How to watch & talking points: South East Melbourne v Melbourne

South East Melbourne Phoenix v Melbourne United
Thursday, September 24, 7.30pm AEST
John Cain Arena

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Rosters

South East Melbourne

Expected depth chart:
PG: Mays (IP) / Daniels (NS) / Davidson
SG: Sobey / Glover / Ryan (DP)
SF: Schwartz (IP) / Krebs / Foster
PF: Morin (IP) / Goodrick
C: Hunter / Aliir / Biggar (DP)

Melbourne

Expected depth chart:
PG: Anthony (IP) / Ili / D'Angelo (DP) / Macdonald (NRP)
SG: Goulding / Wilson / Hynes (DP) / Shelley (NRP)
SF: Travers / Ingles / Machar / Fa'ale (DP)
PF: Waardenburg / Bowen / Bradtke (DP)
C: Oduro (IP) / Krslovic

Missing in action

South East Melbourne
No injuries listed.

Tasmania
Shea Ili - Hamstring - TBC
Sean Macdonald - ACL - Season

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Talking points

Minutes watch
United superstar Cole Anthony was only allowed to play 20 minutes during Saturday's season-opener against Adelaide, due to his recovery from a calf injury.

That did little to slow down the NBA talent, with Anthony scoring 30 points in an incredible debut.

It's an interesting watch to see if Anthony's minutes restriction will be eased on Thursday night, against the club's biggest rival.

Captain courageous returns
After missing the Phoenix's opening two matches due to a back injury, captain Nathan Sobey will make his season debut on Thursday night.

The NBL26 All-First Team member will give Josh King's team a huge boost against their crosstown rivals, but the question is how much?

Not only that, how does it impact the rotation and the play of other guards, such as Skylar Mays, Angus Glover, Tanner Krebs and Dash Daniels, who have all been rolling?