Saturday, February 8

Cairns Taipans v Townsville Crocodiles
Cairns Convention Centre
Tip-off 7:30pm (local)
NBL.tv 8:30pm AEDST

Another Reptile Rumble rolls around and the Crocs will be keen to topple the Taipans after being trumped by their Queensland foes three times already this season.

On the back of a tough game against the Wildcats, the Crocs won’t have to travel far for this one. They’ll face the tough task of shutting down the many perimeter weapons that Cairns boast with Clint Steindl and Stephen Weigh both putting on strong performances in recent weeks.

For the Taipans, containing Steve Markovic will be key. The former Boomer has been running the Crocs well since recovering from illness and his 20 points and eight assists last week were huge in getting Townsville the W.