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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Basketball articles  Basketball
    Izayah Le'afa unknowingly played through a stress fractured foot in the Tall Blacks basketball World Cup qualifier loss to Australia in Wellington
     3 December 2025
    Izayah Le'afa unknowingly played through a stress fractured foot in the Tall Blacks basketball World Cup qualifier loss to Australia in Wellington
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    Kiwi guard Tai Webster's returned for a third Australian Basketball League stint with the Breakers
    3 Dec: Kiwi guard Tai Webster's returned for a third Australian Basketball League stint with the Breakers... more
    Australia have completed a clean sweep of the Tall Blacks in their two basketball World Cup qualification games
    2 Dec: Australia have completed a clean sweep of the Tall Blacks in their two basketball World Cup qualification games... more
    A glass half full mindset for the Tall Blacks basketballers after letting a chance slip for a rare victory over their Australian counterparts
    29 Nov: A glass half full mindset for the Tall Blacks basketballers after letting a chance slip for a rare victory over their Australian counterparts... more
    Breakers development player Tukaha Cooper has copped a one-month ban from basketball after testing positive for cannabis
    25 Nov: Breakers development player Tukaha Cooper has copped a one-month ban from basketball after testing positive for cannabis... more
    Max Darling will miss the Tall Blacks' basketball World Cup Qualifiers against the Australian Boomers with concussion
    25 Nov: Max Darling will miss the Tall Blacks' basketball World Cup Qualifiers against the Australian Boomers with concussion... more
    American import Izaiah Brockington doesn't think the Breakers are as bad as this season's Australian NBL record suggests
    23 Nov: American import Izaiah Brockington doesn't think the Breakers are as bad as this season's Australian NBL record suggests... more
    The Breakers are welcoming a break in the Australian NBL to accommodate an international window
    23 Nov: The Breakers are welcoming a break in the Australian NBL to accommodate an international window... more
    The Breakers have jumped from 9th to 7th on the NBL basketball table after a 102-96 win over the Taipans in Cairns
    23 Nov: The Breakers have jumped from 9th to 7th on the NBL basketball table after a 102-96 win over the Taipans in Cairns... more
    Breakers centre Rob Loe has revealed his ties to basketball ahead of tonight's NBL clash with the Taipans in Cairns
    22 Nov: Breakers centre Rob Loe has revealed his ties to basketball ahead of tonight's NBL clash with the Taipans in Cairns... more

     Most Popular Recent Basketball News
     12 Nov: Breakers guard Reuben Te Rangi's admitting their ANBL basketball woes are starting to leave a mental imprint on the team ++++++++++
     20 Nov: Breakers forward Reuben Te Rangi believes there's sufficient training in place for athletes when it comes to gay rights +++++++++
     15 Nov: The Breakers are hunting back-to-back wins for the first time this Aussie basketball season as they take on the Wildcats in Perth tonight ++++++++
     29 Nov: A glass half full mindset for the Tall Blacks basketballers after letting a chance slip for a rare victory over their Australian counterparts ++++++++
     07 Nov: Breakers guard Izaiah Brockington has relished the challenge of defending against five-time NBL MVP Bryce Cotton in the 83-79 defeat to the Adelaide 36ers at Christchurch ++++++++
     10 Nov: A swathe of size and experience is returning to the Tall Blacks for their looming Basketball World Cup qualification series against Australia ++++++
     22 Nov: Breakers centre Rob Loe has revealed his ties to basketball ahead of tonight's NBL clash with the Taipans in Cairns ++++++

     Basketball NewsLinks
      1 Dec: Fans frustrated as tense tall blacks loss to australia cuts out on screen (RadioNZ)
      26 Nov: Breakers development player banned for cannabis use (Stuff.co.nz)
      17 Nov: ‘a passionate nelsonian’: tributes flow for guy williams’ father (Stuff.co.nz)
      14 Nov: Basketball: nz breakers won't wear anbl 'pride' insignia (RadioNZ)
      1 Nov: The more we know the better: how the afl’s nba-style gamble on injury could come unstuck (Sydney Morning Herald)
      23 Oct: I nearly quit football for basketball - gvardiol (BBCWorld)
      17 Oct: How to stream the 2025-26 nba season (PC World)
      16 Oct: Gb men's basketball team barred from internationals (BBCWorld)
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