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

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.

Jack McVeigh showed his class with a career-best 47 points for the Cairns Taipans shooting for four-point home win despite a late New Zealand Breakers scare.

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

Tall Blacks fall short in their Basketball World Cup qualifying opener against the Boomers in Hobart.

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.

The NZ Breakers have put together a complete performance in the first half with 68 points of their 113-84 win over the Brisbane Bullets on the Gold Coast.

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

The Breakers almost scored a comeback victory against the Adelaide 36ers in Christchurch only to drop the result 83-79 in their latest NBL clash.

The New Zealand Breakers have kept up the pressure on to blitz the Illawarra Hawks for their first road win of NBL26 by 42 points.

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.

The New Zealand Breakers have won another preseason game, this time against Nagasaki in Japan.

The Breakers have begun their preseason campaign by winning the 2025 NBL Blitz tournament in Canberra .

Despite being suspended and then injured, Parker Jackson-Cartwright was named NZ Breakers' MVP.