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    A sombre mood within the Breakers basketball club after losing a team-favourite player to a season-ending injury

    A sombre mood within the Breakers basketball club after losing a team-favourite player to a season-ending injury


    American import forward Rob Baker will have surgery after tearing the ACL in his right knee in their win over Cairns at the weekend.

    General manager Dillon Boucher says Baker's impact goes beyond the court.



    The Breakers face second-place South East Melbourne across the ditch tomorrow night, sitting one spot outside the NBL playoff picture in seventh.

    BASKETBALL COVERAGE WITH BK'S CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN. TOPPED WITH MELTY CHEESE SAUCE...AND MORE CHEESE

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     21 Jan: It's halftime in seven UEFA Champions League round seven games
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     21 Jan: The Warriors first NRL match at the new One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch has sold out, five months in advance
     21 Jan: Skier Alice Robinson has finished 13th at the latest giant slalom World Cup event in Italy as the build-up to next month's Winter Olympics continues
     21 Jan: Brendon McCullum's future as England cricket coach remains uncertain beyond next month's T20 World Cup
     21 Jan: The next All Blacks coach will begin their tenure against an under-strength French side on July 4
     20 Jan: Indiana have completed a remarkable turnaround to win college football's national championship for the first time
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