Breakers Book Home Playoff

Joel Tiller, Sportal
The NZ Breakers have snapped their five-game losing streak and cemented a maiden home final next week against Adelaide with a 103-69 win over the Cairns Taipans on Thursday night at the North Shore Events Centre.The match was effectively over by half-time . . .

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Marks Dunks Down Stretch

Associated Press
Sean Marks came up empty as he searched his memory for the last time he was on the court in the final minutes of a close game.Yet the Hornets’ backup big man came through in the waning moments against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday.

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TBs Help Dragons Fire

A round 21 triple-header sweep helped push Tall Blacks Nick Horvath and Mika Vukona and the South Dragons to the Australian National Basketball League regular season title last week.The Drags, guided by Boomers coach Brian Goorjian, locked up the best record and number one seeding for the playoffs . . .

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Pardon Me, Coming Through

Former Tall Ferns guard Lisa Pardon and her Bulleen Boomers club may not lead the Australian Women’s National Basketball League but they are no doubt the hottest. The Boomers continued their rise up the WNBL standings, moving to second behind the Canberra Capitals after their eighth straight win . . .

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BBNZ AGM Travel Subsidy

Basketball New Zealand will offer association representatives and life members travel subsidies to the 2008 Annual General Meeting in Wellington from March 21-22.The board of BBNZ reviewed the decision to provide a subsidy to associations and life members, opting to subsidise travel based on the attached distance schedule.

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Sixers Overpower Breakers

Steve Barrett, Sportal
Riding a powerful wave of emotion, sentiment and nostalgia, the Adelaide 36ers have celebrated retiring captain Brett Maher’s final regular season fixture at the Distinctive Domes Home with a 102-91 Australian NBL victory over the NZ Breakers on Saturday.Any danger of the Sixers being too amped or overly Maher-conscious were emphatically quashed early, the hosts reaping successive . . .

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Hawks Surprise Breakers

Asa Schuster, Sportal
In their second-last home game of the Australian NBL, the Wollongong Hawks snapped a five-game slide with a 103-98 effort over the NZ Breakers at the WIN Entertainment Centre.The Hawks led by one after three-quarters and claimed the game behind a stellar fourth quarter spearheaded by Tall Black Lindsay Tait and Dusty Rychart.

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Juniors Step Out

The Junior Tall Blacks will emerge from behind closed doors next month for their first public appearance in preparation for the FIBA World U19 Championships in Auckland in July.After two camps at Porirua’s new Te Rauparaha Arena, coach Kenny McFadden has named five debutants in his 12-man squad . . .

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Palmy Hosts NBL Opener

McDonalds Manawatu Jets will welcome in the 2009 National Basketball League, when they host southern rivals Century City Wellington Saints in the season opener on Saturday, March 14. In the draw released by the NBL board, Harbour Heat will cross the bridge for their crosstown showdown with Auckland Stars later that same night.

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January Community Newsletter

The January edition of Basketball New Zealand’s monthly bulletin provides associations with the latest news and information …

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