Breakers players celebrate their win during the Ignite Cup final, 2026 Photo: AAP / Photosport
The Breakers have some silverware.
The Auckland basketball club has won the Ignite Cup, the Australian NBL's in-season tournament beating the Adelaide 36ers 111-107 in the decider on the Gold Coast.
The Breakers collect A$300,000 (NZD$354k) for the win.
Adelaide were up by seven at half time before the Breakers closed that to one at three-quarter time and then went ahead in the final stanza.
Captain Parker Jackson-Cartwright scored 23 points in the second half and 29 in total, while Izaiah Brockington and Sam Mennenga had 21 points each.
Bryce Cotton hit a game high 34 points for Adelaide.
The Breakers finished seventh in the regular season, just missing the play-offs.
"This is the best feeling in basketball, you start the season with a new group, you work hard every day and it's about trying to win something," coach Petteri Koponen.
"A difficult year, ups and downs, but we stick together throughout the year and how we improved as a group and this group deserves it."
The Breakers won the last of their four NBL titles in 2015.
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