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THEY did it. They earnt it. They deserved it. Life doesn't always give you what you deserve but in this instance, Perth Wildcats' seventh NBL Championship was won in style.

Not only did the club finally enjoy some measure of success and satisfaction at putting away long-time nemesis New Zealand, but holding the defending champs to 52 points in the Swisse Grand Final decider was an enormous performance.

That's the lowest score in a grand final game since the league launched in 1979 and only one Breaker, Tom Abercrombie, made it into double figures.

Pretty strong effort.

GREG HIRE'S TEAM SELFIE: Getty Images' Paul Kane caught Greg Hire assembling the champs.

I'd like to say the Breakers were gallant in defeat but the manner in which Cedric Jackson chose to foul out and some of the errors NZ made had all the hallmarks of fatigue, or maybe just having had enough after a gruelling drive just to get this far.

Playing on Wednesday-Friday-Sunday in Perth-Auckland-Perth was a huge challenge and perhaps did not set up the best potential finale to a great season.

Not suggesting the result might have been any different but the game may have had more life.

Remember this (below)?

OUCH! Perth captain Damian Martin surveys the damage from Brian Conklin's errant elbow.

How pleasing is it for any genuine NBL follower - Perth fan or Perth hater - to see Damo not only recover, come back early, but then conclude the season as the Championship captain and Larry Sengstock Medallist?

TRUE CHAMP: Damian Martin, role model and proof you can influence games without scoring.

Martin is a champion.

The Wildcats spent the season's 19 regular season rounds sitting once in third place, in second spot 14 times and in first place four times. 

That's an extremely consistent season - despite some distinct form fluctuations - in anyone's book.

Bear in mind, New Zealand went through a far more turbulent title defence, tumbling as low as eighth on the table at one point.

The Breakers stormed home to make it into the four, demolished Melbourne and had the luxury of waiting on Perth to get past a plucky Illawarra which didn't want to go quietly.

But Perth's depth proved telling. Once it secured Game 1, the Breakers not only had to win at home just to stay alive, but to win in Perth to quieten 13,090 members of the Red Army.

Frankly, that wasn't ever going to happen.

Game 3: PERTH WILDCATS 75 (Prather 19, Beal 14, Martin 10; Knight 11 rebs; Wagstaff 5 assts) d NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS 52 (Abercrombie 21, 3 with 7; Ch Jackson 12 rebs; Webster 4 assts) at The Jungle, Perth Arena. Wildcats win Best-of-3 Swisse Grand Final Series 2-1. Damian Martin wins Larry Sengstock Medal (GF MVP).

Game 2: NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS 72 (Ce Jackson 13, Abercrombie 12, Pledger, Wesley 11, Webster 10; Ce Jackson 9 rebs; Ce Jackson 8 assts) d PERTH WILDCATS 68 (Beal 20, Wagstaff 13, Redhage 9; Knight, Jawai 6 10 rebs; Beal 4 assts) at The Breakhouse, North Shore Events Centre. Best-of-3 Swisse Grand Final Series tied 1-1.

Game 1: PERTH WILDCATS 82 (Jawai 15, Knight 14, Prather, Wagstaff 11; Martin 10 rebs; Martin 5 assts) d NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS 76 (Webster 19, Ce Jackson 14, Ch Jackson, Vukona 11; Ch Jackson 10 rebs; Ce Jackson 4 assts) at The Jungle, Perth Arena. Wildcats lead Best-of-3 Swisse Grand Final Series 1-0.