Pre season favourites the New Zealand Breakers opened the season with a comprehensive 95-75 thrashing of the Cairns Taipans.
The area behind the three point arc proved to be the proverbial "land of plenty" indeed or maybe the "land of Penny and Bruton" as Kirk Penny connected on 8 of 11 shots from long range on his way to a team high 32 points and C.J. Bruton put in a near perfect 8 from 9 three pointers in scoring 28 points for the match. Overall the New Zealand out fit shot an amazing 58% from deep.
The Breakers ran into early foul trouble on their way to a narrow 22-18 quarter time lead but steadily pulled away from there.
In the end Cairns shot a paltry 39 percent from the field and from three point land while New Zealand shot 53% from the field in addition to their scorching outside total.
In support of the Penny/Bruton show, Thomas Abercrombie chipped in with 11 points. Dillon Boucher was a solid if not spectacular contributor with 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Former Breaker Phil Jones led the Snakes with 24 points while Julien mills chipped in with 16 points/6rebounds and Richard Melzer added 12.
Cairns returns home to face the Adelaide 36ers on Saturday night with hopes for a better result.
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