, it was a display of the good basketball that this team can play and that should give them plenty of confidence going forward.<\/p>\n
However, we have seen this already this season when the team went into Melbourne and beat United a few weeks back and couldn\u2019t follow it up the following round.<\/p>\n
The Hawks have a big road double, starting in Cairns and then finishing in Adelaide and it\u2019s a huge opportunity for them to get their season back on track.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
3 \u2013 Silverdome watch<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no sugar-coating it, the Tasmania JackJumpers just can\u2019t seem to get a win at the Silverdome for whatever reason you can think of.<\/p>\n
Scott Roth isn\u2019t buying into any of the excuses in terms of shooting efficiency or the team coming out slow in games, but the JackJumpers face a wary New Zealand team who is looking to stop their four-game losing skid.<\/p>\n
As the Breakers look for consistency in their play, perhaps this matchup for Tasmania in Launceston has come at the perfect time to fix their 2-9 record in the Silverdome.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
4 \u2013 Pressure gauge, high<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no such thing as a must-win game this early in the season, but if there was, then Adelaide\u2019s home game against the Illawarra Hawks is as close as you\u2019ll get.<\/p>\n
For a team that many predicted to win it all this season, they are still looking to find their identity under Trevor Gleeson and their loss on Sunday to an injury-riddled Brisbane was far from ideal.<\/p>\n
The 36ers are still waiting for some stars to return in Flynn Cameron and Bul Kuol, but for now they have to figure it out with what they have and get back on track.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
5 \u2013 Flying under the radar\u2026 again<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not often that you would say a reigning champion is flying under the radar, but the Sydney Kings seem to be doing just that once again.<\/p>\n
It is very similar to what happened last season for Brian Goorjian\u2019s team, who just kept slowly building after a slow start to NBL26 and then finished with a flurry and ended up holding the trophy.<\/p>\n
While Kendric Davis has been exceptional, it\u2019s their versatile and athletic forwards in Torrey Craig and Xavier Cooks who have been a difference maker on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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