NBL23: Round 12 vs South East Melbourne at Nissan Arena

The Brisbane Bullets will play their Indigenous Round game against the South East Melbourne Phoenix on Wednesday night at Nissan Arena. The Bullets will proudly be wearing their Indigenous Round jersey designed by Narelle Urquhart.

The Bullets are still battling a number of injuries and will be without Tyler Johnson, Gorjok Gak, Tanner Krebs and Tyrell Harrison however, will be buoyed by the potential return of two or three of the above next game.

Phoenix head north coming off a highly contested double overtime victory against the Sydney Kings over the weekend.

Brisbane Bullets vs South East Melbourne Phoenix

When: Wednesday, December 21 | 6:30pm AEST

Where: Nissan Arena

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Tickets: Available HERE

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LAST MATCH UP

The two teams last met back in Round 4 down in Melbourne and there was only one point in it.  Mitch Creek was dominant for the Phoenix, while Jason Cadee led from the front for the Bullets.

HUNGRY JACK'S NBL ROUND 4

SOUTH EAST MELBOURNE PHOENIX 89 (Creek 31, Williams 11, Adnam 10, Te Rangi 10)

BRISBANE BULLETS 88 (Cadee 21, Johnson 15, Harrison 11, Baynes 11)

BOX SCORE

KEY MATCH UPS

Aron Baynes vs Alan Williams

The two big men will go head to head, with both teams looking to work the ball to their centres and play with a strong inside presence.

Williams is currently averaging 16.4ppg and 9 rpg, while Baynes is averging 11.4 ppg and 8.3 rpg. This will be a great match up between two physical bigs.

Jason Cadee vs Kyle Adnam

Jason has been having a strong season for the Bullets and steps up week after week, playing big minutes while the team have been down in numbers.

Both Jason and Kyle are talented guards who have the ability to make a big impact on each game they play in and will both need to step up with multiple players missing on their respective line-ups.

ON THE RECORD

The Bullets will be looking to turn things around after last weekend’s loss. This will start on the defensive end, where they will need to lift their intensity for the full forty minutes against an in form Phoenix roster.

Following last game Hostplus interim Head Coach Greg Vanderjagt said, “We lacked some intent defensively in terms of the physicality and willingness to do the things that are hard tonight.”

A positive that came out of last game was the introduction of Andrew White III who had solid performances for his first couple of games in Brisbane Bullets colours.

“Drew’s had a tough initiation to NBL basketball. But he’s a pro and a really good human being and I can’t speak highly enough of the guy.”

“He’s very intelligent and over the course of the next 13 games he can help us win basketball games,” Vanderjagt added.