Two of the Breakers' favourite sons have been given the keys to the kingdom.

Former player Paul Henare has been named as the New Zealand Breakers head coach for the 2016-17 season, replacing current coach Dean Vickerman.

The Breakers fell further into their slump with an agonising double-overtime loss against the Hawks today.

With his back-court mate earning so much acclaim, it's easy to forget these Breakers were once Cedric Jackson's team.

For the third time this season Kirk Penney and the Hawks have dealt the Breakers a heavy defeat.

No one within the Breakers was shocked by Corey Webster's latest scoring spree in Sunday's win over Sydney.

When Cedric Jackson hit a half-court buzzer beater to end a double-overtime classic against Perth, few would have expected that moment to be eclipsed mere weeks later.

Corey Webster grabbed 38 points to help the Breakers to a bounce-back win over the Kings in Sydney.

The Breakers are looking to lift their game today after a humiliating first home defeat a week ago.

Kirk Penney led the Illawarra Hawks to a huge victory over the Breakers at Vector Arena this afternoon

For all the understandable attention around Kirk Penney's presence, a quick glance at the competition scoring charts reveals the exact magnitude of the threat Illawarra will pose today against the Breakers.

The New Zealand Breakers have helped slam dunk the Christmas blues for Kiwi families in need.

If the Breakers wanted to experience pressure basketball to get themselves ready for another title tilt, they did a good job against the Crocodiles.

Crowd behaviour has again become an issue.

The Perth Wildcats will "move on" from an incident of alleged racial abuse during last night's loss to the Breakers

The Breakers' victory over Perth was marred by allegations that Nate Jawai was racially abused by a fan.

Key contributions from Tom Abercrombie and Charles Jackson help Breakers clinch the season series over the Wildcats.

The good news for the Breakers is they know exactly in which areas amendments must be made. The bad news is they have only three days to fix those faults if they wish to remain at the front end of the Australian NBL standings.

A horror night from the free throw line has condemned the Breakers to a potentially damaging defeat against Perth.

Corey Webster set a new career-high by pouring in 39 points and the Breakers toppled the league-leading Melbourne.