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.

2010–11 New Zealand Breakers season
Head Coach	Andrej Lemanis
Stadium	North Shore Events Centre
NBL results
Ladder	1st
Finals	1st
Wins	22
Losses	6

Off-season

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Mika Vukona	Signed in April[1]	Gold Coast Blaze
Gary Wilkinson	Signed 19 August[2]	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.[3]

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

#	Team	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	For	Against	% Pts	% Won
1	New Zealand Breakers	28	22	6	4-1	W3	12-2	10-4	2,463	2,367	104.06%	78.57%
2	Townsville Crocodiles	28	17	11	3-2	L1	13-1	4-10	2,225	2,163	102.87%	60.71%
3	Cairns Taipans	28	16	12	4-1	W4	12-2	4-10	2,186	2,107	103.75%	57.14%
4	Perth Wildcats	28	16	12	3-2	L2	10-4	6-8	2,380	2,192	108.58%	57.14%
5	Wollongong Hawks	28	15	13	4-1	W1	10-4	5-9	2,272	2,209	102.85%	53.57%
6	Gold Coast Blaze	28	13	15	2-3	W1	8-6	5-9	2,396	2,440	98.20%	46.43%
7	Melbourne Tigers	28	10	18	1-4	L3	5-9	5-9	2,209	2,357	93.72%	35.71%
8	Adelaide 36ers	28	9	19	1-4	L1	7-7	2-12	2,212	2,362	93.65%	32.14%
9	Sydney Kings	28	8	20	2-3	L3	5-9	3-11	2,171	2,317	93.70%	28.57%

Game log

2010–11 season game log
Pre-season: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 10 October NZNBL Invitational W 98-53 North Shore Events Centre 1–0
October: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 28 2 April @Melbourne Tigers W 87-74 State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,450 22-6

Semi-Finals

2010–11 season game log
Semi-Finals: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 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 season game log
Grand Finals: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 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

Player statistics

Regular season

Finals

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

See also

2010–11 NBL season

References

1. "Breakers finalise local roster with return of Mika". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
2. "Burger King Breakers sign 'Big Man'". Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
3. "Breakers fans Kevin Braswell's back". Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

External links

• New Zealand Breakers official website