Breakers Win With Draw
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The Harvey Norman NZ Breakers are delighted with their draw for the next Philips Championship season starting in September.
The calendar for 2007/2008 has the Breakers playing all their NBL home games on Thursday nights at the North Shore Events Centre, starting with a home match against the Cairns Taipans on September 20.
The team then has a two week break to allow more training time with any Tall Blacks returning from Olympic qualifying clashes. The clubís first four matches will be on their home court.
With the Gold Coast Blaze entering the league and boosting the number of teams to 13, the Breakers will play 30 matches, three fewer than last season, of which 15 are at home and 15 are away.
They play 6 teams in an ìeasternî conference three times each – the two Melbourne teams (the Tigers and Dragons), West Sydney, Wollongong, Sydney and Cairns – and meet all other sides twice, on a home and away basis.
Unlike previous seasons, the Breakers donít have to contend with massive road trips lumping several games together. Only three of their 12 road trips will involve playing more than one match, with double headers in Melbourne and Sydney, plus a Sydney match en route to Perth in the final round before the play-offs.
Breakers general manager Richard Clarke said the draw was less imposing than previous seasons.
ìWeíre pleased on a number of fronts – the consistency of Thursday night games at home, the minimizing of travel at the start of the season to ensure time to integrate our Tall Blacks back into the team and, overall, the way our arduous travel schedule has been addressed,î Clarke said.
ìWeíre also working with our airline partner and health professionals to try and overcome the ill-effects of travel so that we can dramatically improve our success rate on the road.î
NZ Breakers 2007-08 Philips Championship Draw
Thursday, September 20, 2007
NZ Breakers v Cairns, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Thursday, October 4, 2007
NZ Breakers v West Sydney, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Thursday, October 11, 2007
NZ Breakers v Townsville, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Thursday, October 18, 2007
NZ Breakers v Adelaide, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Singapore v NZ Breakers, Singapore Indoor Stadium, 5pm
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Melbourne v NZ Breakers, State Netball & Hockey Centre, 7.30pm
Sunday, October 28, 2007
South v NZ Breakers, Vodafone Arena, 6pm
Thursday, November 1, 2007
NZ Breakers v Brisbane, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Adelaide v NZ Breakers, Distinctive Homes Dome, 8pm
Thursday, November 8, 2007
NZ Breakers v Singapore, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Gold Coast v NZ Breakers, Gold Coast Convention Centre, 4pm
Thursday, November 15, 2007
NZ Breakers v Wollongong, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Cairns v NZ Breakers, Cairns Convention Centre, 7.30pm
Thursday, November 22, 2007
NZ Breakers v Cairns, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Thursday, November 29, 2007
NZ Breakers v South, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Thursday, December 6, 2007
NZ Breakers v Sydney, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Brisbane v NZ Breakers, Brisbane Convention Centre, 6.30pm
Thursday, December 20, 2007
NZ Breakers v Wollongong, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Sydney v NZ Breakers, Sydney Entertainment Centre, 7.30pm
Friday, January 4, 2008
Wollongong v NZ Breakers, WIN Entertainment Centre, 7.30pm
Saturday, January 5, 2008
West Sydney v NZ Breakers, Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, 7.30pm
Thursday, January 10, 2008
NZ Breakers v Gold Coast, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Townsville v NZ Breakers, Townsville Entertainment Centre, 8pm
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Melbourne v NZ Breakers, State Netball & Hockey Centre, 7.30pm
Thursday, January 24, 2008
NZ Breakers v West Sydney, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Thursday, January 31, 2008
NZ Breakers v Perth, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Saturday, February 2, 2008
South v NZ Breakers, Vodafone Arena, 7.30pm
Thursday, February 7, 2008
NZ Breakers v Melbourne, North Shore Events Centre, 7.30pm
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Sydney v NZ Breakers, Sydney Entertainment Centre, 7.30pm
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Perth v NZ Breakers, Challenge Stadium, 7pm
