How to watch & talking points: Perth v Illawarra

14 Nov 2026

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The Perth Wildcats host an in-form Illawarra Hawks at RAC Arena on Saturday night.

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NBL.com.au

Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks
Saturday, November 14, 9.30pm AEDT
RAC Arena

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Rosters

Perth

Depth chart:
PG: Rillie (DP) / Sam (DP) / Knight (IP) (out) / 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)

Illawarra

Depth chart:
PG: M.Doyle (IP) / Hickey / Adnam (NRP)
SG: Harvey / Narkle
SF: Swaka Lo Buluk / Grida / Patterson (IP/NRP) / Blanchfield
PF: Maker / Martin (IP) / A.Doyle (DP) / McGregor (DP) / Peatling
C: Froling / Macdonald (DP)

Missing in action

Perth

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

Illawarra

Mason Peatling - Foot - Season

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Talking points

Only one streak continues

Both Perth and Illawarra got much-needed wins earlier in the round, but only one can continue to build momentum and keep their winning streak alive.

The Wildcats mixed up their rotations on Thursday and it paid off, getting a win over a gutsy Tasmania.

While the Hawks are coming off the best offensive performance of any team all season long, when they scored over 120 points on Wednesday night.

End of the road

The Illawarra Hawks finally see the light at the end of a brutal road stretch, as they head back west to where it all started two weeks ago.

After the Hawks beat Perth in that game, they travelled to Cairns, then to Adelaide, then to Melbourne and finally back to Perth, all without going home.

As exhausting as that can be, it’s clearly paying off for a group that perhaps needed some time to build together.