Buzzer-beater from Kevin Dillard gets the win against a Bullets side who led for the whole match16/1/2017 The New Zealand Breakers win their second match in a row in nail biting fashion, led by their new import point guard Kevin Dillard and their kia kaha attitude till the finish. It was an unexpected win, with the Breakers falling short throughout the match which would soon turn out to be heartbreak for Brisbane who have also had their fair share of injuries. With only 1 second left on the clock, Dillard shot a turn-around fade-away jumper which got the whole bench off their feet, scrambling onto the court to celebrate. It came off a turnover in the last 20 seconds. You felt for the Brisbane outfit who, despite the loss of veteran Adam Gibson, came out firing and really put the Breakers to the test, leading in every quarter. Club legends - Leroy Loggins, Carl Bruton, Sam Mackinnon and coach Brian Kerle were at the game for this heritage round and would've been proud of what the bullets had done in those first three quarters. Dillard was the standout for the night top scoring all players with 28 points, 5 assists, and 4 rebounds. "Games like that, it just shows you that you can win tough games on the road and that's big and hopefully this is something we can build on," Dillard said in a post match interview. "We showed a lot of fight and a lot of resilience but we fought to the last minute, the last second." Andrej Lemanis the coach of the Bullets was disappointed in the loss from his team who couldn't finish the match in the dying minutes. "We just have to learn and get smarter down the stretch," he said."You want to talk about a lot of the good stuff, because so much good stuff happened, but it's hard to do that because you're so heart broken by the loss." The Brisbane Bullets now face the top of the ladder Adelaide 36ers on Thursday night and the New Zealand Breakers stay on the road , going to the Win Entertainment Centre to play the Illawarra Hawks.
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