The New Zealand Breakers got very little time to celebrate or more importantly sleep after their first playoff victory in five years, getting on an early flight out of Auckland this morning before Cyclone Gabrielle hits.
The Breakers started their 2023 playoff run with a 88-68 win over the Tasmania JackJumpers at Vector Arena last night. But they were forced to leave for Auckland Airport at 3am to get one of the only flights out of the city today.
The team posted a video on social media of the team leaving from the Breakers base on the North Shore early this morning as winds began to pick up.
Both the Breakers and the JackJumpers were on the 6am flight to Melbourne ahead of game two in Tasmania on Thursday night. The Breakers need one more win to reach the NBL finals
