2010–11 New Zealand Breakers season
# 2010–11 New Zealand Breakers season

The 2010–11 NBL season was the 8th season for the New Zealand Breakers in the NBL. In this season, the Breakers won their first NBL championship title, becoming the first New Zealand first-grade team in any sport to win an Australian-based sporting championship.

## Off-season

### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former Team |
| - | - | - |
| Mika Vukona | Signed in April | Gold Coast Blaze |
| Gary Wilkinson | Signed 19 August | Utah State University |

### Subtractions

| Player | Reason Left | New Team |
| - | - | - |
| Oscar Forman | Contract not re-newed. | Wollongong Hawks |
| Tony Ronaldson | Retired | N/A |
| Rick Rickert | Released | Free Agent |

New Zealand also re-signed Kevin Braswell for the season.

## Roster

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| C | Gary Wilkinson | Alex Pledger | |
| PF | Mika Vukona | B. J. Anthony | |
| SF | Thomas Abercrombie | Dillon Boucher | Leon Henry |
| SG | Kirk Penney | C. J. Bruton | Corey Webster |
| PG | Paul Henare | Kevin Braswell | Josh Bloxham |

## Regular season

### Standings

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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | PF | PA | PP |
| 1 | New Zealand Breakers | 28 | 22 | 6 | 78.57% | 4–1 | W3 | 12–2 | 10–4 | 2463 | 2367 | 104.06% |
| 2 | Townsville Crocodiles | 28 | 17 | 11 | 60.71% | 3–2 | L1 | 13–1 | 4–10 | 2225 | 2163 | 102.87% |
| 3 | Cairns $Taipans^1$ | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 4–1 | W4 | 12–2 | 4–10 | 2186 | 2107 | 103.75% |
| 4 | Perth $Wildcats^1$ | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 3–2 | L2 | 10–4 | 6–8 | 2380 | 2192 | 108.58% |
| 5 | Wollongong Hawks | 28 | 15 | 13 | 53.57% | 4–1 | W1 | 10–4 | 5–9 | 2272 | 2209 | 102.85% |
| 6 | Gold Coast Blaze | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46.43% | 2–3 | W1 | 8–6 | 5–9 | 2396 | 2440 | 98.20% |
| 7 | Melbourne Tigers | 28 | 10 | 18 | 35.71% | 1–4 | L3 | 5–9 | 5–9 | 2209 | 2357 | 93.72% |
| 8 | Adelaide 36ers | 28 | 9 | 19 | 32.14% | 1–4 | L1 | 7–7 | 2–12 | 2212 | 2362 | 93.65% |
| 9 | Sydney Kings | 28 | 8 | 20 | 28.57% | 2–3 | L3 | 5–9 | 3–11 | 2171 | 2317 | 93.70% |

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2011. Source: NBL.com.au

## Game log

2010–11 game log :

Pre-season: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

10 October

NZNBL Invitational

W 98-53

North Shore Events Centre

1–0 :

October: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

16 October

@ Sydney

W 83-70

Sydney Entertainment Centre 8,533

1–0

2

20 October

Perth

W 96-94

North Shore Events Centre 2,280

2-0

3

28 October

Melbourne

W 84-79

North Shore Events Centre 2,428

3-0 :

November: 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

4

6 November

@ Gold Coast

W 96-81

Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,871

4-0

5

12 November

@ Adelaide

W 82-78

Adelaide Arena 5,430

5-0

6

14 November

@ Perth

L 74-114

Challenge Stadium 4,200

5-1

7

19 November

Wollongong

L 57-73

North Shore Events Centre 3,800

5-2

8

25 November

Gold Coast

W 100-97

North Shore Events Centre 2,800

6-2 :

December: 4–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 3–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

9

5 December

@ Sydney Kings

W 94-80

Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,327

7-2

10

9 December

Cairns

W 93-79

North Shore Events Centre 3,600

8-2

11

17 December

@ Wollongong

W 89-85

WIN Entertainment Centre 3,367

9-2

12

18 December

@ Melbourne

W 90-80

State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,356

10-2

13

31 December

@ Townsville

L 79-96

Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,610

10-3 :

January: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

14

8 January

@ Adelaide 36ers

W 90-85

Adelaide Arena 5,261

11-3

15

13 January

Cairns Taipans

W 94-88

North Shore Events Centre 4,148

12-3

16

20 January

Adelaide 36ers

W 91-77

North Shore Events Centre TBA

13-3

17

30 January

@Cairns Taipans

W 77-74

Cairns Convention Centre 5,019

14-3 :

February: 4–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

18

3 February

Wollongong Hawks

W 80-76

North Shore Events Centre TBA

15-3

19

11 February

Melbourne Tigers

W 101-91

North Shore Events Centre TBA

16-3

20

17 February

Perth Wildcats

W 82-79

North Shore Events Centre 2,634

17-3

21

20 February

@Gold Coast Blaze

W 123-115

Gold Coast Convention Centre TBA

18-3

22

24 February

Gold Coast Blaze

L 91-94

North Shore Events Centre TBA

18-4

23

27 February

@Wollongong Hawks

L 81-104

WIN Entertainment Centre 3,112

18-5 :

March: 3–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

24

3 March

Townsville Crocodiles

W 66-65

North Shore Events Centre TBA

19-5

25

12 March

@Townsville Crocodiles

L 92-100

Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,086

19-6

26

17 March

Sydney Kings

W 91-86

North Shore Events Centre TBA

20-6

27

30 March

Adelaide 36ers

W 100-71

North Shore Events Centre 3,500

21-6 :

April: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

28

2 April

@Melbourne Tigers

W 87-74

State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,450

22-6 :

### Semi-finals

2010–11 game log :

Semi-Finals: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

7 April

Perth Wildcats

L 78-101

North Shore Events Centre 4,000

0–1

2

10 April

@Perth Wildcats

W 93-89

Challenge Stadium 4,400

1-1

3

13 April

Perth Wildcats

W 99-83

North Shore Events Centre 4,148

2-1 :

### Grand Finals

2010–11 game log :

Grand Finals: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

20 April

Cairns Taipans

W 85-67

North Shore Events Centre 4,400

1–0

2

24 April

@Cairns Taipans

L 81-85

Cairns Convention Centre 5,200

1-1

3

29 April

Cairns Taipans

W 71-53

North Shore Events Centre 4,400

2-1 :

## Awards

### Player of the Week

* Week 4 – Gary Wilkinson
* Week 9 – Kirk Penney
* Week 10 – Kirk Penney
* Week 14 – Kirk Penney
* Week 19 – Kirk Penney
* Week 25 – Thomas Abercrombie

### Player of the Month

* December – Kirk Penney
* January – Gary Wilkinson
* February – Kirk Penney

### Coach of the Month

* January – Andrej Lemanis

### All-NBL First Team

* Kirk Penney
* Gary Wilkinson

### Most Valuable Player (Finals Series)

* Thomas Abercrombie
