"It's something that we're priding ourselves in," coach Dean Vickerman said of the streak. "There's no other team in the league with that unbeaten record right now and we just want to see how far we can take it.
"We know if we can keep it going for a long time, that's going to put us in a good place at the end of the season."
Sydney would have expected the Breakers fight awfully hard to protect that streak, but the Kings were powerless to do anything about it. The visitors had used up much of their reserves in the opening half, giving the Breakers a bigger scare than perhaps anyone had predicted.
Given the Kings (3-11) are in last and have the worst defence in the competition, a clash with the team boasting the best defensive unit should have been one-sided. But a strangely flat first half saw the Breakers trail for all but the opening seconds and it took until the third quarter before the hosts managed to resemble defending champions.
"I thought we were pretty sluggish in the first half and, obviously, that was the way they wanted the game," Vickerman said. "What we did a better job of in the second half was just trying to generate more pace and play a little faster, and that didn't allow them enough time to go and set their defence."
That change was keyed by double-doubles from a couple of leaders, with Mika Vukona (18 points, 11 rebounds) continuing his resurgent season after an injury-plagued opening half and Cedric Jackson (17 points, 11 assists) as electric as ever while running the show.
That pair helped account for an off night from Corey Webster, with the league-leading scorer struggling to a three-of-18 shooting line, while Tai Wesley scored 11 points in his return from illness.
Wesley's presence enabled Dean Vickerman the use of his full squad for virtually the first time all season, but the Breakers began the game looking under-manned and over-matched.
They looked flat and lacked fluency on the offensive end, missing enough shots to allow Sydney to streak ahead by eight heading into halftime.
But the home side finally found another lead midway through the third and slowly but surely edged away, allowing 17-year-old Tai Wynyard some court time in his last game before heading to the University of Kentucky.
Breakers 96 (Vukona 18, Cedric Jackson 17, Charles Jackson 14)
Kings 84 (Cadee 19, Thornton 17, Khazzouh 15)
HT: 37-45
