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    Breakers head coach Petteri Koponen is demanding better effort from his side after a third straight ANBL defeat
     23 December 2025
    Breakers head coach Petteri Koponen is demanding better effort from his side after a third straight ANBL defeat
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    Time for some serious self-reflection for the New Zealand Breakers
    23 Dec: Time for some serious self-reflection for the New Zealand Breakers... more
    A lack-lustre Breakers display on both sides of the ball has helped Brisbane snap their seven-game losing streak in basketball's NBL
    23 Dec: A lack-lustre Breakers display on both sides of the ball has helped Brisbane snap their seven-game losing streak in basketball's NBL... more
    Leaders Adelaide have survived a scare to rack up an eighth win in nine games in basketball's NBL
    21 Dec: Leaders Adelaide have survived a scare to rack up an eighth win in nine games in basketball's NBL... more
    Coach Petteri Koponen is confident the Breakers can pick themselves up after a four-point NBL basketball loss to the bottom-placed Taipans in Cairns
    20 Dec: Coach Petteri Koponen is confident the Breakers can pick themselves up after a four-point NBL basketball loss to the bottom-placed Taipans in Cairns... more
    Breakers forward Rob Baker the Second believes avoiding a losing slide is paramount when they face the bottom-placed Cairns Taipans tonight
    19 Dec: Breakers forward Rob Baker the Second believes avoiding a losing slide is paramount when they face the bottom-placed Cairns Taipans tonight... more
    New Zealand Breakers behemoth Rob Baker the Second is enjoying his basketball in Auckland
    19 Dec: New Zealand Breakers behemoth Rob Baker the Second is enjoying his basketball in Auckland... more
    New York and San Antonio are through to the NBA Cup final
    14 Dec: New York and San Antonio are through to the NBA Cup final... more
    The Tauranga Whai have defended their Tauihi national women's basketball league title with a resounding 93-66 win over the Mainland Pouakai in the final in Christchurch
    14 Dec: The Tauranga Whai have defended their Tauihi national women's basketball league title with a resounding 93-66 win over the Mainland Pouakai in the final in Christchurch... more
    Breakers coach Petteri Koponen believes the referees granted the South East Melbourne Phoenix to play with an uber-physical style in their clash in basketball's NBL
    14 Dec: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen believes the referees granted the South East Melbourne Phoenix to play with an uber-physical style in their clash in basketball's NBL... more

     Most Popular Recent Basketball News
     14 Dec: The Tauranga Whai have defended their Tauihi national women's basketball league title with a resounding 93-66 win over the Mainland Pouakai in the final in Christchurch ++++++++++++
     29 Nov: A glass half full mindset for the Tall Blacks basketballers after letting a chance slip for a rare victory over their Australian counterparts +++++++++++
     03 Dec: Izayah Le'afa unknowingly played through a stress fractured foot in the Tall Blacks basketball World Cup qualifier loss to Australia in Wellington ++++++++
     03 Dec: Kiwi guard Tai Webster's returned for a third Australian Basketball League stint with the Breakers ++++++++
     07 Dec: An increasing level of satisfaction for Breakers coach Petteri Koponen after they racked up a third straight win in basketball's NBL +++++++
     25 Nov: Breakers development player Tukaha Cooper has copped a one-month ban from basketball after testing positive for cannabis +++++++
     06 Dec: A deep breath for centre Rob Loe as the Breakers hunt a third win in a row in tonight's NBL basketball game against Tasmania +++++++

     Basketball NewsLinks
      19 Dec: World's tallest teen sets new basketball record (BBCWorld)
      18 Dec: World's tallest teen dunks ball for first field goal in college basketball (Stuff.co.nz)
      1 Dec: Fans frustrated as tense tall blacks loss to australia cuts out on screen (RadioNZ)
      26 Nov: Breakers development player banned for cannabis use (Stuff.co.nz)
      17 Nov: ‘a passionate nelsonian’: tributes flow for guy williams’ father (Stuff.co.nz)
      14 Nov: Basketball: nz breakers won't wear anbl 'pride' insignia (RadioNZ)
      1 Nov: The more we know the better: how the afl’s nba-style gamble on injury could come unstuck (Sydney Morning Herald)
      23 Oct: I nearly quit football for basketball - gvardiol (BBCWorld)
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