By Kris ShannonKirk Penney must have spent this season occasionally feeling like the only constant in an ever-changing Breakers team. Penney and Mika Vukona are the only two Breakers to start all 24 games in this injury-ravaged season. Because for all the attributes Kevin Dillard has brought to the Breakers during his revelatory five-game stint, unleashing Penney might have been the most important to the Breakers' chances of reaching the playoffs. After averaging 16.8 points per game before the American arrived, Penney has increased his output to 19.8 with Dillard by his side in the back-court. Indeed, it's no coincidence the Breakers have built a four-game winning streak using the same lineup: Dillard, Penney, Paul Carter, Vukona and Rob Loe.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 25, 2017 06:46 UTC