Off the back of their worst performance of the season the New Zealand Breakers returned on Sunday to beat the Illawarra Hawks.

The Sydney Kings were missing both Xavier Cooks and Bul Kuol but still embarrassed the Breakers on their home floor by 41 points winning 103-62.

The big men of the Perth Wildcats fired and the cool head of Jaron Rillie made it consecutive victories by holding out the New Zealand Breakers 99-91 in Auckland.

An away overtime win has stopped the run of NBL losses and given the Breakers some breathing space.

The NZ Breakers have lost their third consecutive game in the ANBL with a 99-85 defeat to the Bullets in Brisbane.

The Breakers mid-season winning run has fallen flat with a 12-point loss to South East Melbourne Phoenix in their NBL clash in Traralgon, Gippsland.

The NZ Breakers have won three consecutive matches to hit the top six teams on the ANBL ladder for the first time this season.

Parker Jackson-Cartwright has led the NZ Breakers to a 95-90 comeback win over the Sydney Kings in Hamilton.

The NZ Breakers have officially announced the signing of guard Tai Webster as a nominated replacement player for the remainder of the NBL26 season.

The Australian Boomers have scored an on-the-buzzer 79-77 victory over the Tall Blacks in game two of the World Cup qualifying, this time in Wellington.

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The New Zealand Breakers managed to hold off the Cairns Taipans and Jack McVeigh (25 points) before confirming the 102-96 road win against the bottom side.

A strong finish by Kristian Doolittle delivered a 15-point fourth quarter to be the difference between the Perth Wildcats and NZ Breakers in the 88-75 win at the RAC Arena.

A fourth quarter slip has seen the NZ Breaker fall to defeat at the hands of the Kings in Sydney 79-72

The New Zealand Breakers have let a rare NBL win slip through their grasp going down 84-83 to the Brisbane Bullets at the North Shore Events Centre.

The inconsistent start for the NZ Breakers to the latest ANBL season continues with a loss to leaders Melbourne United, just two days after the beat the Tasmania JackJumpers.

The Breakers are off the bottom of the NBL table - for the moment after posting their second win of the season.

The NZ Breakers have let slip a big opportunity to score a back-to-back wins in the ANBL after fading late against South East Melbourne Phoenix in Auckland.

A night to remember for the NZ Breakers and star player Parker Jackson-Cartwright as they had their first win of the ANBL season beating defending champs the Illawarra 117-88 at Spark Arena.