2013–14 New Zealand Breakers season

May 2016 May 2016 2013–14 New Zealand Breakers #000000 #00BFFF #FFFFFF 11 17 Dean Vickerman Mika Vukona Vector ArenaNorth Shore Events Centre 7th Did not qualify 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 NBL season was the 11th season of the New Zealand Breakers in the NBL. Winning the 2012–13 season, they were the defending champions for the third season in a row.New Zealand win historic third consecutive NBL Championship https://web.archive.org/web/20130413121846/http://www.nbl.com.au/article/id/1cuc7h5iib16q15cf73ifumnou 13 April 2013 Despite success in the previous three seasons, the departure of coach Andrej Lemanis during the off-season,New Breakers coach undaunted by top role coupled with the loss of key players, the Breakers failed to return to the playoffs, staying mid-table for most of the season and finishing in seventh of eight teams. Pre-season Date Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance 10 September 2013 New Zealand Breakers 80-83 Melbourne Tigers CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch 6,400 12 September 2013 New Zealand Breakers 76-94 Melbourne Tigers TSB Bank Arena, Wellington 3,200 20 September 2013 New Zealand Breakers 64-91 Perth Wildcats Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney Unknown 21 September 2013 Sydney Kings 97-93 New Zealand Breakers Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney Unknown 29 September 2013 New Zealand Breakers 114-93 Dongguan Leopards TSB Stadium, New Plymouth 2,264 1 October 2013 New Zealand Breakers 82-81 Dongguan Leopards Claudelands Arena, Hamilton 3,014 3 October 2013 New Zealand Breakers 86-80 Dongguan Leopards Vector Arena, Auckland 7,011 Regular season Round Date Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance 1 10 October 2013 New Zealand Breakers 92-73 Wollongong Hawks Vector Arena, Auckland 6,087 2 18 October 2013 Townsville Crocodiles 94-84 New Zealand Breakers Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville 2,905 19 October 2013 Cairns Taipans 86-85 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns 4,747 3 24 October 2013 New Zealand Breakers 89-96 Perth Wildcats North Shore Events Centre, Auckland 3,460 4 31 October 2013 New Zealand Breakers 93-96 Adelaide 36ers North Shore Events Centre, Auckland 3,175 3 November 2013 Wollongong Hawks 89-97 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong 2,132 5 8 November 2013 Townsville Crocodiles 91-78 New Zealand Breakers Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville 3,170 6 15 November 2013 New Zealand Breakers 94-95 Adelaide 36ers Vector Arena, Auckland 7,470 7 22 November 2013 New Zealand Breakers 81-74 Townsville Crocodiles North Shore Events Centre, Auckland 3,405 8 28 November 2013 New Zealand Breakers 84-74 Melbourne Tigers North Shore Events Centre, Auckland 3,211 9 6 December 2013 Perth Wildcats 95-91 New Zealand Breakers Perth Arena, Perth 11,373 8 December 2013 Melbourne Tigers 84-82 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne 3,500 10 13 December 2013 New Zealand Breakers 62-71 Perth Wildcats Vector Arena, Auckland 7,597 11 29 December 2013 Sydney Kings 83-99 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney 5,655 12 4 January 2014 Adelaide 36ers 99-73 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena, Adelaide 6,676 13 10 January 2014 Melbourne Tigers 87-93 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne 3,500 14 17 January 2014 Perth Wildcats 95-73 New Zealand Breakers Perth Arena, Perth 13,206 15 23 January 2014 New Zealand Breakers 106-101 Wollongong Hawks North Shore Events Centre, Auckland 3,526 16 30 January 2014 New Zealand Breakers 105-87 Sydney Kings Vector Arena, Auckland 6,052 17 8 February 2014 Sydney Kings 98-96 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney 4,736 18 14 February 2014 New Zealand Breakers 96-78 Cairns Taipans Vector Arena, Auckland 6,442 19 21 February 2014 Wollongong Hawks 88-68 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong 2,444 23 February 2014 Adelaide 36ers 96-92 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena, Adelaide 6,011 20 27 February 2014 New Zealand Breakers 102-99 Townsville Crocodiles North Shore Events Centre, Auckland 3,315 1 March 2014 Cairns Taipans 92-87 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns 3,823 21 7 March 2014 New Zealand Breakers 84-97 Melbourne Tigers Vector Arena, Auckland 6,808 22 13 March 2014 New Zealand Breakers 106-78 Sydney Kings North Shore Events Centre, Auckland 3,279 23 21 March 2014 New Zealand Breakers 83-95 Cairns Taipans Vector Arena, Auckland 7,947 Finals Despite winning the previous three championships and having the fourth best points percentage in the competition, the Breakers failed to make the Playoffs for the first time since 2010. References Category:2013–14 NBL season by team 2013-14 Breakers Breakers