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Match Details:

Hawkes Bay Hawks vs Southland Sharks
Date: 9th June 2022
Time: 01:00pm IST

Preview:

Hawkes Bay Hawks won 5 games and lost 3 in NzNBL 2021-22 so far. They lost their last match against Auckland Tuatara 88-99 and are placed 3rd on the points table.

Southland Sharks won 2 and lost 5 games until now. They lost their last match against Nelson Giants 90-96 and are standing at 8th place on the points table.

Hawkes Bay Hawks score 81.0 points a game on an average while they allow 78.7 points a game to their opponents.

Southland Sharks score 86.5 points a game on an average while they allow 86.7 points a game to their opponents.

Derone Raukawa is averaging 16.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.4 steals a game. He is converting more than 47% of his three-point attempts.

Alonzo Burton is averaging 14.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals a game. He missed the last two games and was listed as a game-time call for this match.

I am backing Southland Sharks to win this match. Watch out for Winston Shepard to produce a spectacular performance.

Hawkes Bay Hawks:

Probable starting lineups:

PG Derone Raukawa
SG Ethan Rusbatch
SF Tajuan Agee
PF Hyrum Harris
C Jordan Hunt

Best bench players:

PG Jarrod Kenny
PF Quintin Bailey

Injuries:

SF Everard Bartlett - Questionable
C Jack Salt - Out

Top picks (Average fantasy points per game):

PF Hyrum Harris - 37.1 points
SF Ethan Rusbatch - 34.9 points

Southland Sharks:

Probable starting lineups:

PG Alonzo Burton (GTD)
SG Mojave King
SF Brayden Inger
PF Dominique Kelman-Poto
C Winston Shepard

Best bench players:

PG Dru-Leo Leusogi-Ape
C Romaro Gill
PG Jaylen Gerrand

Injuries:

PG Alonzo Burton - Questionable

Top picks (Average fantasy points per game):

SG Mojave King - 34.5 points
PF Dominique Kelman-Poto - 37.2 points

Punt picks:

PF Jack Exeter (11.0 credit)
SG Tom Cowie (6.5 credit)

Captain and vice-captain choices:

1.Dominique Kelman-Poto
2.Hyrum Harris
3.Winston Shepard

Expert Advice:

Try 10 member 5 winner leagues
3 member 1 winner leagues
4 member 1 winner leagues
11 member 3 winner leagues
Mini GL

Disclaimer: The views expressed here are of the author and are not a reflection of the actual points you might earn.