Quite rightly Cedric Jackson received most of the plaudits for orchestrating the Breakers impressive 80-70 victory against the Wildcats in Perth on Friday night. However the efforts of Rhys Carter are worthy of a little more scrutiny. Continue reading
Mika Vukona has a string of statistical milestones on the horizon. Continue reading
The back court combination of Corey Webster and Cedric Jackson looks set to blossom this season. The NZ Breakers take on the Perth Wildcats on Friday and much will be expected of the duo. He will be just the 11th player to make 100 appearances for the club. Continue reading
Unfortunately injury has ruled Tom Abercrombie and Alex Pledger out of the first game of the new season. Both have been significant contributors to the Breakers success in recent seasons. They are both in line to tick off a couple of significant statistical milestones when they return. Continue reading
I’ll look at some upcoming statistical highlights in the build up to the Breakers opening game of the 2014-15 NBL season. The first article features the new boys. Continue reading
The man with the nameless singlet, No48 Casey Frank once again made a significant contribution as the SKY CITY Breakers eventually eased past the Cairns Taipans 96-78 on Friday evening. Frank has been with the club for six weeks and likely to remain on the payroll for at least another fortnight and possibly until the end of the season. Surely the club can afford to sew five letters on the back of his playing singlet. Continue reading
Gary Wilkinson, who is poised to become the 9th Breaker to score 1300 points for the club, posted a career high 33 points against Sydney Kings on Saturday taking his season tally to 246 points and his career total to 1299.
Wilkinson made a sluggish start to the season. Arriving a month into the campaign as a replacement for Darnell Lazare, Wilkinson was in reasonable condition but certainly not in game shape.
The 31 year old from Utah produced only two double-digit scoring games in his first six outings. However, since the Breakers Xmas break he has averaged 20.7 points a game in seven fixtures as well as securing 6 rebounds per game.
Despite the aforementioned slow start his season output currently sits at 15.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. These figures compare very favourably with the vintage form he displayed in the championship winning 2011-12 season. Back then he averaged 16.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.
‘Big Red’ is firing but will this be enough to propel the Breakers into the play-offs?
Breakers Top Ten All Time Leading Scorers
2517 Kirk Penney
1974 CJ Bruton
1800 Aaron Olson
1776 Tom Abercrombie
1683 Mika Vukona
1451 Ben Pepper
1372 Phil Jones
1320 Paul Henare
Despite a career high 33 points from Gary Wilkinson, the SKY CITY Breakers suffered a heart breaking two points loss to the Sydney Kings, 98-96 in Sydney on Saturday. The accompanying Breakers supporters tour had plenty to cheer about as an exciting game unfolded. Wilkinson nailed four consecutive triples in the third period but ultimately he and the team will rue missed scoring opportunities in the dying seconds.
Other numbers from the game; Continue reading
The Sky City Breakers 18 points, 105-87 victory over the Sydney Kings last Thursday was the Breakers largest win of the season.
Some of the other numbers from the game; Continue reading
The Sky City Breakers, spurred by 20 points performances from Kerron Johnson, Gary Wilkinson and Tom Abercrombie eventually overcame the Wollongong Hawks 106-101 at NSEC on Thursday evening. Twenty points or more from three Breakers players in the same game is a little unusual, last occurring against the Melbourne Tigers in last season’s penultimate regular season game. Continue reading
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