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Down and out: Tony Ronaldson and CJ Bruton - Source: Reuters -
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The New Zealand Breakers' inability to win on the road this
season continued when they lost 64-77 in an Australian National
Basketball League match at Cairns on
Thursday night.
The loss to the Cairns Taipans was their fifth in a row away, and
leaves the Breakers sixth in the table with just five wins from 11
matches.
The Breakers headed to Cairns looking for a third-straight win and
a place in the top for four but met opposition desperate to
maintain their good home record.
Point guard CJ Bruton, with 10 points, was the only Breaker to
reach double-figures after coming to life in the third
quarter.
But when Bruton and Oscar Forman fouled out in the fourth quarter
the Breakers' hopes were dashed.
With leading scorer Kirk Penney out and their shooting having an
off-night, the Breakers were still under 50 points midway through
the fourth quarter and only a flurry of baskets by bench players
saw them lift their output into the 60s.
The Breakers play Townsville Crocodiles tomorrow night.
Cairns Taipans 77
(D Rychart 19 R Melzer 17 J Mills 13)
New Zealand Breakers 64 (C Bruton 10 O Forman 9 T Ronaldson
8 P Henare 8)
