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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Basketball articles  Basketball
    Breakers basketball coach Petteri Koponen is hailing his ANBL side's defensive effort in limiting Hawks centre JaVale McGee during their 117-88 opening victory for the season in Auckland
     9 October 2025
    Breakers basketball coach Petteri Koponen is hailing his ANBL side's defensive effort in limiting Hawks centre JaVale McGee during their 117-88 opening victory for the season in Auckland
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    Business as usual for the Breakers in their first taste of the NBL's new in-season tournament tonight against the Illawarra Hawks in Auckland
    8 Oct 2025: Business as usual for the Breakers in their first taste of the NBL's new in-season tournament tonight against the Illawarra Hawks in Auckland... more
    Breakers basketball coach Petteri Koponen is pointing to decision-making as the key to fixing his side's offensive woes in tonight's NBL contest against the defending champion Illawarra Hawks in Auckland
    8 Oct 2025: Breakers basketball coach Petteri Koponen is pointing to decision-making as the key to fixing his side's offensive woes in tonight's NBL contest against the defending champion Illawarra Hawks in Auckland... more
    Australian basketball hall-of-famer Andrew Gaze is pin-pointing what he feels is going wrong for the Breakers in basketball's NBL
    7 Oct 2025: Australian basketball hall-of-famer Andrew Gaze is pin-pointing what he feels is going wrong for the Breakers in basketball's NBL... more
    A seven-time MVP of basketball's NBL is confident the Breakers can turn their season around after four straight losses
    7 Oct 2025: A seven-time MVP of basketball's NBL is confident the Breakers can turn their season around after four straight losses... more
    Breakers coach Petteri Kopponen insists it's not all doom and gloom amid their poor start to the new NBL basketball season
    5 Oct 2025: Breakers coach Petteri Kopponen insists it's not all doom and gloom amid their poor start to the new NBL basketball season... more
    The New Zealand Breakers remain winless in the Australian National Basketball League after surrendering a double digit lead against the Perth Wildcats in Auckland
    28 Sep 2025: The New Zealand Breakers remain winless in the Australian National Basketball League after surrendering a double digit lead against the Perth Wildcats in Auckland... more
    Breakers centre Sam Mennenga believes coach Petteri Koponen's comments on the team's conditioning are valid heading into tonight's NBL basketball contest at home against the Perth Wildcats
    27 Sep 2025: Breakers centre Sam Mennenga believes coach Petteri Koponen's comments on the team's conditioning are valid heading into tonight's NBL basketball contest at home against the Perth Wildcats... more
    The Taipans have hung on to beat the Bullets 83-82 in their NBL match in Cairns
    27 Sep 2025: The Taipans have hung on to beat the Bullets 83-82 in their NBL match in Cairns... more
    New Zealand Breakers centre Sam Mennenga has declared himself good to go for tomorrow night's NBL basketball game against the Perth Wildcats in Auckland
    26 Sep 2025: New Zealand Breakers centre Sam Mennenga has declared himself good to go for tomorrow night's NBL basketball game against the Perth Wildcats in Auckland... more

     Most Popular Recent Basketball News
     23 Dec: Time for some serious self-reflection for the New Zealand Breakers +++++++++++
     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 +++++++++
     03 Jan: The Breakers have a simple New Year's resolution - bank wins in the back-end of the season and make the Australian NBL play-offs +++++++++
     19 Dec: Breakers forward Rob Baker the Second believes avoiding a losing slide is paramount when they face the bottom-placed Cairns Taipans tonight ++++++++
     19 Dec: New Zealand Breakers behemoth Rob Baker the Second is enjoying his basketball in Auckland ++++++++
     05 Jan: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen has called out import forward Rob Baker after the side's 99-91 ANBL loss to the Perth Wildcats in Auckland +++++++
     03 Jan: The Breakers are well aware they're drinking at the Last Chance Saloon in the Australian NBL +++++++

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      12 Jan: Former nz basketball player nathaniel salmon accepts american football college offer (RadioNZ)
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      26 Dec: Fri, 26 Dec 2025: How perth lynx coach helped reignite an olympian’s career (Sydney Morning Herald)
      25 Dec: Thu, 25 Dec 2025: British boy, 13, fatally stabbed in portugal (BBCWorld)
      19 Dec: Fri, 19 Dec 2025: World's tallest teen sets new basketball record (BBCWorld)
      18 Dec: Thu, 18 Dec 2025: World's tallest teen dunks ball for first field goal in college basketball (Stuff.co.nz)
      1 Dec: Mon, 1 Dec 2025: Fans frustrated as tense tall blacks loss to australia cuts out on screen (RadioNZ)
      26 Nov: Wed, 26 Nov 2025: Breakers development player banned for cannabis use (Stuff.co.nz)
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