But this Korean sports broadcaster has taken it to a subsequent level.

During a news on a day’s NBA action, SpoTV’s Jo Hyun-il suffered a mom of all blood noses.

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But, instead of rushing off set to have it treated, Jo chose to conflict on as a claret trickled down his lips and chin.

The above twitter from a network, translated by Microsoft, says Jo is “a pro-down viewpoint even during a bloodbath”.

The demeanour on his co-host’s face is priceless.

Dan Kurtz of Korean ball fan site MyKBO.net reported Jo spoke with Joongang Ilbo — a South Korean daily journal — and pronounced that it’s a initial time given he was innate that he had a nosebleed like this.

“He thanked a viewers for their concern,” Kurtz tweeted.

“SpoTV pronounced that they are following authorised operative hours after netizens were endangered about his workload.”

Talk about personification by a pain.

Update: Jo Hyun-il spoke with Joongang Ilbo and pronounced that it’s a initial time given he was innate that he had a nosebleed like this. He thanked a viewers for their concern.

SpoTV pronounced that they are following authorised operative hours after netizens were endangered about his workload.

— Dan Kurtz (@MyKBO) December 6, 2018

Or maybe some-more like a Jeep.

The 18-year-old college basketball prodigy from Duke University has already gained a repute as one of a scariest players entrance adult — though physicists have suggested usually how frightful it contingency be for players entrance adult opposite him.

The Wall Street Journalspoke with several players who had been charged by Williamson and intent University of Lynchburg physicist Eric Goff to work out how tough it is to be strike by a rising star.

Weighing in during 129kg and 201cm, Williamson has an commanding frame.

At 201cm and 129kg, Williamson would be a second heaviest actor in a NBA.Source:AFP

Goff distributed a limit force of impact during one Williamson assign to be a homogeneous of a conduct on collision with a Jeep pushing during 16km/h.

“Some of a same production ideas that are used to investigate automobile crashes and analyse elemental particles slamming into any other during scarcely a speed of light might be used to investigate collisions between basketball players,” Goff told a Wall Street Journal.

He hadn’t been called for a assign given a start of a deteriorate until this morning’s diversion opposite Yale, where he was called for two.

Social media had fun with a Jeep claim.

Williamson had been collecting headlines before his Duke entrance following a implausible hum and amicable media following he collected in high propagandize for his dunks.

An All-American, Williamson was nicknamed “Zanos” in high school, a takeoff on a Marvel Comics knave Thanos, and was called a many means contestant his Duke manager has had a possibility to coach.

His dunks have been amicable media hits given his youth year of high school, partial of a reason he has 2.1 million supporters on Instagram.

The child scares NBA players.Source:AP

And he’s good and truly in a minds of NBA coaches looking towards a future.

ESPN NBA researcher Stephen A. Smith pronounced Williamson is already intimidating NBA players.

“I’ve talked to NBA players, who are grown group that have said, ‘I ain’t holding no descent tainted from that guy,’” Smith said.

“He ain’t even in a pros nonetheless and they see him coming. They see him coming.”

Golden State Warriors manager Steve Kerr was also looking forward to Williamson.

“I suspicion LeBron, we suspicion that was a one-shot deal,” Kerr pronounced final week of Williamson. “But apparently a subsequent guy’s coming.”

Ex-NBA star Roy Hibbert also called Williamson “an comprehensive savage of a talent”, and pronounced there’s no doubt he’ll be a luminary in a NBA.

He’s also been named a series one awaiting in college basketball and has been producing a numbers to behind it up.

In 10 games, he’s averages 20 points, behind usually his teammate RJ Barrett, and 9 rebounds per game, for fourth in a league.

He’s also tip 5 in blocks, steals and margin idea percentage, sharpened during .664 inside a arc.

Earlier, he helped Duke to a 91-58 win over Yale, scoring 20 points.

Zion Williamson is a dunking machine.Source:AFP

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Either way, for a 12-15 authorised NBL-based Australian Boomers, a grounds is a same.

There is usually so many tickets to China accessible for a 2019 FIBA World Cup, that Australia competent for on Friday night with an fatiguing 76-47 win over three-time Asia Cup champions Iran during Margaret Court Arena.

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If Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins had a tough time handing out roses afterwards gangling a suspicion for Boomers manager Andrej Lemanis carrying to winnow some of his many constant subjects.

The existence is this.

Should Australia’s multitude of NBA stars wish to lift on a desired immature and bullion singlets subsequent year afterwards Lemanis will have no choice though to collect a likes of Ben Simmons, Joe Ingles, Dante Exum, Aron Baynes, Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova.

Todd Blanchfield dunks opposite Iran.Source:AAP

Jason Cadee looks to conflict a basket.Source:AAP

The majority, with luck, will be in Melbourne anyway when a Boomers face-off opposite Team USA in a initial of dual blockbuster friendlies during Marvel Stadium.

So, who misses out?

That will be Lemanis’s biggest headache over a subsequent 8 months.

Nathan Sobey, Mitch McCarron, Daniel Johnson and Jason Cadee have played all 9 gift games so far, for 8 wins and protected thoroughfare to China, with a diversion still to play on Monday and afterwards dual some-more would-be qualifiers in February.

When we supplement Cam Gliddon and Nick Kay into a mix, along with regulars Chris Goulding (rested) and Mitch Creek (NBA G-League), who sat out, it spells excited nights for Lemanis.

The Boomers have cycled by 24 players opposite a past 9 qualifiers.

Meisam Mirzaeitalarposhti takes on Matt Hodgson.Source:AAP

Hamed Hosseinzadeh goes past Jason Cadee.Source:AAP

And Lemanis reliable unprotected form would be rewarded – when spots open up.

“Certainly, cards on a table, within a program, count for something,” Lemanis said.

“No one is unrealistic, everybody knows when, here we go, here comes Patty Mills and Joe Ingles, they’re not going to skip a team.

“But a other existence is … not everybody one of those guys is going to be available.

“There will be spots accessible for these guys and we spoke about it with these guys when we started this routine … this is a landscape, this is a reality, you’re going to do all a complicated lifting but any pledge of prerogative during a finish of it.

“The final partial of that review is … one of we guys sitting in this room will be during a World Cup or an Olympics.”

Boomers manager Andrej Lemanis talks to his players.Source:Getty Images

The Boomers were distant too good in front of 5325 outspoken – and primarily Iranian – fans.

The home side led during each change, augmenting their domain from go to whoa but anybody station out, necessarily.

Such is a abyss of a Australian patrol that Lemanis is means to tinker with line-ups and match-ups on a run.

Sobey and McCarron got a round rolling early, afterwards Johnson and Todd Blanchfield chimed in before debutant Craig Moller non-stop his comment with a dilemma 3 to rapturous applause.

The visitors, to their credit, refused to give in notwithstanding a ballooning margin.

Mohammad Jamshidijafarabadi and Behnam Yakhchalidehkordi kept a scoreboard ticking over along with Mohammad Hassanzadeh Saberi, who total for 31 of Iran’s 47 points.

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Ladbrokes are not assured Holmes will follow in a footsteps of Jarryd Hayne and $31 is accessible for a former Sharks fullback to make a 53-man register during a 2019 NFL season.

However, Holmes is $3 to take a margin in a pre-season, when many of a players who will make a final 53-man rosters are sitting on a sidelines.

He’s $81 to measure a unchanging deteriorate touchdown and $151 to measure one around a punt or flog return.

Holmes’ depart to try his fitness in a United States has had a large outcome on a NRL Premiership market.

The Sharks have been wound out from $10 to $21 to explain their second NRL pretension and they are now into $1.85 to skip a finals for a initial time given 2014.

Holmes scores a try during Game 3 of a State of Origin array during Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Picture: Phil HillyardSource:News Corp Australia

NBL

THE run-and-gun Adelaide 36ers will be in movement twice this weekend and will start both matches as transparent favourites with Ladbrokes.

The 36ers finished their losing strain with a widespread win over a Illawarra Hawks final weekend, and dual victories this weekend could see them stand into a tip four.

Adelaide will be a shortest-priced favourites of Round 7 when they take on a struggling Cairns Taipans outfit tonight and they are $1.77 to kick Illawarra in Wollongong on Sunday.

The 36ers have won their past 4 games opposite a Hawks and winning on a highway has not been an emanate in new seasons.

The diversion of a weekend is tomorrow afternoon (SAT) when Melbourne United and Sydney Kings do conflict once again.

Melbourne are favourites to say their stellar record opposite a Kings.

United have won a past 8 games played between a dual sides, and they have now won 17 of their past 19 games during home.

A-LEAGUE

THE adversary between Sydney FC and a Melbourne Victory is one of a fiercest in a A-League and they will replenish acquaintances this weekend, in their initial assembly given their epic semi-final final season.

Sydney FC are nonetheless to ambience better in a A-League this debate and they will start this diversion as $1.90 favourites with Ladbrokes.

Melbourne Victory go into this diversion on a behind of dual true wins, though their new record opposite Sydney FC does not enthuse confidence.

They have not beaten Sydney in unchanging time given Jan 2016 and Sydney FC have won 5 of a past 7 games played between a dual outfits.

Adelaide United transport to New Zealand for their Saturday afternoon strife with a Wellington Phoenix and they are $1.95 favourites to lapse to winning form.

The Reds have not mislaid to Wellington given Nov 2015, though 3 of a past 5 games between a dual sides have finished as draws and a $3.60 accessible for a stand-off does appeal.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees opposite a Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser)Source:AP

NFL

DID we declare a biggest NFL diversion ever played this week?

Who knows? But a LA Rams v Kansas City Chiefs diversion not usually lived adult to expectation, it exceeded it.

It was a top scoring Monday night diversion on record and a third top scoring NFL diversion off all-time.

The over sum points symbol – that was suggested as a really good gamble in this mainstay final week – was eclipsed with copiousness of time remaining inside a third quarter. That symbol was 63 and a diversion sum finished during 105.

But was this a Super Bowl preview? The Rams, Chiefs and Saints demeanour a category of a NFL in 2018.

They have a sum record of 28-4 and dual of a waste have come opposite one another.

Ladbrokes bookmakers posted markets on fabulous Super Bowl match-ups for this deteriorate with bets refunded if a games don’t take place.

In a rematch of a Monday night epic, a bookies can’t separate them.

The teams are $1.90 any and one can usually consternation what a sum points symbol would be set during if these descent juggernauts met again in February.

New Orleans demeanour a biggest hazard to preventing a rematch of Monday night.

A Saints v Chiefs Super Bowl has New Orleans $1.80 favourite with a Chiefs $2.00.

After week 11, Drew Brees and his cohorts from New Orleans are a new Super Bowl favourite during $4.50.

TIGER V PHIL

TIGER Woods claims he’s been “inside Phil’s (Mickelson) conduct for 20 years” and it seems Ladbrokes are shopping into rabble speak forward of tomorrow morning’s “Showdown during Shadow Creek” in Las Vegas.

The made-for-TV matchplay duel on Thanksgiving weekend in a US pits a golf greats opposite any other and Woods is now a $1.44 favourite opposite Mickelson during $2.63.

Even a dual combatants are carrying side bets with any other.

At a midweek press discussion they wagered $US200,000 on a outcome of a opening hole.

Not usually is Ladbrokes betting on a outcome, though we can gamble on each singular hole as good as nearest a pins on a standard threes and longest drives on a standard fives.

Tiger Woods during a press discussion before The Match during Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas. Picture: Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images

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Butler lashed Aussies Joe Ingles (14 points) and Dante Exum (7) with 28 points on a conspicuous 12-15 sharpened in a 113-107 win over a Utah Jazz.

Then he corroborated that adult with a last-second three-pointer in over-time that gave a Sixers a 122-119 win over a Hornets, assisting top large nights from Simmons – one support off a triple double with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists – and Joel Embiid (33-11).

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It left Philly fable Allen Iverson vehement about a Sixers chances this season.

“I adore a guys — Jo, Ben — carrying their possess identity,” pronounced Iverson.

“I adore them carrying 3 superstars on this squad.

“The biggest thing we’ll see reveal is all of a purpose players usurpation their responsibilities, what they have to do, and let a stars be stars.

“That’s what we did in 2001.

“This way, we don’t have to gaunt on one chairman each night. We got a common organisation of guys night in and night out.

“We got a possibility now.”

The Sixers really have a possibility though there’s another probable trade aim that could give them even some-more of a chance. Washington scoring appurtenance Bradley Beal.

Pie in a sky? Maybe, though a Wizards are prepared to blow it adult after starting a deteriorate 5-11 and have reportedly been revelation teams no one is off limits.

While former No.1 breeze collect Markelle Fultz shouldn’t be created off usually yet, a further of Butler – during age 29 – puts a Sixers in win-now domain and they might no longer have a oppulance of watchful for Fultz to redeem from – or snap out of – a injury/yips that have attacked him of roughly any ability to shoot.

You usually have to demeanour during his playground sophistry act during a giveaway chuck line to see a child has serious, entrenched issues with possibly his physique or mind.

Bradley Beal in movement for Washington Wizards.Source:AFP

Beal does not.

A multi-talented scorer who shoots a 3 during 39 per cent opposite his career, Beal could be a answer to a Sixers’ sharpened woes, holding even some-more vigour of Simmons to take a low shots he clearly does not wish to.

If a Sixers were to have a moment during Beal, Fultz would have to be a pivotal feature.

Beal creates over US$25 million, so a Sixers could make adult a numbers with a likes of Wilson Chandler’s failing $12.8 million contract, along with Fultz’s US$8.3 million, Zhaire Smith’s US$2.6 million and Landry Shamt’ US$1.7 million.

Philadelphia also have a US$2.5 million trade difference after a Dario Saric trade (he and Covington landed in Minnesota in sell for Butler).

The Miami 2021 first-round breeze collect that a Sixers possess is also a trade chip and Aussie Jonah Bolden could also be partial of it.

If they can somehow remonstrate a Wizards to take some arrange of package of a above, a choice of Simmons, Embiid, Butler, Beal and many expected JJ Redick would leave them with a starting 5 good adequate to opposition anyone in a league.

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The temporary back-court multiple of Jerome Randle and Kyle Adnam sparked a Kings to Sunday evening’s abrasive 100-87 better of a Breakers during Qudos Bank Arena.

Called into a starting 5 after two-time NBL MVP Kevin Lisch was a late withdrawal, fill-in playmaker Adnam answered with 14 points, 3 assists and 0 turnovers in 26 minutes.

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Randle was glorious with 24 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds, two-time Olympian Brad Newley (14) had one of his best games of a season, while former NBA star Andrew Bogut worried a Breakers from a start with 17 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks.

Lisch (jaw injury) was complacent after copping an random hit from teammate Dane Pineau on Saturday during training.

Sydney shot during 62 per cent, delighting Kings manager Andrew Gaze.

Andrew Bogut splits a New Zealand Breakers defence.Source:AAP

Jerome Randle put on a uncover in Sydney’s large win.Source:AAP

“That was flattering good. Offensively, we were unequivocally efficient,” he said.

“Our power and a change in what we were doing was unequivocally good and we favourite a eagerness to share a ball.

“It was a reversal to remove Kevin though a beauty of a organisation is people stepping up.

“Kyle was exceptional. It’s his birthday currently and he unequivocally stepped up.”

American centre Shawn Long led a visitors with 25 points and Patrick Richard had 18.

The Kings led during any change and by 19 in a third quarter.

Newley and Randle paced a Kings with a common 15 points in a initial period, while a 213cm Bogut also showed off his crafty flitting with 3 assists.

Kyle Adnam drives by a New Zealand defence.Source:Getty Images

Shawn Long wins a miscarry opposite Andrew Bogut.Source:Getty Images

The Kings took a 24-21 lead into a second entertain with Bogut resolutely on lane for a triple-double, assisting his organisation to a 52-39 half-time lead.

Sydney go to a 5-3 record to stay third on a ladder, while a Breakers dump to 4-5.

“They (Kings) played unusually well,” Breakers manager Kevin Braswell said.

“We gave them a lot of certainty by giving them a lot of lay-ups in a initial quarter.

“We’ve done some strides in a final few weeks though a organisation is new and still removing to know any other.”

The Kings design Lisch behind for Saturday’s highway strife with titleholders Melbourne United. New Zealand are during home on Friday night to ladder leaders Perth.

After Wildcats star Bryce Cotton strike a last-second diversion leader opposite Brisbane in Perth on Friday night, Breakers captain Tom Abercrombie on Sunday night strike a prolonged operation jumpshot with 0.3 seconds left on a time to palm New Zealand a nail-biting 85-84 win.

The Breakers led by 23 points mid by a second entertain and looked home and hosed.

But a Bullets came out with all guns blazing in a third entertain and strike a lead in a failing seconds of a tenure to set-up a nail-biting finish.

A peppery Brisbane outscored a Breakers 23-9 in a third tenure after being prosaic and fumbly in a initial half when a discerning and sharp Breakers shot a lights out on a approach to a 15-point lead during a categorical break.

Brisbane only couldn’t tighten a deal. Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images

The movement ebbed and flowed in a moving and parsimonious fourth entertain and a scores were turn during 82-all with a notation left on a time after an Adam Gibson dilemma three-pointer.

A Tai Wesley giveaway chuck put a visitors in front before Gibson warranted a tainted and quietly slotted his dual giveaway throws to palm Brisbane a advantage.

A scrambled final play saw a round tumble to Abercrombie who nailed a jumpshot.

“It’s tough to swallow being beaten on a buzzer like that. We shielded flattering good that final possession and Tommy only done a shot,’’ Lemanis said.

It’s a Bullets second agonising better of a weekend. Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images

“We are anticipating ourselves in holes early and afterwards we are doing a good pursuit of anticipating a approach to puncture ourselves out.

“We were one shot divided from saying, ‘oh good wasn’t that a good comeback’.

“It’s critical that as a team, as tough as this weekend is, we continue to build and stay certain and grow and learn from mistakes.’’

Breakers import Patrick Richard finished with a game-high 21 points to go with 6 rebounds and 3 assists with Abercrombie adding 15 points and 5 rebounds for a visitors.

Gibson top-scored for Brisbane with 17 points with Reuben Te Rangi and Cam Gliddon adding 14 points apiece.

Gibson pronounced Brisbane roared behind into a compare by personification aggressively though a Bullets were left to lamentation a bad initial half.

The better is a blow to Brisbane’s playoff hopes. Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images

“It’s not rocket science. We came out on a front feet …and that incited a game. It was removing down and unwashed and personification hard,’’ he said.

“It shouldn’t take being down 20 to get to that mindset. It’s one second and we win that diversion like opposite Perth, it’s 6-3 instead of 4-5.

“It’s a matter of dual shots. Everything that leads adult to that things is what’s important.

“The mistakes early in a diversion harm us. We uncover that when we play a right way, we’ll kick anyone.’’

Brisbane started Round 5 in third place after a prop of wins over Adelaide final weekend though a waste to long-lived powerhouses Perth and New Zealand have forsaken them into fifth mark forward of their subsequent assignment opposite reigning champion Melbourne United in Melbourne this Sunday.

Breakers manager Kevin Braswell pronounced Abercrombie delivered after an indifferent start to a season.

“It’s good for him. Tommy’s been adult and down a small bit this season,’’ he said.

“But Tommy’s going to make plays when we need him to.

“Whether it’s a defensive finish or a descent finish – he came adult with a outrageous descent house as good – we suspicion he was good tonight on both ends.

“It’s outrageous for us. The impression building it does when you’re on a highway … we knew this was going to be a tough game.’’

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However, following a team’s win over a Indiana Pacers, a new news entrance out of Houston didn’t demeanour good for a 10-time All Star.

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Sources: Carmelo Anthony isn’t creation a outing to Denver with a Rockets.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) November 12, 2018

Sources: Rockets players and coaches trust that Carmelo Anthony has played his final diversion for a franchise.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) November 12, 2018

Anthony, who was out for a second true diversion Sunday night with an illness, is in his initial deteriorate with a Rockets after one year in Oklahoma City. The New York Times had a sourced news observant Anthony has been told that he will shortly be waived.

ESPN’s stating after in a dusk seemed to endorse that those around a group consider that’s a reality. Well, everybody solely Morey, who responded to a initial report.

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When asked about that news before Monday’s game, Morey said: “that’s inaccurate.”

The Rockets, who reached a Western Conference finals final season, are off to a unsatisfactory 4-7 start, with many outsiders blaming Anthony for a struggles. Morey went on to contend that he wanted to pronounce to reporters in vast partial to urge Anthony.

“It’s astray that there’s all this conjecture on only one person,” Morey said. “I know it he’s apparently a Hall of Famer. But it’s unfair.”

Anthony, who is in his 16th season, has averaged 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds in 10 games with dual starts this season.

When asked if he’s evaluating Anthony’s purpose on a team, Morey pronounced they’re evaluating everybody as they try to get a group on track.

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“I know that we’re articulate about everything,” he said. “We’re a group perplexing to win a championship and we’re 4-7 and we’re not in a good place so we’re looking during everything. We’re looking during all aspects right now.”

He combined that he “would expect” Anthony to play when he’s healthy. Anthony assimilated a Rockets after a scattered deteriorate with a Thunder where he averaged a career-low 16.2 points in 78 starts. Coach Mike D’Antoni laughed off a conjecture that a rumours about Anthony are a daze to his team.

“Our problem is we can’t fire a basketball,” he said. “That’s a interruption … and we’ve got to repair that.”

D’Antoni pronounced Houston’s problems are really not Anthony’s error and concluded with Morey that a outward critique of him has been unfair. “Melo’s been good and he’s finished all we’ve asked,” D’Antoni said.

Morey pronounced that it’s “his job” to figure out how to get a group going, though that he’s seen signs recently that things will shortly spin around.

“I feel like we have been personification improved … though a existence is we’re nowhere nearby where we design to be and we have high expectations and we’re going to hang with those,” Morey said.

Both teams battled defensively, though a sixth-placed Breakers – notwithstanding blank US import Armani Moore to a finger damage – were too clever and too accurate on offence.

In their many unchanging compare of a season, a Kiwis led each quarter, fronted by a twin strike force of Corey Webster – who sunk a game-high 25 points – and Patrick Richard (21).

For a Taipans, indicate ensure Melo Trimble was tireless, top-scoring with 23, though perceived small support with usually former Breakers ensure DJ Newbill (11) and brazen Kuany Kuany (10) reaching double figures.

Cairns now haven’t purebred a win given their first-round 88-70 feat over a Brisbane Bullets.

Mitchell Young of a Taipans is challenged by Majok Majok of a Breakers on Friday night. Picture: AAPSource:AAP

The Breakers, who faded badly in final week’s 92-78 detriment to Perth, started with a hiss and a roar.

Back-to-back 3 pointers from Webster, and another from Richard, non-stop adult a 15-4 lead after 5 minutes.

Shawn Long combined another trey, a Breakers stretching to a 30-18 lead before Trimble strike behind with a 3 right on on a buzzer to cut a home team’s lead to 30-21 during a initial break.

Dexter Kernich-Drew continued a Taipans’ resurgence during a restart, removal another 3 to set a visitors on a run that reduced a Breakers’ advantage to only one hardly 3 mins into a second quarter.

Shea Ili of a Breakers is challenged by Melo Trimble of a Taipans on Friday night.Source:AAP

But while a Breakers offering copiousness of movement on offence, Cairns relied heavily on Melo Trimble and former Breakers swingman DJ Newbill, and a Kiwis capitalised to take a 57-45 lead into halftime.

The New Zealanders dominated a third quarter, outscoring a Taipans 25-12 to lead 82-57 during a final break, and nonetheless Cairns edged a final spell 24-22, a final outcome was never in doubt.

NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS 104 (C Webster 24 P Richard 23 S Long 12) CAIRNS TAIPANS 81 (R Trimble 22 D Newbill 13 R Loe 13) during Spark Arena