Breakers star Tai Wesley mines title emotions to spur much-needed turnaround MARC HINTONSKY SPORTThe Breakers got their ANBL show on the road in Melbourne with an 88-81 victory over the defending champions. As Tai Wesley watched his former Melbourne United team-mates hoist the championship banner in their Australian NBL home opener on Sunday, the emotions came flooding back for the hard-nosed American power forward. Wesley, who added a title with Melbourne last season to the one he won with the Breakers in 2014-15, admitted watching the banner get raised had set his pulse racing before tipoff. READ MORE:* Breakers bounce back against Melbourne* Melbourne United outlast Illawarra Hawks* Brisbane Bullets topple NZ Breakers* Bullets fired up over their Kiwi pickup"The emotions were high, they were flowing, especially with the pre-game ceremony," said Wesley after having 21 of his points over the first two quarters. Braswell was also rapt Abercrombie shook off a slow start to his season with just three points against Brisbane.

Source: Stuff October 14, 2018 20:48 UTC