Basketball: 36ers keep Breakers in race for playoffs

The New Zealand Breakers are still alive in the race for the playoffs in the Australian National Basketball League.

The Adelaide 36ers were beaten 123-111 at home by the Melbourne Tigers last night.

The result means the Breakers will qualify for the playoffs if they beat Adelaide next weekend and the Townsville Crocodiles lose both their remaining matches.

Should the Breakers win and the Crocs win one of their games against West Sydney or the Hunter Pirates, then three teams would be level on points and the side with the best points differential would qualify.

Adelaide currently has the best points differential.

- Newstalk ZB