With a vocal home crowd in Auckland cheering them on, the New Zealand Breakers down the Sydney Kings 80-70 to set up a championship-deciding game five.
abc.net.au/news/nbl-nz-breakers-defeat-sydney-kings-game-four/102086662The NBL championship series is headed for a winner-takes-all game five after the New Zealand Breakers denied the Sydney Kings 80-70 in Auckland.Jarrell Brantley played a key role in the Breakers' win with 23 pointsWith all-round defence and an attack led by Jarrell Brantley, the Breakers made the running all night in a clutch showing to tie the series 2-2.
To the delight of a New Zealand record basketball crowd of 9,742, veteran Tom Abercrombie was also pivotal with six show-stopping steals. On the court, NBA-bound league MVP Xavier Cooks was all wound up too, pulling Breakers big man Derek Pardon to the ground and earning an unsportsmanlike foul. Trailing 39-27 at the main break, the Kings showed their class after the interval, led by Derrick Walton Jr and Angus Glover.
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