2022–23 New Zealand Breakers season explained

Clubname:New Zealand Breakers
Color1:
  1. E44398
Color2:
  1. 33AEE3
Color3:
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Coach:Mody Maor
Coach N:ISR
Captain:Thomas Abercrombie
Captain N:NZL
Arena:Spark Arena
Wins:18
Losses:10
Ladder:2nd
Finals:Runners-up
Top Scorer:Brown Jr.
Ppg N:USA
Ppg:19.5
Rebounds Leader:Pardon
Rpg N:USA
Rpg:8.0
Assists Leader:McDowell-White
Apg N:AUS
Apg:6.2
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24
Updated:15 March 2023

The 2022–23 New Zealand Breakers season was the 20th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL), and their first under the leadership of their new head coach Mody Maor.[1]

Roster

Standings

Ladder

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.

Ladder progression

Game log

Pre-season

See main article: 2022 NBL pre-season.

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 1| 10 September | Illawarra| W 71–68 (OT)| Izayah Le'afa (16)| Dererk Pardon (12)| Will McDowell-White (5)| The Stockyard
600| 1–0

NBL Blitz

|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 1| 18 September| @ Brisbane| L 81–69| Tom Vodanovich (15)| Jarrell Brantley (8)| Izayah Le'afa (4)| Darwin Basketball Facility
932| 0–1|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 2| 20 September| Illawarra| L 81–85| Rayan Rupert (17)| Dererk Pardon (9)| Izayah Le'afa (9)| Darwin Basketball Facility
660| 0–2|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 3| 23 September| Sydney| L 93–101| Barry Brown (19)| Pardon, Rupert (5)| Brown, Le'afa (4)| Darwin Basketball Facility
905| 0–3

Regular season

|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 1 | 2 October| @ Melbourne| L 101–97 (OT)| Brown, Pardon (23)| Will McDowell-White (13)| Will McDowell-White (7)| John Cain Arena
7,236| 0–1|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 2| 7 October| Tasmania| W 71–65| Jarrell Brantley (19)| Loe, Pardon (7)| Will McDowell-White (4)| Spark Arena
5,340| 1–1|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 3| 15 October| @ S.E. Melbourne| W 77–85| Robert Loe (18)| Will McDowell-White (7)| Izayah Le'afa (10)| John Cain Arena
4,364| 2–1|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 4| 17 October| @ Illawarra| W 62–88| Will McDowell-White (17)| Will McDowell-White (10)| Will McDowell-White (6)| WIN Entertainment Centre
2,208| 3–1|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 5| 20 October| S.E. Melbourne| L 77–99| Jarrell Brantley (17)| Robert Loe (8)| Izayah Le'afa (4)| The Trusts Arena
2,288| 3–2|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 6| 23 October| @ Cairns| W 64–68| Barry Brown Jr. (24)| Pardon, Vodanovich (8)| Will McDowell-White (4)| Cairns Convention Centre
4,091| 4–2|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 7| 28 October| @ Adelaide| W 70–99| Brantley, Brown (22)| Jarrell Brantley (9)| Will McDowell-White (7)| Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,717| 5–2|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 8| 30 October| Tasmania| W 94–62| Barry Brown Jr. (24)| Dererk Pardon (14)| Will McDowell-White (7)| Spark Arena
3,811| 6–2|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 9| 6 November | Sydney| L 77–81| Barry Brown Jr. (22)| Will McDowell-White (12)| Izayah Le'afa (4)| Spark Arena
4,481| 6–3|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 10| 18 November | @ Tasmania| W 76–84| Dererk Pardon (19)| Dererk Pardon (10)| Will McDowell-White (6)| Silverdome
3,122| 7–3|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 11| 20 November| Adelaide| W 89–83| Barry Brown Jr. (22)| Brantley, Pardon (10)| Will McDowell-White (7)| The Trusts Arena
2,909| 8–3|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 12| 25 November | @ Cairns| W 71–82| Brantley, Brown (20)| Dererk Pardon (11)| Will McDowell-White (8)| Cairns Convention Centre
3,661| 9–3|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 13| 27 November | Brisbane| W 116–79| Jarrell Brantley (29)| Jarrell Brantley (8)| Brantley, Gliddon, Le'afa (5)| Spark Arena
3,660| 10–3|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 14| 1 December | S.E. Melbourne| W 110–84| Barry Brown Jr. (31)| Dererk Pardon (10)| Will McDowell-White (11)| Christchurch Arena
3,500| 11–3|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 15| 3 December | Perth| L 84–92| Barry Brown Jr. (27)| Dererk Pardon (14)| Will McDowell-White (9)| Spark Arena
4,884| 11–4|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 16| 8 December | Sydney| L 81–88| Izayah Le'afa (17)| Tom Vodanovich (9)| Will McDowell-White (8)| Spark Arena
3,454| 11–5|- style="background:#CCCCCC;"| –| 16 December| @ Perth| colspan="6" | Postponed (COVID-19)[2] (Makeup date: 10 January)[3] |- style="background:#CCCCCC;"| –| 21 December| @ Brisbane| colspan="6" | Postponed (COVID-19)[4] (Makeup date: 4 February)|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 17| 26 December | @ Tasmania | L 93–82| Izayah Le'afa (21)| Dererk Pardon (8)| Izayah Le'afa (5)| MyState Bank Arena
4,269| 11–6|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 18| 4 January | Perth| W 97–94| Barry Brown Jr. (23)| Abercrombie, Brantley (7)| Barry Brown Jr. (6)| TSB Stadium
2,200| 12–6|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 19| 8 January | @ Adelaide | W 83–85| Barry Brown Jr. (16)| Dererk Pardon (7)| Will McDowell-White (7)| Adelaide Entertainment Centre
9,368| 13–6|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 20| 10 January | @ Perth| L 93–90| Dererk Pardon (28)| Dererk Pardon (12)| Will McDowell-White (8)| RAC Arena
11,668| 13–7|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 21| 12 January | Melbourne| L 65–77| Jarrell Brantley (17)| Will McDowell-White (8)| Will McDowell-White (6)| Christchurch Arena
5,217| 13–8|-style="background:#FFBBBB"| 22| 15 January | Cairns| L 83–85| Will McDowell-White (29)| Jarrell Brantley (14)| Will McDowell-White (5)| Spark Arena
7,194| 13–9|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 23| 19 January | Illawarra| L 76–78| Dererk Pardon (19)| Dererk Pardon (17)| Will McDowell-White (7)| Spark Arena
3,967| 13–10|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 24| 22 January | @ Sydney| W 88–93| Jarrell Brantley (30)| Jarrell Brantley (9)| Will McDowell-White (10)| Qudos Bank Arena
14,232| 14–10|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 25| 26 January | @ Brisbane| W 71–99| Jarrell Brantley (22)| Dererk Pardon (9)| Rupert, McDowell-White (4)| Nissan Arena
3,636| 15–10|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 26| 28 January | Melbourne| W 80–74| Jarrell Brantley (18)| Dererk Pardon (8)| Will McDowell-White (6)| Spark Arena
6,488| 16–10|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 27| 2 February | @ Illawarra| W 81–91| Barry Brown Jr. (22)| Abercrombie, Brantley (6)| Le'afa, McDowell-White (4)| WIN Entertainment Centre
2,039| 17–10|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 28| 4 February | @ Brisbane| W 75–80 (OT)| Jarrell Brantley (19)| Will McDowell-White (8)| Will McDowell-White (9)| Nissan Arena
5,253| 18–10

Postseason

See main article: 2023 NBL Finals.

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 1| 12 February | Tasmania| W 88–68| Dererk Pardon (15)| Dererk Pardon (9)| Will McDowell-White (7)| Spark Arena
5,479| 1–0|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 2| 16 February | @ Tasmania| L 89–78| Barry Brown Jr. (19)| Dererk Pardon (11)| Will McDowell-White (4)| MyState Bank Arena
4,293| 1–1|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 3| 19 February | Tasmania| W 92–77| Barry Brown Jr. (32)| Dererk Pardon (14)| Will McDowell-White (4)| Spark Arena
6,410| 2–1|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 4| 3 March| @ Sydney| W 87–95| Brown, McDowell-White (19)| Will McDowell-White (9)| Will McDowell-White (9)| Qudos Bank Arena
13,145| 3–1|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 5| 5 March| Sydney| L 74–81| Barry Brown Jr. (21)| Dererk Pardon (11)| Will McDowell-White (4)| Spark Arena
8,429| 3–2|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 6| 10 March| @ Sydney| L 91–68| Will McDowell-White (11)| Le'afa, McDowell-White (6)| Brown, Le'afa (3)| Qudos Bank Arena
18,049| 3–3|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 7| 12 March| Sydney| W 80–60| Jarrell Brantley (23)| Loe, McDowell-White, Pardon (6)| Will McDowell-White (5)| Spark Arena
9,742| 4–3|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 6| 15 March| @ Sydney| L 77–69| Barry Brown Jr. (22)| Pardon (9)| Will McDowell-White (5)| Qudos Bank Arena
18,124| 4–4

Transactions

Re-signed

PlayerSigned
Sam Timmins[5] 29 April
Will McDowell-White[6] 25 May

Additions

PlayerSignedFormer team
Dan Fotu[7] 15 May Saint Mary's Gaels
Tom Vodanovich[8] 29 May Sydney Kings
Cameron Gliddon[9] 7 June S.E. Melbourne Phoenix
Rayan Rupert[10] 10 June Centre Fédéral de Basket-ball
Izayah Le'afa[11] [12] 11 June S.E. Melbourne Phoenix
Dererk Pardon[13] 15 June Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Jarrell Brantley[14] 27 July Leones de Ponce
Alex McNaught[15] 16 August Nelson Giants
Barry Brown Jr.[16] 30 August Beijing Ducks
Jamaal Brantley[17] 20 September Shreveport Mavericks

Subtractions

PlayerReason leftNew team
Yanni Wetzell[18] Mutual consent Baskonia
Peyton Siva[19] [20] Free agent Panathinaikos
Kyrin Galloway[21] Free agent Adelaide 36ers
Hugo Besson[22] Milwaukee Bucks
Ousmane Dieng[23] Oklahoma City Thunder
Finn Delany[24] Free agent Telekom Baskets Bonn
Rasmus Bach[25] Free agent Brisbane Bullets
Jarrell Brantley[26] Free agent Utah Jazz

Awards

Club awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mody Maor Appointed New Head Coach as Dan Shamir Steps Down. nzbreakers.basketball. 11 May 2022. 12 May 2022.
  2. Web site: Wildcats vs Breakers Game Postponed. NBL.com.au NBL. 17 December 2022. 16 December 2022.
  3. Web site: NBL Announces Schedule Changes. NBL.com.au NBL. 20 December 2022. 20 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Bullets Phoenix to Clash in Updated Round 12 Schedule. NBL.com.au NBL. 18 December 2022. 18 December 2022.
  5. News: Timmins: I’m Coming Back to the Breakers. NZBreakers.Basketball. 29 April 2022. 5 May 2022.
  6. News: Breakers Retain Will McDowell-White. NBL.com.au NBL. 25 May 2022. 25 May 2022.
  7. News: New Zealand Breakers Sign Dan Fotu. NBL.com.au NBL. 15 May 2022. 15 May 2022.
  8. News: Another Kiwi Returns Home to the Sky Sport Breakers. NZBreakers.Basketball. 29 May 2022. 29 May 2022.
  9. Web site: Australian Boomer Signs with Sky Sport Breakers. NZBreakers.Basketball. 7 June 2022. 7 June 2022.
  10. Web site: Breakers' New NBL Next Star Revealed. NZBreakers.Basketball. 10 June 2022. 10 June 2022.
  11. Web site: Le'Afa and Phoenix Agree Release. NBL.com.au NBL. 7 June 2022. 7 June 2022.
  12. Web site: Sixth Kiwi Signed to Sky Sport Breakers' Roster. NZBreakers.Basketball. 11 June 2022. 11 June 2022.
  13. Web site: Breakers Add Big Man Dererk Pardon. June 15, 2022. NBL.com.au NBL. June 15, 2022.
  14. Web site: Breakers Thrilled With Latest Signing. 27 July 2022. 27 July 2022 . NBL.com.au NBL.
  15. Web site: Breakers Add Kiwi Guard as Development Player. NZBreakers.Basketball. 16 August 2022. 17 August 2022.
  16. News: Brown Rounds Out Breakers Roster. 30 August 2022 . NBL.com.au NBL. 30 August 2022.
  17. Web site: Breakers Add Jamaal Brantley. NBL.com.au NBL. 20 September 2022. 21 September 2022.
  18. News: Breakers and Wetzell Agree Release to EuroLeague Outfit . NBL.com.au NBL. 15 April 2022. 5 May 2022.
  19. breakersnz. Cc6ioHbry3o. Peyton is headed to Athens! . 29 April 2022. 5 May 2022.
  20. Web site: Στον Παναθηναϊκό ΟΠΑΠ ο Σίβα. paobc.gr. 28 April 2022. 5 May 2022.
  21. Web site: Adelaide Add Kyrin Galloway. NBL.com.au NBL. 27 May 2022. 27 May 2022.
  22. Web site: Bucks' Hugo Besson: Taken No. 58 by Milwaukee. cbssports.com. 24 June 2022. 24 June 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220624100647/https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/bucks-hugo-besson-taken-no-58-by-milwaukee/. 24 June 2022.
  23. Web site: Thunder Drafts Chet Holmgren, Ousmane Dieng, Jalen Williams and Jaylin Williams in the 2022 NBA Draft. nba.com. 24 June 2022. 24 June 2022.
  24. Web site: Unermüdlich, aggressiv und ein harter Arbeiter: Baskets verpflichten Finn Delany. 12 July 2022. 15 July 2022. www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de. de.
  25. Web site: Bullets add Rasmus Bach as Nominated Replacement Player. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 7 September 2022. 21 September 2022.
  26. Web site: Utah Jazz Sign Jarrell Brantley to 10-Day Contract. NBA.com NBA. 18 March 2023. 19 March 2023.
  27. News: Brantley Gets Deserved Recognition at Breakers Awards. NZBreakers.Basketball. 1 March 2023. 2 March 2023.

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