How to watch & talking points: New Zealand v Perth

28 Dec 2025

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Historical rivals, New Zealand and Perth, lock horns at Spark Arena during an exciting Sunday afternoon hoops matchup.

New Zealand Breakers (7th) v Perth Wildcats (5th)
Sunday, January 4, 2.30pm AEDT
Spark Arena

How to watch‍

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Tickets

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What they're saying

Breakers coach Petteri Koponen on his team's growth in NBL26:
“It’s basketball and sometimes you shoot the ball better, sometimes not, but we didn’t let that affect us and that [growth] is what I'm really proud of.

“We’ve had moments during the year where if the offence isn’t going our way, we collapse as a team. But I didn’t see that [in our recent win over Tasmania]. Everybody who stepped on the floor found a way in the end, even when it wasn’t pretty.

“Defensively we were always there and everybody was connected, talking and playing with physicality, and that's the key.

“Those are the winning things and obviously offensively we can be much better and that also gives us that upside. When we can hit our shots and get to the free-throw line, we showed that we can keep playing and I’m really proud of the character that we showed.”

Wildcats guard Ben Henshall on filling the void left by injured import David Duke Jr:
“It sucks that a guy like Dave goes down.

"He’s a great person and is a big part of our team, but it's room for other guys to step up.

"Whoever it is whether it’s me, Pep or Jaron, we’re all ready to fill that role.”