The Breakers overcame an all-in brawl and a Gold Coast side that at one stage couldn't miss to register their league-leading eighth win on the North Shore tonight.
The 106-85 victory kept the 8-3 Breakers on top of the Australian NBL and further cooled off an in-form Blaze side which fell to 4-5.
The Blaze shot the lights out of the North Shore Events Centre in the first quarter and, once the Breakers began their now-familiar rally in the middle quarters, the game looked like it could be a straight shootout in a similar vein to last week's double-overtime win.
But the home side showed their championship form to keep control of the game from the third quarter onward, securing a comfortable 21-point victory.
The win was aided by forward Mika Vukona becoming the first Breaker in club history to register 1000 points and 1000 rebounds, finishing the game with 21 points and 11 boards.
Also of assistance was a career-high 18 points from centre Alex Pledger, while last week's ANBL player of the week Tom Abercrombie finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Vukona, who played for the Blaze in the 2009-10 season, came out fired up to take on his former team, notching an early five offensive boards and six points.
But, from there, the first quarter belonged strictly to Gold Coast. They simply weren't missing their shots, led by guard James Harvey who scored 12 points in the first seven minutes.
The Blaze's efficiency enabled them to go on a 11-0 run and gave them an early 27-16 lead, helped by a shooting percentage that consistently hovered in the high 60s and a perfect four-from-four from deep.
Harvey dropped in his third three straight after the break but that was the last shot he took in the first half. It was no coincidence that the Blaze's red-hot shooting began to cool at this point, and the Breakers took advantage of their woes.
When Anthony Petrie missed a three - just the Blaze's second miss in nine attempts from deep - Daryl Corletto spotted up in the corner and hit a three of his own to put the home side in front, a lead they stretched to 58-50 at the half.
The battle at point guard between Cedric Jackson and Adris DeLeon, who overcame a thigh injury to start, proved an fascinating one, with DeLeon seeming to bring out Jackson's competitive fire.
That was illustrated halfway through the third quarter when, with the Breakers holding a 15-point lead and threatening to run away with it, the game sparked to life.
The incendiary moment came when Jackson was tripped while hustling for a loose ball. The American guard reacted by throwing the ball at a Blaze player, which earned him a technical foul and kicked off an all-in melee, during which the Breakers' Leon Henry and Petrie for the Blaze were ejected from the game.
But the Breakers didn't appear rattled from the break, systematically keeping their lead north of 10 points and taking a 82-71 lead into the final period.
And it was more of the same in the fourth, with the Breakers' lead never falling below 11, making for a relatively cruisy conclusion to a hectic night at the NSEC.
Breakers 106 (Vukona 21, Pledger 18, Abercrombie 18) Gold Coast 85 (Harvey 19, Hudson 19, DeLeon 15) HT: 58-50
