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Live sport on SN this weekendResilient Breakers edge Bullets in overtime thriller
Steve Barrett, AAP •  November 13th, 2026 11:30 pm
Dejan Vasiljevic has scored more than a third of the Breakers' points in an OT win over Brisbane | Photo: Martin Keep/AAP
New Zealand have shown there is life after Parker Jackson-Cartwright, snapping a five-game NBL losing streak with a gripping 94-90 overtime win over Brisbane.
Dejan Vasiljevic scored 36 points at Auckland's Spark Arena on Friday night, while Carlin Davison, stepping into superstar Jackson-Cartwright's shoes as point guard, compiled a 19-point, 13-assist, 12-rebound triple-double.
After Taine Murray's three put Brisbane back in front 79-78 late in the fourth quarter, Vasiljevic squared it from the foul line, before Davison forced the extension with a steal off Raul Neto in the dying stages of regulation.
Neto's three with 12.9 seconds left in overtime trimmed NZ's lead to 92-90, but the Bullets left it too late to foul Vasiljevic, who knocked down two free throws to seal it.
"I thought we showed really good resilience," Breakers coach Gordon Herbert said after his side jumped from last to eighth place on the ladder.
"We never gave up. We kept coming back."
Tyrell Harrison scored 22 points, including six dunks, for Brisbane, Neto posted 22 points and 10 assists and Nate Hinton paired 18 points with 14 boards.
Jackson-Cartwright, who will miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his tibia, is set to be replaced by recently axed South East Melbourne import Skylar Mays.
Hinton and Neto picked holes in the Breakers' threadbare defence as Brisbane strolled to a 24-14 quarter-time buffer.
The Bullets scored 14 unanswered points either side of the first break, their lead increasing to 26-14, before NZ rallied.
The Breakers hit the front 40-38, before Harrison's slam on halftime levelled the scores.
The pulsating third term featured 10 lead changes and ended with Brisbane up 62-60.
Harrison provided the highlight of the quarter, catching a lob from Neto and throwing down a dunk on Davison.
Bullets import Jaylin Williams produced an even bigger slam early in the fourth, a contender for dunk of the season.
Williams launched, switched the ball into his non-preferred right hand mid-air and put 211cm NZ centre Charles Bediako on a poster with authority.
Williams' effort sparked a 10-0 Brisbane run, stretching their cushion to 72-63, before Davison and Vasiljevic hit back to give the Breakers the edge.
"It was one of those games with two teams both battling it out," Hinton said.
"Sometimes it goes your way, sometimes it doesn't.
"They made big plays down the stretch. We tip our hats off to them."
