Basketball

The New Zealand Breakers didn't feature highly in the Australian NBL basketball awards evening.

A consortium including two former NBA players and a co-owner of English Premier League club Swansea will become the new majority shareholders in the New Zealand Breakers NBL team.

An outstanding last quarter inspired the New Zealand men's basketball team to an 87-73 win over China in the Asian World Cup qualifier in Donnguan.

The New Zealand Tall Blacks will have two sets of brothers lining up to take on China and Korea in the upcoming Basketball World Cup qualifiers with 18-year-old Dan Fotu joining older brother Isaac in…

The New Zealand Breakers have been defeated 100-82 at the hands of Melbourne United at Spark Arena today in their second to last home game ahead of the playoffs.

Melbourne United have erased an eight-point final quarter deficit to knock off the New Zealand Breakers 89-83 in their top-of-the-table Australian NBL clash at Hisense Arena in Melbourne.

The New Zealand Breakers have stolen Illawarra's thunder in crunch time to claim a 77-73 NBL win in Wollongong.

The Breakers' season hangs in the balance ahead of this weekend's home-and-away Australian NBL series against the Illawarra Hawks.

The defending two-time NBL champion Wildcats broke a two-game losing streak with a 90-73 victory over the New Zealand Breakers in Perth.

The New Zealand Breakers inconsistency continues as they dropped to fourth on the ANBL ladder following an 81-71 loss at the Cairns Taipans.

Six losses in nine games might not qualify as a genuine slump, but New Zealand Breakers coach Paul Henare's admits to growing concern about his team's recent form.

The Breakers have signed former NBA centre Rakeem Christmas for the rest of the ANBL basketball season.

A fourth quarter comeback wasn't enough to secure a win for the New Zealand Breakers, who were downed 88-85 by the Adelaide 36ers.

Consecutive losses to the Adelaide 36ers have failed to deter the New Zealand Breakers from sticking to their tried-and-true for their Australian NBL rematch, coach Paul Henare says.

Bench forward Rob Loe poured in a career-high 24 points to lead the New Zealand Breakers to a tense comeback win over the Sydney Kings in their NBL basketball clash.

The Breakers have reignited their NBL campaign with a fighting 96-89 win over the Brisbane Bullets in Auckland.

The Perth Wildcats have ended the New Zealand Breakers nine-game NBL winning streak with an 89-73 win in Auckland.

Megastar LeBron James was ejected for the first time in his NBA career on Tuesday, in Cleveland's 108-97 win over Miami.

The New Zealand men's basketball team has thumped Hong Kong 133-74 in their World Cup qualifying match in Hong Kong.