Adelaide are "down limited bodies," Trevor Gleeson said, after getting "outworked at home." He wants scoring beyond Bryce Cotton and Nick Rakocevic, and on Zylan Cheatham, who rarely looked at the rim: "I don't care if he's open for a 3, shoot the goddamn ball."
"I think I was targeted for that." Adelaide's Trevor Gleeson got a technical from one referee while talking to another about a backhand to the face. He'll again send Scott Butler clips of missed fouls: "when the bright lights come on, something else happens."
Players who got no minutes last season are now Adelaide starters, Nick Rakocevic said, and the veterans must support them. He calls the trip to Sydney, who ended their season last year, personal: "We need to go there and we need to make a stamp."
Josh Oduro is "a monster for us around the rim," Melbourne United coach Jacob Chance said, and he wants more of him: "hopefully we can keep him on the floor longer than 18 minutes and we'll get more out of him."
Isaac Humphries won't need knee surgery, Adelaide's Matt Weston said. He is being eased off before being built back up, with a return weeks away. "It's angry at the moment on him," Weston said; the knee hurts on court and at home, even on stairs.
Nick Rakocevic awaits a league ruling on a disciplinary matter before Adelaide's next game. "I think he'll be available," Matt Weston said, defending the contact: "There was no blood... when you're in the jostling around for rebounds, this happens."
New signing Corey suits up in Adelaide's next game, filling in short-term while Flynn Cameron's ankle heals. Matt Weston puts Cameron 4 to 6 weeks away; he is out of a boot and doing layups. Weston expects Corey's shooting to "help Bryce [Cotton] get a little bit more free."