The Breakers beat the Cairns Taipans 77-57 at the pre-season game in Ipswich near Brisbane last night.

The New Zealand Breakers relied on their imports to make it two from two in the Australian NBL pre-season with a 75-74 victory over the Wollongong Hawks in a near full TECT Arena at Mount Maunganui last night.

The Tall Blacks will have to win through a tough repechage tournament in London if they are to play the Olympics after losing the Oceania Championship Series in Brisbane.

The Tall Blacks face an uphill task if they are to earn automatic qualification to the London Olympics after losing to Australia in the first of a three-game series last night.