Brisbane still have a tough run home, lose today and the pressure valve against Perth and Cairns will be enormous. Win and finals secured. Should be great game, always get feeling Brisbane will choke though I'm hoping they don’t. NZ by one on the last shot of play from half court.

Will be a tense game for NZ and MELB fans.
An NZ win would amazingly keeps United in the hunt with 3 winnable games to end the season (Gong, Cairns and SEM all at home)

Breakers have recovered from an abysmal start to season to respectable overall effort. Tp beat Brisbane they need to keep Patterson off the line. They need to double team him aggressively and get the ball out of his hands. If someone else beats us so be it. But single coverage is just not an option. Abercrombie will get overpowered, backed down and end up fouling Patterson as he scores another 2 foot J. Regardless of the result, the Breakers have won me over for 2020/21 season.

Got the mute out homicide and Cameron, horrible. Santa and Candy fine though.

A message for Cam Luke. "STOP FUCKING YELLING!"

Hodgson showing good form in the first quarter again, I hope I'm not jinxing him but has the penny dropped. Cadee got to defend better.

Williams is a disgrace. Swears on air yet again. And Luke is complete garbage. How the NBL thinks this guy is a good caller is beyond me. Santamaria is the only one acting like a professional in the box.

What did homicide say/swear? Missed it

I'm unable to watch the game but looking at the box score if Hopson continues to track for 35+ and Abercrombie, Loe and Henry contribute the Breakers are a hard team to beat.

We should chill out but other than Santa it's been horrible. As viewers we should not have to put up with this rubbish commentary when there are better ones.
Good game can see nz winning this though.

"One thing I do like about the NZB is that they seem like a really tight-knit group."

Which has always been the fabric of NZ Breaker teams, despite what the media tried to tell us this season.

Commentary is dismal. Homicide I think dropped the 'Jesus' when trying to describe something that was a pretty normal basketball play. Cam Luke, needs to move on from this sport.

Breakers have settled, I love how they are balanced, soft spot developing for them.

"and now I have to mute the flicking thing because dickaside is doing his usual verbal jerking off."

How many euphemisms is that?!

Noo Brisbane, please don't do the cringe adelaide "hungry jacks" chant, you're better than that

People talk about the difference Hopson injury made, but not having Delany was massive. The kids had a high ceiling for some time and looked like he might not kick on, but he's been shooting great recently.

Yes, pretty sad when the courtside announcer is encouraging the crowd to chant "HUN-GRY-JACKS" during opposition free throws. Very cringey.

Great for Hungry Jacks, but that's about it.

Wow some awesome runs by both teams in this one. Great game!

As a Breakers fan, I'm worried we lead close to the end only for Cadee to hit the game winner.

Great game

Great win Breakers. Made some clutch plays down stretch. Kept our nose in front at right time. Devastating psychological blow for Brisbane.

Are you look at the shot clock graphic? Because that is not necessarily aligned with the actual shot clock.

Cracking game, the rub of the green favoured nz, but you make your own luck. Brisbane got tough run in from here could easily miss out. Nz are finals quality and could trouble either Sydney or Perth in first finals.

If Ashley could stay out of foul trouble he'd be one of the top bigs in the league.

Interesting Hopson bringing up MVP talk post-game. No "I’m just happy for the win", he just made it clear he wanted to prove he was the best. With that, Patterson’s out of the race. If the Breakers make playoffs, can Hopson overtake Cotton and Machado?

Really fun game! Was ok the fence so was just happy to see a roller coaster. Man that guy hops on can ball!

Muted the commentary, truly cringe worthy display but Luke and Carey. Santa has range and doesn't get overexcited.

Also noticed the shot clock issues. Hops on made a layup to tie it I believe or give the breakers the lead with under 2 to play. A time-out was immediately called, but at the resumption of play the shot clock was at 14!?

FM, did you mean #466? It was a simple question about which clock was supposedly wrong.

#475 they advanced the ball to the front court. That's why the shot clock started on 14. Helps if you know the rules.

Another horribly commentated game! So bad

Keep him and have him work hard on the offseason. I'm sure the coaches can get him right.

One of the interesting things is how well the team is shooting. Loe, while always able to hit the 3 ball, has been particularly good this year when I always thought of him as a low % chucker . Delany could hit open ones, but now he’s a serious threat. All of this spaces the floor 1-5 and makes it very hard to defend. I think some credit should go to Dan & Mody - apparently one of the reasons there was some negative comments about their coaching was that they have the team doing two and sometimes 3 sessions a day and this isn’t normL in the NBL. But the improvement is showing.

Another example of the skills improvement: Abercrombie's willingness to put the ball on the floor and create. He hasn’t done that ever in his career

I hope the Breakers keep Ashley. He's one of the best bigs in the league and by all accounts a great guy. Can work on the fouling issues.

Shamir sets the program.

Mody does a lot of 1 on 1 work.

So, in terms of player skill development, I think Dan and Mody deserve a lot of credit. Every man and his dog was also saying they couldn't coach. Whereas everyone knows Zic can..

But the slick Breakers offence does have Zico’s fingerprints all over it especially their handoff and backdoor sets, made famous by Lemanis during his time, and that together with the pin downs has certainly played a role in Abercrombie turning back the clock.