Schedule › Round 1
New Zealand Breakers @ Brisbane Bullets
Tue 22 Sep, 7:30pm, Pat Rafter Arena. Round 1.
NZ Breakers85
Final
Brisbane88
Drama 61 / 100: how close it finished, overtime and the quality of the teams, without saying who won.
Pre-game prediction
NZ Breakers 95.1 – 88.7 Brisbane
NZ Breakers 68%Brisbane 32%
| Projected margin | NZ Breakers by 6.5 |
| Projected total | 183.8 |
| Expected possessions | 80.7 |
What the model said before tip-off.
Matchup
| NZB | BRI | |
|---|---|---|
| AdjEM | +1.55 | -7.510 |
| Adj. offense | 115.47 | 108.710 |
| Adj. defense | 113.94 | 116.27 |
| Adj. tempo | 79.47 | 80.94 |
| Schedule strength | -2.18 | +0.06 |
| eFG% | 57.2%2 | 50.5%9 |
| Turnover % | 15.9%8 | 16.7%10 |
| Off. rebound % | 31.2%8 | 38.1%1 |
| FT rate | 29.8%4 | 23.0%8 |
| 3PA share | 42.2%6 | 44.4%4 |
Bold is the better of the two. Team pages: New Zealand Breakers, Brisbane Bullets.