Basketball

The Breakers basketball team, missing most of their first-choice roster, have lost a pre-season basketball game to the touring Wisconsin Badgers.

The New Zealand men's basketball team are through to the quarter-finals at the Asia Cup in Lebanon, despite a loss to South Korea in their final pool game.

Paul Henare says his side took a backwards step in loss to Lithuania.

The New Zealand men's basketball team has beaten previously unbeaten Angola 72-64 at a tournament in China.

The New Zealand women's basketball team has missed out on a spot at next year's World Championships after losing to South Korea in the quarter-finals of the Asia Cup in Bangalore.

New Zealand basketballer Steven Adams has been linked with a trade move to the New York Knicks in the NBA according to reports out of America.

The New Zealand women's basketball team has beaten North Korea 71-50 in their latest game at the Asia Cup tournament in Bangalore.

The New Zealand women's basketballers have been beaten 77-48 by China in their opening game at the Asia Cup in Bangalore.

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The New Zealand women's basketball coach Kennedy Kereama has largely gone for experience in naming his squad for World Cup qualifying.

The Golden State Warriors have taken a 3-0 stranglehold over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.

The former NBA and Tall Blacks basketballer Sean Marks has been inducted into the Basketball New Zealand Hall of Fame.

San Antonio star forward Kawhi Leonard will miss game two of the Western Conference finals at the Golden State Warriors.

The Breakers have re-signed Tall Black big man Rob Loe for the 2017-18 Australian National Basketball Season.

The New Zealand Breakers have dumped guard Corey Webster, saying the troubled Tall Blacks guard would be better off finding a club outside the country to avoid local distractions.

Cairns import Tony Mitchell has been banned for all of the next Australian NBL basketball season for throwing the ball at a referee.

Magic Johnson has been named the president of basketball operations for the struggling Los Angeles Lakers as one of the NBA's most storied franchises undergoes a major shakeup.

The post season of the Australian Basketball league is out of reach for the New Zealand Breakers, after the Perth Wildcats defeated Melbourne United 96-94.

The New Zealand Breakers are alive - for now.

New Zealand Breakers import Akil Mitchell is returning to the United States for further treatment on his eye and his future with the club is unclear.