The Breakers tonight dealt defending champions Perth a third straight defeat this season, riding a red-hot offence at the NSEC.

It was better for the Breakers to endure such a sloppy night now than next month when a similar performance could see the season end.

The Breakers were tonight blown out by a Kings side scrapping for their playoff lives, with the two teams' respective comfort levels surrounding the postseason reflected on the Vector Arena floor.

He's coming off a triple-double, his parents are in town and he leads the league's best team - life is pretty good for Cedric Jackson.

Cedric Jackson recorded a triple-double to lead the Breakers past Melbourne at Vector Arena this afternoon.

Vukona will today play his 200th consecutive game in the Australian NBL, a streak that will surprise few who have played with or against him.

The Breakers this afternoon repeated their efforts from the NSEC on Thursday night to claim a tight and tough road victory over the last-placed Hawks.

The Breakers were made to work exceptionally hard before beating the last-placed Wollongong Hawks in overtime.

A second straight impressive offensive outing from Tai Wesley ensured the Breakers avoided a holiday hangover in Adelaide today.

The Breakers have followed their worst performance of the season with one of their best to end 2014 on top of the Australian NBL.

The Breakers turned in their worst performance of the campaign, crumbling to an embarrassing defeat in Cairns tonight.

An encouraging victory over Townsville last night completes an eight-day stretch that bodes well for the Breakers' title chances.

An encouraging victory over Townsville tonight completes an eight-day stretch that bodes rather well for the Breakers’ title chances.

The Breakers earned more than a measure of revenge over Melbourne with a gutsy win on the road today.

The scrap between the Breakers and Perth continued after the buzzer on Thursday and it could continue all the way to the playoffs.

The Breakers won a top-of-the-table battle at Vector Arena tonight to take first place away from the Perth Wildcats.

Don't expect too many alley-oops involving Alex Pledger against Sydney tonight.

Smiles were affixed to the faces of most Breakers after extending their winning streak, but Alex Pledger left the court in tears.

The team play of the Breakers outshone the individual efforts of Josh Childress as the Kiwi club grabbed their fifth straight win tonight.

Crowdsourcing has become one of the commercial buzzwords of the internet age, but for many sporting organisations around New Zealand sourcing crowds is of greater importance.

The Breakers are hopeful a couple of young Kiwis will keep them on top of the table while Tom Abercrombie is absent.

The day before the Breakers guard drained six three-pointers in a virtuoso effort that helped his side past Melbourne, Corey Webster made a vow.

Corey Webster had 17 points in the first half before finishing with a career-high 25 to lead the Breakers (8-3) to a big win over Melbourne United (4-5) at Vector Arena tonigh

Melbourne United come to Vector Arena in record-breaking scoring form but the Breakers' offensive threat will be playing with a point to prove.

Ten games into the new campaign and the signs are promising that these are the Breakers of old rather than the impostors who replaced them last season.

After missing 18 of their 19 shots in the third quarter of Friday's win over Wollongong, the Breakers would have been forgiven for being gun shy in the fourth.