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Kiwi Steven Adams continues to make a positive contribution for the Oklahoma City Thunder in their NBA pre-season campaign. After going for seven points and six rebounds in an eye-catching first-up effort against Turkish club Fenerbahce, the 19-year-old rookie continued his progress in the Thunder's second hitout against the Philadelphia 76ers in Manchester, England, today.

The Breakers have confirmed they will honour both last year's championship and the retirement of foundation player Dillon Boucher before Thursday night's NBL season opener at Vector Arena.

Their starting five will want to improve, but the NZ Breakers bench offered promising signs in Hamilton last night. The three-times reigning Australian National Basketball League champions snatched an 82-81 win over the Dongguan Leopards at Claudelands Arena, with the winning point coming courtesy of a free-throw made by import Kerron Johnson with 1.5 seconds left.

Today was the first day of the New Zealand National Secondary School Championships which are held in Palmerston North.

Far from star-struck, Steven Adams is embracing the daily grind of an NBA player as he aims to make an immediate impact in his rookie season.

Corey Webster and Casey Frank had big games in the Tall Black 11 point loss to the Boomers.

The Oklahoma City Thunder clearly have big plans for their Kiwi rookie Steven Adams, making him one of the highest paid athletes in New Zealand sport.

Wellington Saints Basketball is searching for expressions of interest for three job positions for the 2014 Bartercard National Basketball League season to join their winning culture.

Guard Corey Webster led the Tall Blacks with 16 points as they ended their eight-game China tour with an 83-70 win over the local Liaoning club side at Zhongshan on China's south coast. A pair of three-pointers from Webster late in the third quarter helped prise the Kiwis from their rivals' grasp, after they had seen a 13-point lead dwindle to just two soon after halftime.

With Dwight Howard gone and Kobe Bryant injured, Pau Gasol is eager to reassert himself as a leader of the Los Angeles Lakers. Gasol said that he wants, knees allowing, to be the dominant player of old who helped Bryant and Co. win back-to-back NBA titles in 2009 and 2010.

Same scoreline, different result for the Tall Blacks. Skipper Mika Vukona slotted a free throw in the dying seconds as New Zealand edged Cameroon 63-62 in China last night. It was the same score as two days earlier, when China pipped the Kiwis on the final buzzer, but this time the basketball gods were smiling at them as Vukona nailed one of two free-throw attempts with seconds remaining to secure the win in Shenzhen.

Nenad Vucinic's young Tall Blacks team got a tough introduction to international basketball, falling 79-67 to China in Yinchuan, northern China.