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United States Basketball: NZ Breakers must find fast fix for 'putrid' shooting, says ...
Breakers guard Will McDowell-White in action during game two. Credits: Image - Getty Images, video - Newshub
NZ Breakers' woeful shooting display in game two of the Australian NBL finals as "putrid" by former player turned commentator Casey Frank.
The Sydney Kings have leveled the NBL finals series at one win apiece, after beating the Breakers 81-74 at Spark Arena on Sunday.
With a success rate of just 36 percent from the field, the home side were well below their best, leaving them searching for answers before game three back in Sydney on Friday.
"That kind of shooting from all aspects was pretty putrid," Frank told Newshub. "You don't want that stink to follow you across the Tasman."
The Breakers needed almost five minutes to score their first points of the contest. They only managed a total of nine in the first quarter, then just 11 in the third.
Frank believes Sydney's change in their defensive scheme - moving from man-to-man to zone - helped shut the hosts down, an adjustment made primarily due to the early loss of stars Xavier Cooks and Derrick Walton Jr due to injury.
But Frank - who spent three separate seasons with the Breakers during his long career - is confident coach Mody Maor will find a solution.
"When defenses get that aggressive with you, I think there's a really good opportunity for some counters in the back door, high post flashes," he noted.
"You have to find a way to use that aggressiveness against the defence."
The Kings' MVP superstar Cook's participation in the remainder of the finals series now seems even more uncertain, after the Australian signed on with Washington Wizards for the rest of the NBA season - development that could bode well for the Breakers.
"He's got to be at least a little bit trepidatious to injure himself any further," Frank added.
"You have to think that he'd be looking at making sure his body is going to be in a place where it can go on to that next stage.
"But that's tough to do when you have a championship lying there [waiting]."
Game three in the best-of-five series tips off at Qudos Bank Arena at 9:30pm (NZ time).
