Brisbane Bullets vs Perth Wildcats NBL26 Round 12 Tips - Another loss for the Bullets

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Last updated: Sat 13 Dec 2025 06:26

Jeremy Darke 13 Dec 2025

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Brisbane Bullets vs Perth Wildcats expert predictions for Sunday’s Round 12 NBL matchup
Tip-off is at 4:30 PM AEDT at Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Brisbane has lost 5 straight games, struggling without key player Casey Prather.
Perth focuses on improved defence after a recent loss to the Kings.

Brisbane Bullets vs Perth Wildcats NBL26 Round 12 Tips

Brisbane Bullets vs Perth Wildcats NBL25 Round 12 Expert Tips

The Wildcats will make no mistake against the Bullets adding more misery to the home team’s season with Brisbane predicted to drop their sixth in a row.

The Cats were on the wrong side of a belting against the Kings on Friday and John Rillie will make sure that his team tighten right up against the Bullets, who are a little unpredictable at the moment with all of their late roster changes.

Perth gave up the second-most points this season to the Kings but will right their wrongs against the Bullets on Sunday. Brisbane have potential with the addition on Terry Taylor and the return of Javon Freeman-Liberty, but the combinations and chemistry will take some time to evolve.

Expect Perth to put on a better defensive performance here and cover as the away favourite.

Brisbane have lost 5 straight games with 4 of them being by 15 points or more.
Perth ranks third in the NBL with an average of 87.1 points against per game.
Brisbane rank 9th in the NBL giving up 96.0 points per game.
Perth have won 2 of their last 3 games in Brisbane.

Head to Head

Last 5 Match Results

Date	Home Team	Score	Line	Total Points
15/10/2025	PER	BRI 110-93	BRI +9.5	O 183.5
15/01/2025	BRI	PER 112-85	PER -8.0	U 197.5
29/11/2024	PER	PER 117-89	PER -6.0	O 186.5
17/11/2024	BRI	BRI 105-84	BRI +2.0	O 184.5
19/01/2024	PER	PER 118-86	PER -6.0	O 181.5

Offensive & Defensive Rankings

BRI Off	Rank	Stat	Rank	PER Def
87.3	8	PPG	3	87.1
39	10	RPG	3	41.1
46.4%	1	FG%	1	42.7%
29.7%	10	3P%	4	31.7%
13.9	9	TOV	9	9.9

BRI Def	Rank	Stat	Rank	PER Off
95.8	9	PPG	5	89.8
41.6	6	RPG	2	43.4
46.7%	9	FG%	6	45.0%
32.2%	5	3P%	8	31.7%
11.3	5	TOV	6	11.9

Brisbane Bullets Form & Team News

The Bullets' struggles have continued in Round 12 with their injury riddled season getting the best of them as they dropped five in a row after their Thursday night loss to the Illawarra Hawks 100-85.

Brisbane were in the match up until the fourth quarter, going into the break just 3 points down, however, Illawarra put their foot on the gas with their highest scoring quarter and Bullets couldn’t keep up.

Brisbane’s offence continues to struggle since the injury to Casey Prather, scoring 85 points or less in 6 of their last 7 games. The positive, if there is one, is that the return of Javon Freeman-Liberty was a success, scoring 13 points in 20 minutes on the court, while new recruit Terry Taylor also put up 18 points in his second run in the Bullets singlet.

Perth Wildcats Form & Team News

Perth had no answer for a Kendric Davis onslaught from downtown, going down to the Kings by 31 points on Friday night. The Kings import couldn't be stopped from the outside hitting 7 of 13, while the Wildcats couldn't find their way inside.

Kristian Doolittle has owned this team this season but was held to just 5 points against the Kings, while Jo Lual-Acual was also contained for just 9 points. Perth were forced to play from the outside with the defence of the Kings to strong inside with the Cats shooting at just 34.88% from inside the three-point line.

It was unfamiliar territory for the Wildcats who have been the toughest team to shoot against in NBL26 with an opposition field goal percentage of just 42.8%, giving up the third-least amount of points to their opponents at 87.1 per game heading into Round 12.