The New Zealand Breakers racked up a third consecutive
Australian National Basketball League win in Townsville last
night to maintain their slim playoff hopes.
Down by one at halftime, the Breakers held their nerves to
topple the third placed Townsville Crocodiles 91-86 to keep
the pressure on for a top-four berth.
With three games remaining in their regular season campaign,
the Breakers will probably need a perfect record to have any
chance of advancing. They host the fourth-placed Wollongong
Wolves next Thursday in a crunch fixture before another home
game against the second-placed Gold Coast and an away fixture
in Cairns.
After enduring a dreadful slump, the Breakers have
rediscovered their winning mojo, emphasised by last night's
triumph in a match where the teams were never separated by
more than seven points.
They made the shots that counted in the final quarter, a
stanza that has haunted them throughout much of their
campaign.
Kirk Penney top-scored with 22 -- including four-from-seven
three-pointers -- receiving support from Oscar Forman's 17
and 15 each to guards CJ Bruton and Kevin Braswell.
Penney also contributed nine rebounds, beaten only by the 11
to centre Rick Rickert.
New Zealand Breakers 91 (Kirk Penney 22, Oscar Forman 17,
Kevin Braswell 15 CJ Bruton 15) Townsville Crocodiles 86
(Peter Crawford 21, Corey Williams 12). Halftime: 39-40.
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