Bruton hardly made a bucket until that final quarter, when he lashed in three consecutive threes to put the match to bed.
Breakers' fans getting their first live peek at new American point guard Cedric Jackson would have liked what they saw. Jackson showed off his stellar defensive game and incredible speed of both foot and hand, notching six steals and menacing the Kings' ball handling throughout.
The American didn't exactly light up the scoreboard, ending with just seven points, but he padded his stats sheet with six assists - one of them a mesmeric pass to Mika Vukona - and five rebounds.
The opening quarter was very much a coming out party for Jackson and fellow new recruit Darryl Corletto.
Jackson's first touch in front of his new home crowd was a slick steal followed by a simple lay-up. He added another two steals and three more points in quick succession to dominate proceedings.
Corletto then suggested he will also be a welcome acquisition from the Melbourne Tigers, notching seven first quarter points and showing some classy touches as the Breakers eased to a 20-8 quarter time lead.
There was little about the Kings to suggest they could overturn the 37-point drubbing they received when these sides last met in Sydney three weeks ago. But a flat patch on offence by the Breakers saw the visitors close to within two points late in the second quarter. An 8-2 run to close the quarter meant the Breakers were comfortably ahead at halftime, but they should have been out of sight.
A 0-8 effort from beyond the arc was a stark reminder the days of the Kirk Penney-inspired three-point scoring barrages are over.
The Breakers were lucky the Kings fared little better from distance, with the visitors landing just one of their nine attempts.
Their domination of the boards allowed the Breakers to put up 10 more shots in the half, an advantage they turned into a handy eight-point buffer only after Gary Wilkinson took the margin of error out of play with a couple of hefty dunks.
The big American then connected with the team's first three to kickstart a second half that began with Tom Abercrombie picking up a fourth personal foul that forced him to the bench almost immediately.
Corletto also landed a three but the Kings refused to be shaken off easily, keeping the deficit to single figures and occasionally pulling within a score.
BJ Anthony missed a pair of free throws but the ball fell kindly to Bruton, with the Australian veteran landing just his second field goal of the night to stretch the lead to 10 for the first time since the opening quarter.
A botched dunk by Alex Pledger meant the margin stayed at 10 heading into the final quarter but Bruton then caught fire to extinguish the Kings' rapidly fading hopes.
