How to watch & talking points: Perth v Tasmania

Perth Wildcats v Tasmania JackJumpers
Thursday, November 12, 9.30pm AEDT
RAC Arena

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Rosters

Perth

Depth chart:
PG: Knight / Rillie (DP) / Sam (DP) / Whitt (NRP) (out)
SG: Pepper / Dell'Orso / Kopa (DP)
SF: Windler (IP) / Huefner / Nielsen (DP) (out)
PF: Doolittle (IP) / Higgins-Titsha / Wagstaff
C: Brandt / Lual-Acuil Jr. (out)

Tasmania

Depth chart:
PG: Armstrong (IP) / Ayre / Bayles (NRP) / Stoddart (NRP)
SG: Mathias (IP) / Hamilton (IP) (out)
SF: Stattmann / Haywood (DP) / Johnson (IP) (out) / Marshall (out)
PF: Bannan / Deng (out)
C: Magnay / Richardson (DP) / Gold (out)

Missing in action

Perth

Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. - Calf - Round 11
Blake Nielsen - ACL - Season
Jimmy Whitt - Personal reasons - TBC

Tasmania

Majok Deng - Lower leg - Round 13
Ben Gold - Heel - Round 11
Bryce Hamilton - ACL - TBC
David Johnson - Calf - Round 11
Nick Marshall - Ankle - Round 11

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Talking points

Next man up in Tassie

The JackJumpers are running out of healthy players, as they head across to Perth and try to do what they do best: fight.

This kind of adversity isn’t new for Scott Roth, and history tells us that you can never count out Tasmania when the cards are stacked against them.

It will be a heavy dose of Josh Bannan, Will Magnay and Taran Armstrong if they are to scrape out this win.

Cats need to stop the bleeding

Perth has lost four straight, the latest a 100-92 loss to Cairns, as the panic from fans is starting to creep in.

The toughest part to swallow has been the slow starts for the Wildcats, who are putting themselves in bad positions that they can’t claw back from.

While they have been navigating some tough injuries in recent weeks, there’s more than enough talent on this roster to stop the bleeding.