# 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.

## Off-season
### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former Team |
| Mika Vukona | Signed in April | Gold Coast Blaze |
| Gary Wilkinson | Signed 19 August | 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.

## 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

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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | PF | PA | PP |
| 1 | New Zealand Breakers | 28 | 22 | 6 | 78.57% | 4–1 | W3 | 12–2 | 10–4 | 2463 | 2367 | 104.06% |
| 2 | Townsville Crocodiles | 28 | 17 | 11 | 60.71% | 3–2 | L1 | 13–1 | 4–10 | 2225 | 2163 | 102.87% |
| 3 | Cairns Taipans$^1$ | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 4–1 | W4 | 12–2 | 4–10 | 2186 | 2107 | 103.75% |
| 4 | Perth Wildcats$^1$ | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 3–2 | L2 | 10–4 | 6–8 | 2380 | 2192 | 108.58% |
| 5 | Wollongong Hawks | 28 | 15 | 13 | 53.57% | 4–1 | W1 | 10–4 | 5–9 | 2272 | 2209 | 102.85% |
| 6 | Gold Coast Blaze | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46.43% | 2–3 | W1 | 8–6 | 5–9 | 2396 | 2440 | 98.20% |
| 7 | Melbourne Tigers | 28 | 10 | 18 | 35.71% | 1–4 | L3 | 5–9 | 5–9 | 2209 | 2357 | 93.72% |
| 8 | Adelaide 36ers | 28 | 9 | 19 | 32.14% | 1–4 | L1 | 7–7 | 2–12 | 2212 | 2362 | 93.65% |
| 9 | Sydney Kings | 28 | 8 | 20 | 28.57% | 2–3 | L3 | 5–9 | 3–11 | 2171 | 2317 | 93.70% |
Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2011. Source: NBL.com.au

## Game log

2010–11 game log :
Pre-season: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
10 October
NZNBL Invitational
W 98-53
North Shore Events Centre
1–0 :
October: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
2 April
@Melbourne Tigers
W 87-74
State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,450
22-6 :

### Semi-finals

2010–11 game log :
Semi-Finals: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 game log :
Grand Finals: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :

## 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