NBL Round 12

Brisbane v West Sydney

The reigning champions host the Razorbacks.  Both teams will be looking to get back on track after they were both defeated in their last start.

The 7/8 man rotation that the Bullets have been using finally caught up with them last Sunday, losing in Singapore.  They will be using a similar rotation again as Sam Mackinnon and Craig Bradshaw are still out injured (knee and ankle respectively).  They beat Townsville at home 3 days before the Singapore loss. 

The Razorbacks lost in Adelaide on Saturday after easily accounting for Singapore at home 3 days earlier.  This week they replaced the injured Damian Martin (out for season, knee) with Josh Morgan.  He is expected to assist import Darnell Hinson with the ball-carrying duties; I cannot see him contributing much more than this.

Both teams will be out to redeem themselves after their disappointing losses which should make this a good contest.  Brisbane seem a little too short to me here.  Having the short rotation seems like it could be starting to take its toll.  I expect the Razorbacks to get a lot of their players to test out Bruton’s ankle and try to get their undermanned frontcourt in trouble.  The points total looks a little high to me.  There have been a lot of high scoring games of late.  With these two teams being in the thick of it, a 250 would not surprise.  I will not be getting involved here.

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