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    Tacko Fall has again been unable to stop the Breakers' free fall in the Australian basketball league

    Tacko Fall has again been unable to stop the Breakers' free fall in the Australian basketball league


    The Kiwi side has lost a fifth straight game, going down 100-76 to the Tasmania Jackjumpers on Auckland's North Shore.

    Fall top the Breakers' scoresheet with 16 points but they again battled for rhythm with the big man on both sides of the ball.

    Coach Petteri Koponen id adamant they will eventually gel.



    The Breakers now travel across the ditch to face Adelaide 36ers tomorrow night.

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