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Cairns have won their past three games in Auckland and overall six of the last seven games played between these teams has seen the visiting team win. The Taipans have won more games in New Zealand than any other visiting team in the six years of Breakers basketball, with seven victories from 10 visits. The Sydney Kings won six times on the road while Brisbane, Melbourne and Townsville have five wins each in New Zealand.
The seven road wins that Cairns has racked up in New Zealand is more than they have recorded at any other NBL stop in Taipans’ history since their entry in 2000 and they didn’t start heading across the Tasman until the Breakers debuted in the NBL in the 2004 season. In contrast, Cairns has been to play the Tigers in Melbourne 16 times and are yet to crack it for a win.
New Zealand are 1-2 at home since New Year’s Eve and only the Breakers and the Hawks have a losing record at home since that date. The last two games by the Breakers in Auckland were a 18-point loss to the Tigers and a seven-point defeat by the Dragons. That is the first time this year they have lost consecutive home games.
The Breakers remain the league’s highest scoring team at 103 per game while Cairns are the lowest scoring team at 87.1 per game. Cairns have reached triple-figures just once in their past 21 games (105 vs Hawks) and in 15 of those games have scored less than 90. New Zealand have had offensive problems of their own, reaching 100 points just once in their past nine games and that was in an overtime loss to South.
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n 14 games on the road this year, Cairns have scored 100 points or more just once and that was their previous trip to Auckland where they posted a season-high 122 points. Their next highest score of the season for the Taipans has been 105 at home against Wollongong. The Taipans have won just three ‘away’ games in their history by more than 20 points and two of those have been against the Breakers.
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