2012–13 New Zealand Breakers season

For 2012–13 NBL season, see 2012–13 NBL season.

The 2012–13 NBL season was the 10th season of the New Zealand Breakers in the NBL. The Breakers succeeded in winning their third NBL championship, becoming the second team in the league to win a three-peat.^[1]

2012–13 New Zealand Breakers season
Head coach	Andrej Lemanis
Captain	Mika Vukona
Arena	Vector Arena North Shore Events Centre
NBL results
Record	24–4 (85.7%)
Ladder	1st
Finals finish	Champions (Defeated Wildcats 2–0)
Stats at NBL.com.au
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

In the preseason, the Breakers record was 3–3. The Breakers lost their preseason series with the Wollongong Hawks 1–2.

On 24 April 2013, following the conclusion of the 2012–13 season, Lemanis was announced as the new head coach of the Australian men's national basketball team.^[2][3][4]

Off-Season

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Will Hudson	Signed 14 July[5]	Gold Coast Blaze

The Breakers also signed Reuben Te Rangi and Morgan Natanahira as contracted development players and Tai Webster as a non-contracted development player.

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
B. J. Anthony	Released	OceanaGold Nuggets
Gary Wilkinson	Released	BC Kalev/Cramo

Re-signed players

The Breakers re-signed Cedric Jackson,^[6] Leon Henry,^[7] Tom Abercrombie,^[8] Dillon Boucher,^[9] Mika Vukona,^[10] C. J. Bruton,^[11] Alex Pledger, Daryl Corletto and Josh Bloxham (DP).

Corey Webster also returns to the team, after a 12-month suspension.^[12]

Roster

New Zealand Breakers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. SG 3 Corletto, Daryl 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) PG 4 Jackson, Cedric (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) F/C 5 Hudson, Will (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb) SF 7 Te Rangi, Reuben (DP) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) PG 8 Webster, Tai (DP) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) G 9 Webster, Corey 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) G/F 10 Abercrombie, Thomas 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 87 kg (192 lb) PF 14 Vukona, Mika (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) F 15 Natanahira, Morgan (DP) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 103 kg (227 lb) PG 21 Bloxham, Josh (DP) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) G 23 Bruton, C. J. 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) F 24 Boucher, Dillon 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) G/F 33 Henry, Leon 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) C 35 Pledger, Alex 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 113 kg (249 lb)	Head coach Andrej Lemanis Assistant coach(es) Dean Vickerman Judd Flavell Steve Buckley (Fitness) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player (TP) Training player Injured Roster Updated: 26 July 2013

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Alex Pledger	Will Hudson
PF	Mika Vukona	Dillon Boucher	Reuben Te Rangi
SF	Thomas Abercrombie	Leon Henry	Morgan Natanahira
SG	Daryl Corletto	Corey Webster	Tai Webster
PG	Cedric Jackson	C. J. Bruton	Josh Bloxham

Pre-Season

The Breakers finished the Preseason with a 3–3 record.

Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Box Score
11 September 2012	Wollongong Hawks	CBS Arena, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand	W 70 – 61	[13]
13 September 2012	Wollongong Hawks	Edgar Centre, Dunedin, Otagon, New Zealand	L 61 – 64	[14]
15 September 2012	Wollongong Hawks	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand	L 87 – 90	None[15]
20 September 2012	Townsville Crocodiles	St Pauls Court, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia	W 71 – 66	[16]
21 September 2012	Cairns Taipans	St Pauls Court, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia	W 83 – 75	[17]
22 September 2012	Sydney Kings	St Pauls Court, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia	L 93 – 100	[18]

Regular season

Round	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Box Score
1	5 October 2012	Perth Wildcats	NSEC, Auckland, New Zealand	L 72 – 93	[19]
2	12 October 2012	Adelaide 36ers	Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand	W 73 – 59	[20]
3	19 October 2012	Townsville Crocodiles	NSEC, Auckland, New Zealand	W 73 – 71	[21]
4	26 October 2012	Melbourne Tigers	Hisense Arena, Melbourne, Australia	W 64 – 75	[22]
5	2 November 2012	Sydney Kings	NSEC, Auckland, New Zealand	W 79 – 76	[23]
6	9 November 2012	Townsville Crocodiles	Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville, Queensland, Australia	W 81 – 72	[24]
	10 November 2012	Cairns Taipans	Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland, Australia	W 73 – 54	[25]
7	16 November 2012	Townsville Crocodiles	Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand	W 93 – 63	[26]
8	22 November 2012	Perth Wildcats	Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia	L 64 – 89	[27]
9	30 November 2012	Melbourne Tigers	NSEC, Auckland, New Zealand	W 94 – 64	[28]
10	8 December 2012	Sydney Kings	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia	L 62 – 75	[29]
11	13 December 2012	Cairns Taipans	Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand	W 97 – 76	[30]
12	28 December 2012	Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide Arena, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	W 71 – 66	[31]
	31 December 2012	Cairns Taipans	Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland, Australia	W 66 – 61	[32]
13	5 January 2013	Wollongong Hawks	WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	W 78 – 76	[33]
14	11 January 2013	Townsville Crocodiles	Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville, New South Wales, AUS	W 82 – 78	[34]
15	17 January 2013	Wollongong Hawks	NSEC, Auckland, New Zealand	W 72 – 71
	20 January 2013	Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide Arena, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	W 84 – 66
16	24 January 2013	Sydney Kings	NSEC, Auckland, New Zealand	W 95 – 76
	26 January 2013	Wollongong Hawks	WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	W 91 – 74	[35]
17	1 February 2013	Perth Wildcats	Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand	W 98 – 81
18	9 February 2013	Sydney Kings	Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia	W 96 – 94
19	15 February 2013	Wollongong Hawks	NSEC, Auckland, New Zealand	W 92 – 84
20	BYE
21	28 February 2013	Adelaide 36ers	Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand	W 104 – 79
22	7 March 2013	Cairns Taipans	NSEC, Auckland, New Zealand	W 80 – 77
23	14 March 2013	Melbourne Tigers	Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand	W 79 – 74
24	22 March 2013	Perth Wildcats	Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia	L 58 – 73

Finals

With the Breakers making the playoffs in 2012/13, it was their fifth appearance in the NBL Finals. If they progress to the Grand Final, it would be their third appearance.

Semi-final 1: vs Kings – 28 March 2013 @ Vector Arena, Auckland^[36][37][38]
Semi-final 2: @ Kings – 1 April 2013 @ Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney^[39][40][41]
Grand Final 1: vs Wildcats – 7 April 2013 @ Vector Arena, Auckland^[42][43][44]
Grand Final 2: @ Wildcats – 12 April 2013 @ Perth Arena, Perth^[45][46][47]

	Semifinals							Grand Final
	1	New Zealand Breakers	81	99	X
	4	Sydney Kings	64	88	X
								1	New Zealand Breakers	79	70	X
								2	Perth Wildcats	67	66	X
	2	Perth Wildcats	93	85	X
	3	Wollongong Hawks	65	81	X

NBL All-Star round

Main articles: 2012 NBL (Australia) All-Star Game and NBL (Australia) All-Star Game

The NBL All-Star Round was played on 22 December at the Adelaide Arena. Two of the New Zealand Breakers' roster and coach Andrej Lemanis took part in the event.^[48]

All-star line up

The New Zealand Breakers were placed in the "South" team for the All-Star game, along with the Adelaide 36ers, Melbourne Tigers and Perth Wildcats. Breakers who played for the South All-Stars were:

• PG: Cedric Jackson
• SF: Thomas Abercrombie

All-star coach

The Breakers' coach, Andrej Lemanis, coached the South All-Stars team. This was decided because the Breakers had the top NBL ladder spot of the South teams at the end of Round 9, when the decision was made.

Slam dunk competition

Thomas Abercrombie took part in the Slam Dunk Competition.^[49] This was decided by the League Office after the teams nominated players.^[50]

Awards

Player of the Week

• Round 3 – Mika Vukona^[51]
• Round 6 – Cedric Jackson^[52]
• Round 9 – Cedric Jackson^[53]
• Round 11 – Cedric Jackson^[54]
• Round 16 – Daryl Corletto^[55]
• Round 17 – Cedric Jackson^[56]
• Round 22 – Alex Pledger
• Round 23 – Alex Pledger

Player of the Month

• November – Cedric Jackson^[57]
• February – Cedric Jackson^[58]

Coach of the Month

• November – Andrej Lemanis^[57]
• January – Andrej Lemanis