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

Losses

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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^[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

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	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

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 Attendance	Record
1	October 10	NZNBL Invitational	W 98-53				North Shore Events Centre	1–0

October: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 16	@ Sydney	W 83-70	Sydney Entertainment Centre 8,533	1–0
2	October 20	Perth	W 96-94	North Shore Events Centre 2,280	2-0
3	October 28	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	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 6	@ Gold Coast	W 96-81	Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,871	4-0
5	November 12	@ Adelaide	W 82-78	Adelaide Arena 5,430	5-0
6	November 14	@ Perth	L 74-114	Challenge Stadium 4,200	5-1
7	November 19	Wollongong	L 57-73	North Shore Events Centre 3,800	5-2
8	November 25	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	Location Attendance	Record
9	December 5	@ Sydney Kings	W 94-80	Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,327	7-2
10	December 9	Cairns	W 93-79	North Shore Events Centre 3,600	8-2
11	December 17	@ Wollongong	W 89-85	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,367	9-2
12	December 18	@ Melbourne	W 90-80	State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,356	10-2
13	December 31	@ Townsville	L 79-96	Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,610	10-3

January: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
14	January 8	@ Adelaide 36ers	W 90-85	Adelaide Arena 5,261	11-3
15	January 13	Cairns Taipans	W 94-88	North Shore Events Centre 4,148	12-3
16	January 20	Adelaide 36ers	W 91-77	North Shore Events Centre TBA	13-3
17	January 30	@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	Location Attendance	Record
18	February 3	Wollongong Hawks	W 80-76	North Shore Events Centre TBA	15-3
19	February 11	Melbourne Tigers	W 101-91	North Shore Events Centre TBA	16-3
20	February 17	Perth Wildcats	W 82-79	North Shore Events Centre 2,634	17-3
21	February 20	@Gold Coast Blaze	W 123-115	Gold Coast Convention Centre TBA	18-3
22	February 24	Gold Coast Blaze	L 91-94	North Shore Events Centre TBA	18-4
23	February 27	@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	Location Attendance	Record
24	March 3	Townsville Crocodiles	W 66-65	North Shore Events Centre TBA	19-5
25	March 12	@Townsville Crocodiles	L 92-100	Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,086	19-6
26	March 17	Sydney Kings	W 91-86	North Shore Events Centre TBA	20-6
27	March 30	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 Attendance	Record
28	April 2	@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	Location Attendance	Record
1	April 7	Perth Wildcats	L 78-101	North Shore Events Centre 4,000	0–1
2	April 10	@Perth Wildcats	W 93-89	Challenge Stadium 4,400	1-1
3	April 13	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	Location Attendance	Record
1	April 20	Cairns Taipans	W 85-67	North Shore Events Centre 4,400	1–0
2	April 24	@Cairns Taipans	L 81-85	Cairns Convention Centre 5,200	1-1
3	April 29	Cairns Taipans	W 71-53	North Shore Events Centre 4,400	2-1