Fast Break Report #13: She’s A Brick… House!
The win streak is over for the Breakers, after they went down in Sydney.
Fast Break Report #12: Childress Schmildress
The storyline coming into this game was NBA veteran Josh Childress coming to town but it was King Cedric who reigned at Vector.
Fast Break Report #11: Webby's Trebbies
Four in a row, yo.
Fast Break Report #10: Who Needs A Third Quarter Anyway?
Well… it wasn’t always pretty.
Fast Break Report #9: Crocodile Hunters, TCB
This one was all business on the Sunshine Coast.
Fast Break Report #8: Uncle Kenny Rises Above
The Breakers produced one of their very best games of the season to hand the Cairns Taipans their first loss of the season, and on Cairns turf too.
Fast Break Report #7: 13 Threes and a Capital ‘L’
Eh, we’ve seen worse.
Fast Break Report #6: In A While, Crocodile
This one was pretty clinical. The Breakers eased past the Townsville Crocs at Vector, nullifying the effect of the League’s top scorer, Brian Conklin.
Fast Break Report #5: By The Skin Of Their Teeth
Oh, dear God, that was close!
Fast Break Report #4: Them Taipans Got Bite
A poor third quarter condemned the Breakers to a second consecutive loss, dropping them to 2-2 to start the season.
Fast Break Report #3: Melbourne, Brick-toria
An offensive drought and a defiant Melbourne team saw the Breakers pick up their first loss of the season, going down by 21 in Melly.
Fast Break Report #2: Webster’s Vector Spectacle
Two from two, baby! The NZ Breakers returned to the ol’ familiar haunt of Vector Arena, down the backstreets of Auckland City, and produced the goods in front of over 6000 fans.
Fast Break Report #1: Full Worth on Perth Turf
Wow. This was unexpected.
NZ Breakers – 2013/14 Season Review
So, where to now? The difficult thing about this ANBL roster system is that players are all rated on a scale of 1-10 based on experience and pedigree, and a team’s squad must fit under 70 points. It’s complicated, and we’ll let the board deal with it. Youth players are cheaper, star players are expensive, college players are automatically a 7 or something. Whatever. Let’s talk brass tax.
Game 28: NZ Breakers 83-95 Cairns Taipans
As it happened, the Breakers were already out of the running for the playoffs after results since their last game just didn’t go their way. So this game was a glorified exhibition for the fans, and an occasion to send off the legendary CJ Bruton.
Game 27: NZ Breakers 106-78 Sydney Kings
What Went Right?
- They played the Sydney Kings. If there’s any team that the Breakers just seem to have some psychological advantage over it’s the Kings. In four games this season NZB have won three very comfortably, and dropped just the one, by only two points, and away in Aussie.
Game 26: NZ Breakers 97-84 Melbourne Tigers
- This result sure didn’t, but others did, and believe it or not, the NZ Breakers actually still have a small chance of making the playoffs. Although this time when we say they have to win all of their remaining games (there are 2 left), we mean it, unlike the last 3 times they’ve lost a supposed ‘season ender’.
Game 25: Cairns Taipans 92-87 NZ Breakers
I guess it’s time to turn the attention to seeing off CJ Bruton’s career in style. You simply cannot underestimate the impact that this guy has had not only on this team but also in basketball in NZ. He brought credibility and championship credentials to the Breakers and the 3-peat could not have happened without him. The crowd’s gonna blast the roof off when he gets announced in his final home game.
Game 24: NZ Breakers 102 - 99 Townsville Crocs
- Well, the result went right. At this stage, the Breakers need to win all of their remaining games, and hope a couple other results go their way to make the playoffs. It’s always a matter of one game at a time when those situations arise, and they did the job here.
Fast Break Report - How The NZ Breakers Spent Their Weekend
What Went Right?
- Not a lot. Two losses on the road basically end the Breakers playoff hopes once and for all. They need to win out from here to even have a small chance
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