2010–11 New Zealand Breakers season

New Zealand Breakers
Head Coach Andrej Lemanis
Arena North Shore Events Centre
NBL results
Ladder 1st
Finals 1st
Record
Wins 22
Losses 6
New Zealand Breakers seasons

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.

Contents

Off-season

Additions

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

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
F 10 Abercrombie, Thomas 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
PF 20 Anthony, B. J. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
SG 21 Bloxham, Josh 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
F 24 Boucher, Dillon 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb)
G 23 Bruton, C. J. 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
G 32 Henare, Paul 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
G/F 0 Henry, Leon
G 6 Penney, Kirk 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
C 35 Pledger, Alex (DP) 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
PF 14 Vukona, Mika 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
F 9 Webster, Corey (DP) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
C 55 Wilkinson, Gary (I) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
G - Jackson, Cedric 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
Head coach
  • Andrej Lemanis
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured

Roster • updated 2011-04-08

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Gary Wilkinson Alex Pledger
PF Mika Vukona Dillon Boucher BJ Anthony
SF Thomas Abercrombie Kevin Braswell Leon Henry
SG Kirk Penney Corey Webster Josh Bloxham
PG C. J. Bruton Paul Henare

Regular season

Standings

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

Game log

Semi-Finals

Grand Finals

Player Statistics

Regular season

Finals

Awards

Player of the Week

Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

All-NBL First Team

Most Valuable Player (Finals Series)

Mid-season Transfers

See also

2010-11 NBL season

References

External links