NZ Breakers bounce back with victory over defending champs Melbourne United MARC HINTONGETTY IMAGES Tom Abercrombie takes Chris Goulding off the dribble in Sunday's NBL matchup against Melbourne United. This was why new Breakers coach Kevin Braswell went so hard after Tai Wesley over the Australian NBL off-season. The 32-year-old former Guam international led the Breakers superbly to a much-needed bounceback 88-81 victory on the back of their disappointing 86-73 season-opening defeat to Brisbane on Thursday. Abercrombie became the Breakers' all-time highest scorer, surpassing fellow Kiwi hoops legend Kirk Penney with his 16 points on 8-of-12 shooting. AT A GLANCENZ Breakers 88 (Tai Wesley 25, Tom Abercrombie 16, Patrick Richard 15), Melbourne United 81 (Chris Goulding 22, David Barlow 15, Mitch McCarron 14, Alex Pledger 10).

Source: Stuff October 14, 2018 06:12 UTC