JackJumpers

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Brown steers Breakers past JackJumpers and into NBL decider (ESPN)

Barry Brown Jr's brilliance has catapulted the New Zealand Breakers into their first NBL grand final since 2015 with a 92-77 victory over the Tasmania ...

"There's nothing in the world I'm looking forward to more (than the grand final)." "The two best teams are in the (grand) final," JackJumpers coach Scott Roth said. Recently voted the NBL's Best Sixth Man, Brown (32 points) stimulated the Breakers out of a cold start at Auckland's Spark Arena on Sunday and into a best-of-five championship series with reigning champions Sydney.

Basketball: New Zealand Breakers punch ticket to NBL grand final ... (New Zealand Herald)

The New Zealand side saw off the Tasmania JackJumpers to book their spot in the big show.

While the shots weren’t dropping, centre Dererk Pardon did a lot of cleaning up - defending stoically and going up strong for rebounds on both ends. The Breakers committed three fouls in the opening 90 seconds of the match - one a particularly harsh call on Rayan Rupert - and the JackJumpers made them pay. It wasn’t only on the offensive end that the Breakers looked out of sync.

Basketball: NZ Breakers book ANBL finals spot, dispatching ... (Newshub)

The four-time winners will meet defending champions Sydney Kings in a best-of-five series for the title.

Barry Brown Jr pours in 32 points to take NZ Breakers past ... (Stuff.co.nz)

The Kiwi club held their nerve to see off the challenge from the Tasmania JackJumpers in their semifinal decider at Spark Arena on Sunday.

Maor’s men started the final stanza impressively and inside 3 minutes had the advantage out to double-digits. Fellow imports Jarrell Brantley (14 points, 7 rebounds) and Dererk Pardon (15 points, 13 boards) chimed in with their usually reliable contributions. The Breakers were slow out of the blocks, falling into an early 10-2 hole after JackJumpers guard Sean Macdonald knocked down back-to-back triples. Kiwi Sam Waardenburg posted a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Snakes, but it was not enough as the North Queenslanders hit the wall late, with just six final-quarter points. The 2-1 semifinal series victory over the second-year club from Tasmania completed a stunning turnaround in 2022-23 under first-year coach Maor. *

Breakers fight their way into NBL grand finals series against Kings (1 News)

Epic 92-77 sudden death victory over the JackJumpers at Spark Arena puts New Zealand team into grand finals for first time in seven years.

It will need to be better against the Kings. They made only six from 26 from the perimeter – 23 per cent. Brown Jr, injected early to add some offensive spark, finished with a game-high 32 points.

NZ Breakers to Grand Final, JackJumpers' season ends (NNN)

NZ Breakers to Grand Final, JackJumpers' season ends The NZ Breakers have advanced to the NBL championship match following the conclusion of the JackJumpers ...

[Sydney Kings](https://nnn.ng/jackies-season-over-breakers-into-grand-final/#Sydney Kings) [Tasmania JackJumpers](https://nnn.ng/jackies-season-over-breakers-into-grand-final/#Tasmania JackJumpers) [Australia](https://nnn.ng/tag/australia/)n Rules football in Tasmania. [New Zealand](https://nnn.ng/jackies-season-over-breakers-into-grand-final/#New Zealand) [Chase Buford](https://nnn.ng/tag/chase-buford/) has been reprimanded after expressing his disapproval of a referee through his use of vulgar language, following his team’s defeat in the finals to Cairns. Chase Buford’s stern words at halftime propelled the Sydney Kings one victory away from a consecutive grand finals series. [New Zealand](https://nnn.ng/tag/new-zealand/) clinched a spot in the NBL Championship Series behind a resolute 92-77 Game 3 victory against the Ants in Auckland’s Spark Arena on Sunday. demonstrated his skill in Sunday’s game, accumulating a total of 32 points (shooting 10/16 and 2/2 from behind the arc) and snatching three steals. Kelly also played from the bench with great skill, scoring 16 points and pulling in four rebounds. Additionally, Jarrell Brantley was influential in the win, tallying 14 points and seven rebounds. With this help, he enabled the Breakers to make it to their first Championship Series since 2016, which ended with a loss in the deciding title match against the Perth Wildcats. Although they made it to the grand finals in their first season and could not quite reach it again this time, they nonetheless labored valiantly until the end with a semi-finals loss.