BNZ Breakers On The Road For NBL26 Pre-Season

The BNZ Breakers first NBL 26 Game on 19 September at the Spark Arena is now just weeks away, so the BNZ Breakers are on the road with a series of preseason games.

They head to Canberra today (Wednesday) for the pre-season CodeSports Blitz.

They match up with Southeast Melbourne Phoenix at 29th August at 7:30pm NZT.

Followed by the Cairns Taipans on 31 August at 8pm NZT.

Games can be view via ESPN on Disney+

The retooled BNZ Breakers roster has been hard at work at their Atlas Place headquarters for the past three weeks, boosted in recent days by the arrival of Tall Blacks Taylor Britt, Carlin Davison, Max Darling, and Associate Head Coach Judd Flavell on return from their Asia Cup exploits.

The BNZ Breakers are still building to full strength with exciting new American centre Rob Baker II arriving in New Zealand on 4 September, having completed his international commitments.

NBL Next Star Karim Lopez will not see game time but is progressing well with his return to full fitness (back strain. Taylor Britt and Rob Loe are also likely to be on limited minutes as both are managing their workloads after ankle injuries.

New American import Izaiah Brockington is finding his feet at BNZ Breakers training and is keen to get a first trans-Tasman trip under his belt.

Head Coach Petteri Koponen is looking forward to his new look roster spending quality time together on and off the floor in Canberra.

The team will return from the CodeSports Blitz for a week of continued pre-season preparation in New Zealand, before embarking on a two-game tour to Japan, playing against former BNZ Breakers coach in Mody Maor and former Breakers great and coach Paul Henare at their Nagasaki Velca club.

NBL CodeSports Blitz BNZ Breakers Schedule (all games at AIS Arena, Canberra)

Friday 29 August, 7:30pm NZT
BNZ Breakers v SE Melbourne Phoenix

Sunday 31 August, 8:00pm NZT
BNZ Breakers v Cairns Taipans

Japan Tour

BNZ Breakers vs Nagasaki Velca
Friday, 12 September, - 8:00pm AEST (10:00pm NZT)
Happiness Arena, Nagasaki

BNZ Breakers vs Kumamoto Volters
Saturday, 13 September, - 6:00pm AEST (8:00pm NZT)
Happiness Arena, Nagasaki

NBL – Round One

BNZ NZ Breakers v Brisbane Bullets
Friday 19 September
Spark Arena
Tip off 7:30pm
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