Basketball: Taipans bite Breakers in New Year's win
Basketball: Taipans bite Breakers in New Year's win
Taipans centre Ian Crosswhite has celebrated his 200th career game by leading his side to a dominant 74-57 NBL win against New Zealand in Cairns.
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Basketball: Breakers target one more win in 2011
Basketball: Breakers target one more win in 2011
Before the Breakers cast a contented eye back on 2011, there's one more scalp that would leave them celebrating the New Year in style.
Basketball: Breakers ready to welcome back Bruton
Basketball: Breakers ready to welcome back Bruton
Influential point guard CJ Bruton is poised to take to the court for the New Zealand Breakers in their New Year's Eve NBL clash with Cairns on Saturday.
Basketball: Breakers coast to 5th straight victory
Basketball: Breakers coast to 5th straight victory
Court general Cedric Jackson has a dodgy ankle, Tom Abercrombie is in a serious funk, Leon Henry has gone cold and CJ Bruton is out of the side altogether. None of that seems to bother the Breakers a jot.
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The Breakers were at their hot-and-cold best in beating Townsville 88-74 at Vector Arena tonight, illustrating their title credentials with a potentially defining comeback.
Basketball: Breakers consolidate top spot in NBL
Basketball: Breakers consolidate top spot in NBL
The New Zealand Breakers repelled an Adelaide fightback to win 99-90 in Auckland last night and consolidate their position at the top of the NBL ladder.
Basketball: Breakers hold off Wollongong
Basketball: Breakers hold off Wollongong
A resilient fourth-quarter performance allowed New Zealand Breakers to beat Wollongong 98-82 in the NBL game at WIN Entertainment Centre on Sunday night.
Basketball: Breakers impress
Basketball: Breakers impress
The New Zealand Breakers got the defence of their ANBL title under way with an impressive 102-87 defeat of the Gold Coast Blaze late on Friday thanks to a a 34-point final-quarter blitz.
Basketball: Plenty to work on for rusty NZ Breakers
Basketball: Plenty to work on for rusty NZ Breakers
The New Zealand Breakers have plenty up their sleeve but they will need every last hidden ace after a disappointing finish to their pre-season campaign.
Basketball: Seven-footer stepping up to challenge
Basketball: Seven-footer stepping up to challenge
You have to be more than just tall to be a good basketballer.
Basketball: Promising signs from Breakers
Basketball: Promising signs from Breakers
There are some missing pieces, but so far so good for the Breakers.
Basketball: Breakers not yet ready to give up on Webster
Basketball: Breakers not yet ready to give up on Webster
The New Zealand Breakers have found a replacement for Corey Webster, but the club is not ready to give up on its talented youngster despite a second positive drugs test.
Basketball: Southland snare Breakers guard
Basketball: Southland snare Breakers guard
The Southland Sharks have signed New Zealand Breakers guard Kevin Braswell for the rest of the National Basketball League season.
Basketball: Lunchtime salute for Breakers
Basketball: Lunchtime salute for Breakers
The Breakers will be saluted in a lunchtime parade along Auckland's Queen St today after their historic Australian National Basketball League title victory.
Basketball: Parade planned to mark Breakers' historic win
Basketball: Parade planned to mark Breakers' historic win
A parade up Auckland's Queen St on Friday will mark the Breakers' historic win in the Australian National Basketball League championship.
Basketball: Nervous wait for Breakers after Penney tweaks back
Basketball: Nervous wait for Breakers after Penney tweaks back
Kirk Penney grimaced as he hobbled across the car park to his car after training yesterday.
Basketball: Rebounding key to Breakers win
Basketball: Rebounding key to Breakers win
Their rebounding deficiencies have attracted critics but the Breakers came good at the right time last night, dominating the boards in a crushing 85-67 defeat of the Cairns Taipans in the first match of the best-of-three ANBL finals series in Auckland.
Basketball: Breakers muscle way into finals
Basketball: Breakers muscle way into finals
The New Zealand Breakers showed they can play a physical, aggressive basketball game as well as the free-flowing one they are known for with yesterday's tough 99-83 semifinal victory over the Perth Wildcats.
Basketball: Breakers in line for honours
Basketball: Breakers in line for honours
The championship-leading New Zealand Breakers predictably feature prominently in the Australian National Basketball League end of season awards.
Basketball: Breakers look for balance before playoffs
Basketball: Breakers look for balance before playoffs
The New Zealand Breakers will look to balance intensity with staying fresh as they complete their regular season with three matches that will have no bearing on the Australian National Basketball League playoffs.