The Breakers were made to work exceptionally hard before beating the last-placed Wollongong Hawks in overtime.

A second straight impressive offensive outing from Tai Wesley ensured the Breakers avoided a holiday hangover in Adelaide today.

A New Year holiday has arrived at the perfect time for a banged and bruised - but triumphant - Breakers side.

The Breakers have followed their worst performance of the season with one of their best to end 2014 on top of the Australian NBL.

The Breakers have followed their worst performance of the season with one of their best to end 2014 on top of the Australian NBL.

The Breakers turned in their worst performance of the campaign, crumbling to an embarrassing defeat in Cairns tonight.

An encouraging victory over Townsville last night completes an eight-day stretch that bodes well for the Breakers' title chances.

An encouraging victory over Townsville tonight completes an eight-day stretch that bodes rather well for the Breakers’ title chances.

The scrap between the Breakers and Perth continued after the buzzer on Thursday and it could continue all the way to the playoffs.

The Breakers won a top-of-the-table battle at Vector Arena tonight to take first place away from the Perth Wildcats.

The best rivalry in Australasian basketball will tonight resume at Vector Arena after a year-long hiatus.

An awful night from beyond the arc saw the Breakers’ five-game winning streak snapped by Sydney last night.

Don't expect too many alley-oops involving Alex Pledger against Sydney tonight.

Smiles were affixed to the faces of most Breakers after extending their winning streak, but Alex Pledger left the court in tears.

The team play of the Breakers outshone the individual efforts of Josh Childress as the Kiwi club grabbed their fifth straight win tonight.

Crowdsourcing has become one of the commercial buzzwords of the internet age, but for many sporting organisations around New Zealand sourcing crowds is of greater importance.

The day before the Breakers guard drained six three-pointers in a virtuoso effort that helped his side past Melbourne, Corey Webster made a vow.

Corey Webster had 17 points in the first half before finishing with a career-high 25 to lead the Breakers (8-3) to a big win over Melbourne United (4-5) at Vector Arena tonigh

Melbourne United come to Vector Arena in record-breaking scoring form but the Breakers' offensive threat will be playing with a point to prove.

Ten games into the new campaign and the signs are promising that these are the Breakers of old rather than the impostors who replaced them last season.

After missing 18 of their 19 shots in the third quarter of Friday's win over Wollongong, the Breakers would have been forgiven for being gun shy in the fourth.

If the mark of a championship side is to grind out unflattering victories, the Breakers must certainly be considered title contenders.

Ekene Ibekwe, the Breakers' newest two-way weapon, has proven a handful for both teammates and the opposition.

The Breakers tonight edged past Townsville to complete a sweep of their Sunshine Swing road trip and solidify second spot in the Australian NBL.

With an Ekene Ibekwe-inspired 79-71 win at the Cairns Convention Centre last night, the Breakers moved to second spot in the Australian NBL by grabbing their third victory across the Tasman.

After an arduous stretch of six games in 17 days, the Breakers have no fear heading into this weekend's Sunshine Swing.