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Perth Wildcats @ ‘Hood Sweeney’ Adelaide 36ers
Wednesday 23 December – 7:30 PM
Brett Maher Court at The Dome

In a quirk of scheduling the 36ers take on the Wildcats for the second time in four days when they square off at The Dome on Wednesday night. Adelaide scored an 82-70 upset victory in their clash at ‘The Jungle’ last Saturday night, levelling their season series at one game apiece. Perth won their first encounter 110-80 in Perth on 17 October. The two teams will conclude their season series with their fourth meeting of 2009/10 on 10 January in Adelaide.

Following last night’s 2010 FIBA World Championship draw in Instanbul, the world governing body of basketball has released the event schedule.

Australia, selected in Group A, will face Jordan then Argentina, Germany, Serbia and Angola in its first five games and must be ranked in the top four nations of its pool to advance to the knockout Eight-Final stage.

The General Manager of the National Basketball League, Chuck Harmison, has ruled that a total of $3000 in fines must be paid by the Perth Wildcats and the Gold Coast Blaze for their roles in a post-game incident on Saturday.

The confrontation occurred on court at Challenge Stadium at the conclusion of the Perth versus Gold Coast match when Wildcats guard Stephen Weigh took exception to the post-game celebrations of Blaze players James Harvey and Chris Goulding.

The referee evaluator reported the incident to the League and recommended Weigh be investigated for pushing/striking.