The BNZ Breakers moved to 2-0 in the Australian NBL with an 81-79 win against South East Melbourne Phoenix at Spark Arena on Sunday. It’s only the fifth time the Breakers have begun a season with consecutive wins across the opening two rounds – the last occasion was back in 2014
The mercurial Parker Jackson-Cartwright was again the driving force behind the win scoring a team high 19 points to accompany 7 assists, 3 rebounds, 4 steals and a block.
Only 32 games into his Breakers career Jackson-Cartwright is already powering his way up the club’s all-time standings for both steals and assists.
With 61 steals he sits 16th on that list only one behind Shea Ili in 15th. A top-10 spot could be reached this side of Xmas with Finn Delany (83 steals) currently occupying tenth position.
PJ-C, with his 7 assists against SEM, has now accumulated 193 dimes and will almost certainly become the 14th Breaker to reach the 200 mark when they are next in action in the NBL in mid-October.
Other stats from Sunday’s game:
Freddie Gillespie, on debut, became Breaker #157 and the 56th import to play for the club.
Max Darling (5 points) scored his first points for the Breakers as did 17 year-old Mexican Next Star Karim Lopez (3 points).
With 6 points in the contest Mojave King reached 300 career points.
The Breakers now head to the States to play NBA sides Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers and Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Breakers are next in action in the NBL on Thursday October 17th in Brisbane against the Bullets and then two days later at Spark Arena in a blockbuster fixture against Perth Wildcats.
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