Basketball

The Breakers' bogey team struck again on Saturday night as the first place New Zealanders dropped their first game of 2012 to the lowly Wollongong Hawks.

The New Zealand Breakers are playing hardball with teammate BJ Anthony and have imposed a 10-day suspension on the forward after he turned up to training hungover.

The Breakers will have to do something they haven't done for some time this week - pack their bags.

Another day, another double-digit win for the Breakers - this title defence is starting to seem rather easy.

The Breakers have their eyes on back-to-back ANBL titles but they are already in planning mode for next season and want to retain their entire squad for the next campaign.

Otago Nuggets coach Alf Arlidge is reasonably satisfied with his side's draw.

A perfect storm of circumstances saw the Breakers return to the top of the Australian NBL after terrorising the Melbourne Tiger to the tune of a 14-point win tonight.

The New Zealand Breakers out-shot and out-rebounded the Adelaide 36ers on the way to a dominant 80-63 win in their NBL match in Auckland last night.

As paradoxical as it might sound, Breakers' coach Andrej Lemanis thinks his side is entering a dangerous period even though they are contemplating four consecutive home games.

The New Zealand Breakers moved to equal first on the NBL ladder after a 90-79 win over the Melbourne Tigers last night.