How to watch & talking points: Cairns v Sydney

Cairns Taipans v Sydney Kings
Friday, November 13, 7.30pm AEDT
Cairns Convention Centre

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How to watch

Watch every NBL27 game live on ESPN.

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Rosters

Cairns

Depth chart:
PG: J.Brown (IP) / Paul (NS) / Bruce / Nunn (DP)
SG: Smith / L.McVeigh (DP) / J.Galloway (out)
SF: Lewis (IP) / Dech (out) / W.Brown (out)
PF: J.McVeigh / K.Galloway / Williamson (NRP)
C: Pinder / Bolden / Yates (DP)

Sydney

Depth chart:
PG: Davis (IP) / Johnston / Hanson (DP)
SG: Maluach / Dellavedova / Robertson / Stone
SF: Craig (IP) / Bofinger (NRP)
PF: Cooks / Machar (DP)
C: Carr (IP/NRP) / Wessels / Spurgin / Leaupepe (out)

Missing in action

Cairns

Walter Brown - Ankle - Round 9
Sunday Dech - Hamstring - TBC
Jaylin Galloway - Back - Round 14

Sydney

Keli Leaupepe - ACL - Season

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Talking points

Underrated Kings

It’s very rare that a reigning champion would fly under the radar the following season, yet it seems the Sydney Kings are doing just that. No experts tipped the Kings to go back-to-back in the pre-season, and star guard Kendric Davis told NBL Now this week that’s just the way they want it. The Kings have been juggling some missing pieces so far in NBL27 and have still found a way to pile on the wins. While Davis has been his dominant self, it’s Torrey Craig who is quickly showing just why he forged such an impressive NBA career.

Snakes alive

The Cairns Taipans bounced back from a pair of poor performances to claw out a win over the Wildcats in Perth. Led by the brilliance of Jack McVeigh, this Cairns team showed just how many weapons they have when they are locked in and unselfish on the offensive end. Now the task for Adam Forde is to get his team to consistently replicate that version of themselves.