AUS vs NZL Dream11 International Qualifiers

AUS vs NZL Dream11 Match Prediction

AUS vs NZL Dream11: Australia are set to take on New Zealand in Game-1 of FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers in Brisbane on Thursday. Australia are the defending champions of Asia and will be looking to start the campaign with a positive result. But the Boomers, Australia Basketball team’s nickname, is missing key players, and as is New Zealand.

Recent meetings:

Australia Men Basketball team is currently ranked 3rd in the FIBA World Rankings, while New Zealand are the 24th best team in the world.
Australia won the last two games against New Zealand, beating them at the Finals of the 2015 FIBA Oceania championships in game one (71-59) and game two (89-79).

Match Basics:

Host: Australia
Visitors: New Zealand
Match Timing: February 20, @ 02:10 PM
Venue: Nissan Arena, Brisbane

Australia vs New Zealand team news:

Australia team news:
Status out: Big guns such as Ben Simmons, Aaron Baynes, Joe Ingles, Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova, are not with the team due to their involvements with their respective NBA teams.
Status Questionable: None.

Australia roster: Kyle Adnam, Jason Cadee, Cameron Gliddon, Sunday Dech, Josh Giddey, Angus Glover, Daniel Grida, Nathan Sobey, Todd Blanchfield, Dane Pineau, Sam Froling, Matt Hodgson

New Zealand team news:
Status out: None. Oklahoma City Thunder’s big man Steven Adams is not with the team.
Status Questionable: None.
Note: The Tall Blacks will have Mika Vukona and Reuben Te Rangi back in the squad. The duo missed the FIBA World Cup with injuries and will bring experience to the team.
New Zealand head coach, Pero Cameron has high hopes from his relatively young group of players such as Tom Vodanovich, Taylor Britt, Hyrum Harris, Shea Ili, Jordan Ngatai, Rob Loe, Tohi Smith-Milner and Jarrod Kenny, but is confident that his team can beat the Aussies.
“There is a real energy and passion already evident in the group and they know the opportunity in front of them, a rare chance to play Australia in a FIBA window, and an even more rare chance to defeat them on their home court,” Pero said.

New Zealand active roster: Shea Ili, Jarrod Kenny, Taylor Britt, Ethan Rusbatch, Jordan Ngatai, Reuben Te Rangi, Dion Prewster, Tom Vodanovich, Mika Vukona, Hyrum Harris, Rob Loe, Tohi Smith-Milner

AUS vs NZL Dream11 starting five:

Australia:
PF: Todd Blanchfield
SF: Dane Pineau
C: Matt Hodgson / Sam Froling
PG: Nathan Sobey
SG: Josh Giddey

New Zealand:
PF: Tom Vodanovich
SF: Mike Vukona
C: Robert Loe
PG: Shea lli
SG: Reuben Te Rangi

Likely to feature from the bench:

Australia: Kyle Adnam, Jason Cadee, Cameron Gliddon, Sunday Dech, Angus Glover, Daniel Grida
New Zealand: Jarrod Kenny, Taylor Britt, Ethan Rusbatch, Jordan Ngatai, Dion Prewster, Hyrum Harris, Tohi Smith-Milner

AUS vs NZL Dream11 teams:

Team1:
PG: S lli
SG: C Gliddon, D Prewster
SF: J Giddey (SP), R Te-Rangi
PF: T Blanchfield, T Vodanovich
C: R Loe

Team 2:
PG: S lli, K Adnan
SG: D Prewster
SF: J Giddey (SP)
PF: T Blanchfield, T Vodanovich, S Froling
C: R Loe