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    Veteran centre Dane Pineau is retiring after the Breakers basketball season came to a limp end with a 14-point loss to the Illawarra Hawks in Auckland last night

    Veteran centre Dane Pineau is retiring after the Breakers basketball season came to a limp end with a 14-point loss to the Illawarra Hawks in Auckland last night


    Pineau returned from a meniscus tear to make his 165th NBL appearance...and bows out because he doesn't want to deprive younger players of a roster spot.



    Breakers import Matt Mooney sat out the second half against the Hawks after an angry confrontation with coach Petteri Koponen .

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     04 Feb: Plans for basketball's renewed trans-Tasman rivalry to be an annual fixture moving forward
     02 Feb: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen is vowing not to think too far ahead, despite stewing over the "what ifs" of a disappointing campaign
     02 Feb: New Zealand Breakers import Matt Mooney is open to coming back to the club for a second season
     01 Feb: Breakers guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright will miss their final two games of the Australian basketball league season with a rib injury
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