No matter who they come up against, the Breakers just keep finding ways to win.

The Auckland franchise emerged triumphant in Thursday night's top of the table clash at Spark Arena, holding out the defending champion Perth Wildcats 88-84 for a seventh consecutive victory to solidify first place in the NBL. For Perth, it was their eighth-straight away defeat to the Breakers to continue a miserable run in Auckland, where they have not won in almost four years.