The victory meant the Breakers have now followed their last three losses with wins and saw the Kiwi club kick-start a two-game festive road trip ahead of their New Year's Eve trip to Cairns.
While such scheduling always proves testing for the players' mindsets, there were rarely any signs of distraction in the minds of Webster and co today. It's been four years since the Breakers suffered defeat in the festive season and, in truth, that was never likely to change against the lowly Kings.
Not only are Sydney in last spot, not only have the Breakers now won all four meetings between the teams by double figures, but the Kings were so injury-hit they were forced to suit up their assistant coach. Ben Knight took the court for the first time since 2011, making his 400th career appearance after an injury-enforced early retirement, but that was about the only highlight for the home side.
The Breakers enjoyed a fair few more, with Webster once again leading the way. The league's leading scorer recorded his second-highest total of the campaign, shooting 50 per cent from the floor and, equally impressively, going 10-of-10 from the free throw line.
That's one area in which Vickerman's men have struggled this season but, as a team, they enjoyed a 19-of-21 line. They also dominated on the boards - meeting their coach's mandate to win the rebounding battle by 10 - and would have relished the valuable contributions they received throughout the squad.
Tom Abercrombie added 14 points and Tai Wesley chipped in with 11, while Alex Pledger (eight points, 10 rebounds) produced a nice performance off the bench. Perhaps the only concern was another underwhelming outing from Cedric Jackson, with the pivotal guard recording more turnovers (six) than points (four).
The Breakers' ball-handling, a problem plaguing them all season, was again poor in a scrappy opening period, with seven turnovers helping the hosts jump out to an early lead. While 16 points in the quarter would have been a disappointing return against the worst defence in the competition, the visitors soon found their fluency at the offensive end.
A lift in tempo and six straight points from Webster saw the Breakers ahead by seven midway through the second and, while Sydney showed resiliency to pull level at the major break, a huge third quarter soon proved the winning of the contest.
The Breakers enjoyed a 32-18 advantage in the period as Webster took over, holding a 14-point advantage heading into the fourth. And, although Sydney showed some late signs of life, the shooting guard ensured the Breakers rediscovered their winning touch.
Kings 83 (Garlepp 25, Cadee 14, Carter 14)
Breakers 93 (Webster 38, Abercrombie 14, Wesley 11)
HT: 38-38
