The New Zealand Breakers are confident they can continue to gain momentum in the Australian National Basketball League despite losing the swingman Tom Abercrombie to injury.
Abercrombie is seeing a specialist for full diagnosis on a quad injury suffered in the pre-game shootaround before Friday's win over Melbourne, but it's expected he'll miss at least the next two games.
Reuben Te Rangi will replace him as a starter, while Duane Bailey's set to get more minutes off the bench and the coach Dean Vickerman says they've already proved they can survive without Abercrombie.
The league-leading Breakers play the Sydney Kings in Auckland on Friday night.