The Sky City Breakers head coach Dean Vickerman shared his thoughts with the media following the 85-76 home loss to the Cairns Taipans.
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Breakers news ahead of Taipans clash
A crowd of over 6,000 was on hand at Vector Arena last Friday to farewell the ‘old’ (sorry CJ) and usher in the new. The SKY CITY Breakers sent CJ Bruton off in style with a commanding 101-80 victory against Adelaide 36ers. Corey Webster led all scorers with 23 points ably assisted by Tom Abercrombie, Cedric Jackson, Tai Wesley and Ekene Ibekwe who all made double digit contributions. Continue reading
Webster to play 100th game for Breakers
Corey Webster plays his 100th game for the SKY CITY Breakers against the Cairns Taipans having debuted against Wollongong Hawks back in 2008. Continue reading
Tai Wynyard and Mika Vukona set Breakers records
Congratulations to Jordan Ngatai and Tai Wynyard who made their SKY CITY Breakers debuts against the Adelaide 36ers. Earlier in the year Wynyard became the youngest player to play for the Tall Blacks. Last Friday he also became the youngest player ever to suit up for the SKY CITY Breakers, aged just 16 years, 168 days. Continue reading
Looking ahead to Breakers v Adelaide 36ers
The win in Perth last week was a great way to start the season, even more meritorious given that the injury gods were once again frowning on the SKY CITY Breakers. Alex Pledger is on light duties due to a toe injury and Tom Abercrombie missed the trip west following a sports hernia operation. To add to that Corey Webster was only able to play just over 11 minutes in Perth after sustaining a back injury. Continue reading
Carter shines against the Wildcats
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
Mercurial Mika Vukona
Mika Vukona has a string of statistical milestones on the horizon. Continue reading
Cedric Jackson and Corey Webster back in action soon
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
Abercrombie and Pledger close in on significant milestones
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
A raft of Breakers debutants likely to appear against Perth Wildcats
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
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