Posts Tagged "NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS"
Three NBL titles for New Zealand Breakers
By Chris Pike, 13 Apr 2013
The New Zealand Breakers have made it an NBL championship three-peat, beating the Perth Wildcats in game two of the grand final series in front of a sold out Perth Arena on Friday night.
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Is the NBL the Australian summer’s best kept secret?
By Kris Swales, 11 Feb 2013 Three days. Three sports. One perfect Sydney weekend. But which code would offer the best bang for your buck?
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Breakers hold on to beat Hawks 72-71
By AAP, 18 Jan 2013 The New Zealand Breakers held off a persistent Wollongong side to sneak home with a 72-71 win that consolidates their lead at the top of the Australian National Basketball League.
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NZ Breakers down Crocs 82-78 in NBL
By AAP, 12 Jan 2013 Some Tom Abercrombie magic delivered the New Zealand Breakers a remarkable 82-78 NBL victory over the Crocodiles in Townsville on Friday night.
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Wildcats thrash Breakers in NBL
By AAP, 23 Nov 2012 The Perth Wildcats recorded their first win inside Perth Arena and snapped a three-game NBL losing run by thrashing the New Zealand Breakers 89-64 in a grand final rematch on Thursday night.
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Breakers seek NBL three-peat
By Adrian Warren, 5 Oct 2012 New Zealand Breakers believe they have the hunger and the talent to become just the second team in NBL history to win three successive titles when the new season gets underway on Friday.
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When the NBL season tips off Friday night, fans won’t have to worry about unreliable live scores, ridiculous TV delays or controlling their anger towards the game’s administration. They can simply get back to enjoying the basketball.
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We need to extend the NBL grand final series
By Adrian Bauk, 20 Apr 2012 Unless you are a die hard NBL fan, you would have had no idea that the Perth Wildcats are trying to even up the three-game grand final series tonight against the New Zealand Breakers. You probably had no idea the season had even begun!
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Melbourne confirm NBL title credentials
By Adrian Warren, 24 Oct 2011 Melbourne Tigers have confirmed their NBL title credentials with a superb lockdown effort on the free-scoring previously unbeaten NZ Breakers.
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Something had to give when Patrick Mills joined the Melbourne Tigers and unfortunately for Daryl Corletto, he was it. The 10-year Tiger veteran was sensationally cut so that Mills could be accommodated within the NBL points cap.
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The 2011-12 NBL season is here and on a number of fronts, there’s solid reasons to get around it. Patrick Mills has returned home due to the NBA lockout. Andrew Bogut, once insurance is all sorted, will join him.
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Next stop for Nathan Tinkler? Saving the NBL
By Ryan O'Connell, 3 May 2011 Did you know that the NBL Finals finished last Friday? In case you didn’t, the New Zealand Breakers won. But considering the lack of media coverage for the result, perhaps a more pertinent question is: will our domestic basketball league ever reclaim a spot in Australia’s mainstream sporting landscape?
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New Zealand Breakers win their first NBL title
By Adrian Warren, 30 Apr 2011 New Zealand strangled Cairns down the stretch to earn a piece of trans-Tasman history with a crushing 71-53 victory in the NBL grand final decider in Auckland on Friday night.
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Taipans want to win it for Cairns
By Adrian Warren, 28 Apr 2011 Cairns coach Aaron Fearne is relishing the prospect off taking on the New Zealand Breakers and an expectant nation in Friday’s NBL grand final decider in Auckland, declaring “bring it on”.
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Penney key as Breakers eye NBL history
By Chris Barclay, 26 Apr 2011 The New Zealand Breakers bristle at suggestions their roster is essentially a one-man band, but their hopes of securing a historic NBL championship on Friday appear inextricably bound to Kirk Penney.
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Taipans force NBL finals decider in thriller
By Evan Schwarten, 25 Apr 2011 The Cairns Taipans’ thrilling double overtime win over the New Zealand Breakers was a match veteran Breakers’ star Paul Henare says showcased what finals basketball is all about.
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Breakers prepare for sporting history
By Adrian Warren, 24 Apr 2011 New Zealand Breakers coach Andrej Lemanis is bracing his team for an “absolute war,” as it stands on the verge of making trans-Tasman sporting history by becoming the first Kiwi side to win a major Australian competition.
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History awaits the New Zealand Breakers
By Laine Clark, 21 Apr 2011 Proud Australian sports fans have to digest the very real possibility of a Kiwi club winning an Australian-run competition for the first time after the New Zealand Breakers claimed game one of the NBL grand final series against Cairns.
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NBL grand final series preview
By Connor Kret, 20 Apr 2011 On Wednesday afternoon, the NBL grand final series will begin with Game 1 in Auckland. The first grand final appearance for either club, the Cairns Taipans will go up against the minor premiers New Zealand Breakers.
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Brace yourself, Australia. For the first time ever, a New Zealand team might actually win a major Australian sporting championship. That’s what’s at stake when the NBL grand final series tips off tonight in Auckland.
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