Friday’s Boxing Day blockbuster at MyState Financial institution Area pits two groups in very totally different kind up towards each other.
Hosts Tasmania have gained 4 of their previous six video games, together with Tuesday’s Open Air Sport victory over Melbourne United.
The Breakers, in the meantime, head into this Spherical 14 fixture on a three-game dropping streak, together with dropping each video games final spherical towards Cairns and Brisbane.
Regardless of this, NBL veteran Cam Gliddon backs the Breakers’ possibilities, believing they ‘have the JackJumpers quantity’.
“[This is] the Jackies staff of outdated, being stingy on defence and really unselfish on offence, which [is a proven recipe] to get it accomplished,” Gliddon mentioned through Friday’s episode of NBL Now.
“I do know the Jackies are enjoying rather well proper now and had one among their finest video games of the 12 months [against United], however New Zealand simply appears to have the wooden on them proper now.
“I’ve watched the Breakers convincingly beat Tasmania on each events at Spark Area, [primarily] due to their conflicting type.”
A giant consider figuring out who wins this conflict would be the battle of the bigs between Will Magnay and Sam Mennenga.
However Gliddon believes one of many Breakers’ rising stars looms as the important thing for Petteri Koponen’s facet.
“One of the best video games New Zealand have performed this 12 months is when Karim Lopez [is playing well],” Gliddon mentioned.
“It is arduous to place this sort of weight on such a younger child’s shoulders, but when he can keep out of foul hassle, we have seen what number of alternative ways he can impression the sport.
“Particularly when he is operating off a few of these flex actions the place he is retaining the defence sincere, by his potential to attain and be a menace in a number of methods.”
Friday’s Boxing Day recreation ideas off at 7.30pm AEDT, dwell on ESPN.
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