They looked lacklustre in their 73-58 defeat in Perth last weekend, which brought to an end their 16-game winning streak, but they are a confident outfit who expect to win if they play well.
Sydney will fancy their chances against the Breakers in the three-game series. They beat them in one of their four games this season and lost two others narrowly, including one when Mika Vukona nailed a three-pointer on the buzzer.
It is the first time the Kings have reached the playoffs since re-entering the league in 2010 and the winners of the series will take on either Perth or Wollongong in the grand final series.
The have some firepower in Ben Madgen, recently judged the league's most improved player, as well as Darnell Lazare, Ian Crosswhite and Aaron Bruce, who landed two three-pointers down the stretch against Townsville that helped secure their playoffs spot.
"We feel very confident against New Zealand,'' Madgen told the club's website. "We've matched up well against them all year.
"We really don't care what anyone else thinks because most people picked us to finish at the bottom at the start of the year anyway. We've already proved a lot of people wrong and I think this team plays its best when everybody writes us off.''
Most, of course, expect the Breakers to win and deliver a three-peat and that's just another thing they need to contend with.
