Le'afa's Kings look to build on form against Phoenix

The Sydney Kings will look to keep their perfect pre-season record intact on Wednesday night when they take on the South East Melbourne Phoenix, in their second game of the NBL25 Blitz.

The Hoops Capital side head into the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre fixture off the back of pair a trial game victories against New Zealand and Monday's defeat of Cairns.

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One of the stars of the latter result was Tall Black international Izayah Lea'afa, who hit seven triples on his way to 21 points.

"[Monday] was a good first hit-out for us at the Blitz," said Le'afa, who credits the whole club for being so welcoming since he signed with Sydney.

"Apart from the two games against New Zealand, all we've been doing is practising, so it was good to see how connected we all were on both ends.

"Games like this are always great opportunities for us to grow as a group and we'll look to build on this as the week progresses."

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As Le'afa touched on, the harbour city side's next chance to build for NBL25 comes on Wednesday when they battle the Phoenix - a team full of former Kings including Jordi Hunter, Angus Glover, Derrick Walton Jr and Tom Vodanovich.

"The Phoenix are a tough team, with a lot of ex Sydney players, so it will be a good match-up and battle for us," he said.

"We know they'll come to play, with the experience they have in their line-up - it's going to be an exicintg match."

The game tips off at 7.30pm AEST on Kayo Sports.