West Sydney snapped NBL champions Brisbane's three-game winning streak with a heart stopping 110-105 boilover victory at Sydney Olympic Park.

In a see-sawing match, the Bullets led at the first and third breaks and the Razorbacks by one at the second, while the lead changed five times in the final quarter.

The Razorbacks were led superbly by Matthew Knight who top scored for his side with 22 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, while Darnell Hinson netted 21 points and Liam Rush 18.

For the Bullets, Ebi Ere bagged a game-high 23 points, while CJ Bruton sank 18 and Craig Bradshaw 17.

In a high octane final stanza, it was Julian Khazzouh's clutch free throws with 48 seconds remaining which gave the Pigs their three-point buffer and sent the crowd of 1,557 into raptures.

The second-placed Bullets tried desperately to rein in the deficit but an inconsistent night - which saw them shoot from the field at only 38.7 per cent - cost them against the underdog Sydneysiders.

The home side had looked like being swamped by Brisbane's class early, but showed their fighting qualities in the opening quarter to reduce a 13-point deficit to just three and went to the first break down 34-31.

They took the fight right to the champions in the second term and hit the lead midway through the quarter. When they opened it out to five points a boilover looked like a distinct possibility.

Despite some wayward shooting and fired up big Pig Knight snatching everything off the board in defence, Brisbane hung in and retook the lead at 54-52 with 2:42 on the clock.

But Hinson's 19-point first half was enough to steer his side to a 60-59 halftime lead.

In a third quarter interrupted by a shot-clock malfunction, Ere and Bradshaw began to assert their authority and the Bullets went to the final break up by seven points, 85-78, and looked set to grind out a win.

An emotional Razorbacks coach Rob Beveridge - whose side is now 9-12 for the season - said he had not sensed an upset at all.

"I'm a bit overwhelmed that we actually beat them because they just are a quality team," he told reporters.

"We got ourselves into a hole several times and for us to be able to get out of it, I'm very proud of the guys.

"I think it was just a complete team effort tonight. We've been trying to get all 10 players giving 100 per cent. At time we might have six or seven but tonight I felt that everybody contributed."

Asked if the win had been season-defining, a typically honest Beveridge said: "Don't know. I've got no idea how we're going to come out and play."

The Bullets are now 13-6 and coach Joey Wright said they had not turned up with the attitude required.

"We didn't understand how important this game was and what type of game this was going to be," he said.

"I think I'm more disappointed in the way we played the game, the way we approached the game, than in the actual loss.

"You can understand taking a loss, if someone comes out and they're better than you on the night then that's fine, but if you let them be better than you and I think we gave West Sydney an opportunity because we didn't come out and play with the personality we needed to."

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