Taipans 逮捕する 決定的な NBL 勝利，勝つ over Breakers
The Cairns Taipans have 記録，記録的な／記録するd a nail-biting 85-83 勝利，勝つ over fellow 決勝戦 希望に満ちたs New Zealand Breakers to の近くに in on an NBL play-offs 位置／汚点／見つけ出す while stretching their winning streak to six games.
As the season reaches its pointy end, the second-placed Taipans are three 勝利，勝つs ahead of the third-placed Breakers, who have played one いっそう少なく game.
Barring losses to lowly Brisbane and Adelaide, Cairns should lock up second 位置／汚点／見つけ出す and a ticket to the 半分-決勝戦, capping off a remarkable 復帰 from two years in the doldrums.
The Breakers have won two of their past eight games and 猛烈に need to find some form if they're to snatch second 位置／汚点／見つけ出す and 避ける the play-in tournament 器具／実施するd as part of the NBL's new 決勝戦 structure.
The Taipans opened up a 衝撃を和らげるもの on either 味方する of ４半期/4分の1-time that they did not 降伏する for the 残りの人，物 of Sunday's game in Auckland, にもかかわらず stiff 抵抗 from New Zealand's Will McDowell-White, who had a season-high 29 points while making seven from 10 three-point 試みる／企てるs.
Cairns big man Keanu Pinder 行方不明になるd his sixth straight game with an ankle 傷害 but the Taipans did not want for size nor 得点する／非難する／２０ing 選択s, as captain Tahjere McCall, DJ Hogg and Bul Kuol all stood up with 18 points each.
The Breakers were 傾向がある to turnovers 早期に and struggled from 深い, hitting only six of 17 first-half 試みる／企てるs, but McDowell-White 攻撃する，衝突する two three-pointers in the minute before halftime to の近くに the gap to eight points at the main change.
McDowell-White and Jarrell Brantley 与える／捧げるd 30 of the Breakers' 40 first-half points, with their チーム仲間s chipping in only four field goals between them for the half.
McDowell-White went 負かす／撃墜する with what looked to be an ankle 傷害 just after halftime but managed to return to the contest, as チーム仲間s Tom Abercrombie and Izayah Le'Afa also appeared to be playing through niggles.
Adam Forde （法廷の）裁判d 輸入するs Shannon Scott and McCall when they clocked up their fourth personal fouls in the third ４半期/4分の1.
McDowell-White and Brantley helped the Breakers catch up and 負かす／撃墜する two points in the final five seconds, the home 味方する had one last chance to take the lead for the first time since the first ４半期/4分の1.
But Abercromie's three-point 試みる／企てる bounced off the 縁 and the Taipans held on for a 決定的な victory.
