Three Breakers players have been recognised among the Australian league’s elite, earning nominations for major honours for the upcoming 2025-26 NBL Awards.

The NZ Breakers have kept their playoff chances alive with a 106-95 win over the Illawarra Hawks in Auckland just 48 hours after being thrashed by Phoenix.

An under-strength Breakers have been thrashed by the Phoenix from Melbourne 114 to 83 in their latest NBL game on the North Shore.

Sixth position and the last finals position was on the line at MyState Bank Arena and it proved to be a hrilling contest between the JackJumpers and NZ Breakers with the home side winning 91-89

Karim Lopez scored 14 of his 32 points in the last five minutes to deliver the New Zealand Breakers a crucial home win over Melbourne United in their latest NBL clash.

A few seconds has cost the Breakers in their latest NBL game as they lost to league-leaders the Adelaide 36ers at Spark Arena in Auckland.

The NZ Breakers NBL season is still alive, after they had an away win over the Carns Taipans 104-86 in their latest match.

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