The defending champion Breakers were last night dealt a damaging defeat in game one of the grand final series.

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The identity of their opponent was still to be confirmed when the Breakers began plotting exactly how they could collect a fifth Australian NBL title.

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Watching the Perth Wildcats celebrate their semifinal win over Illawarra, a feeling began to brew within Mika Vukona.

Abercrombie and Jackson are big weapons as NZ side waits for grand final opponents.

An impractical schedule could hamper any grand final meeting between the Breakers and their arch rivals Perth.

The Breakers dispatched Melbourne at Vector Arena tonight to advance to yet another grand finals.

Melbourne would have sensed they were in trouble the moment Mika Vukona snaffled two steals in two first-quarter minutes.

The Breakers survived a couple of major scares to take game one of their semifinal series against Melbourne.

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