The Sydney Kings have trampled over West Sydney 112-85 to claim their third successive NBL minor premiership at the State Sports Centre.

Sydney led from the opening whistle to be 52-45 ahead at halftime and continued the hit and run tactics to bypass the preliminary playoffs and move directly into the semi-finals.

West Sydney was weakened by the last minute withdrawal of power forward Simon Dwight who suffered blurred vision from a scratched eyeball against Hunter on Friday night.

But the Kings still have plenty of work ahead if they want to become the first team to win three titles in succession.

Coach Brian Goorjian will need to find answers for terrible shooting from the free throw line and the number of fouls conceded.

Neither team was confident with free throws, Sydney converting only three from 11 in the first half and West Sydney 13 from 22.

Despite these problems the Kings never looked like losing, shooting away to a 9-0 opening lead and extending the advantage to 22 midway through the third quarter.

"We've proved ourselves. We were bad last night but played with intensity tonight despite being under more pressure," Goorjian said.

"Whatever comes our way in the semi-finals we'll be ready. The players will have 48 hours off to relax and it will be back to training on Tuesday.

"We were in this situation last year and we're now better at handling it but it is still a challenge."

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