Breakers Stumble on Abercrombie's Big Night

It has been a night to forget for the Sky Sport Breakers with Melbourne United claiming a 10th straight NBL win beating Dan Shamir's men 90-76.

In all, Melbourne had 58 bench points while the Breakers struggled to find solutions for the home side’s attack.

It was a disappointing showing from the Breakers who were never really in the contest.

They had played well two days earlier to beat the Adelaide 36ers in Launceston, but they looked tired from the get go and were never really in the game against the league leaders.

Breakers guard Corey Webster was leading scorer with 20 points and Will McDowell-White added 12.

Breakers captain Tom Abercrombie scored 11 points in his 355th game for the club which made him the all-time games leader for the team surpassing legendary tough man and championship winner Mika Vukona.

The Breakers threatened to come back into the game when McDowell-White’s three cut the lead to 48-42 early in the third term but Hopson and Lual-Acuil fired again to push the margin back to double-figures.

Melbourne’s lead would pass 20 but in the final minutes the Breakers found ways to frustrate the home side’s offence and cut the lead to nine but Hopson came up with a three-point play to lock in the win.

The Breakers host Perth Wildcats at the Silverdome in Launceston on Saturday evening while Melbourne United play Sydney Kings at John Cain Arena on Sunday afternoon.

HUNGRY JACK'S NBL ROUND 16

MELBOURNE UNITED 90 (Hopson 25, Lual-Acuil 23, Goulding 19)

NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS 76 (Webster 20, McDowell-White 12, Abercrombie 11) 

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