In what can only be seen an early round of upsets. The New Zealand Breakers have beaten competition favourites Melbourne 120-111.
Tigers star Chris Anstey scored a game high 32 points and but the Breakers had a much better team performance with 4 players posting over 20 points in Kirk Penney, Tony Ronaldson, Oscar Forman and CJ Bruton.
Meanwhile the Townsville Crocs have downed the South Dragons 91-89 at Hisense Arena.
Corey Williams finished with a triple double with a game-high 22 points and 12 rebounds, with 11 of those points coming in the final period when his team needed him most.
Mark Worthington top-scored for the Dragons with 20, Adam Gibson shot 13, Joe Ingles 10, but import duo Tremmell Darden (eight points) and Cortez Groves (two points) failed to flatter.
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Josh Howard has had what can only be described as a less than perfect off season, he had to deal with the press after his admission of smoking marijuana, then he got arrested in July for drag racing 94 mph in a 55 zone and now just recently has slagged at the American national anthem : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BqG9kjknVw safe to say Josh and the Mavs can’t wait for the basketball season to start.
Meanwhile Michael Beasley has been fined $50,000 after acknowledging that he was involved in an incident involving teammate Mario Chalmers and Memphis’ Darrell Arthur at the Rookie Transition Program this month.
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An independent review into Australian basketball released today outlines initiatives to reposition the sport including a new elite competition to replace the National Basketball League.
Key priorities addressed in the report are a major restructure of the basketball administration; re-branding and aggressively promoting the sport: developing strong revenue streams from corporate and media partnerships; increasing the connection between community and elite competitions and national teams; and significant expansion and investment in the national basketball program.
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