After a back-and-forth affair, Jordair Jett went to the line with 30 seconds remaining and the score at 84-82 but missed both free-throws. Adam Gibson made them pay at the other end, going two of two to level up with nine seconds left.

Todd Blanchfield's attempted match-winner from close range rimmed out before a misdirected inbound pass from AJ Ogilvy blew their last shot at victory with two seconds left.

Cam Gliddon missed his attempt at a last-gasp win, but Lamar Patterson's consecutive threes to start then overtime period made it good night.

It saw the Bullets out-score the Hawks 14-3 in overtime to snap a four-game losing streak and keep their finals hopes alive at the expense of the Hawks’. 

Rob Beveridge's men were dealt a blow before even stepping on the floor after Adelaide outlasted the Breakers in New Zealand to go 14-12. 

The Hawks will now play their remaining two games against the now vanquished Breakers for pride in their final outings of the season.

MVP candidate Patterson was the destroyer with 24 points, seven rebounds and four assists, while Matt Hodsgon had 14 points and eight boards and Gibson finished with 14 points.

Coming of age performances from rookies Daniel Grida, who had a career-high 13 points, and Emmett Naar [11 points] weren't enough for the visitors.

Jett led Hawks scorers with 16 points but would love to have his final two attempts over again in what was a heartbreaking finish.

Cameron Bairstow had eight of his 10 points in the opening quarter, while Cedric Jackson had five and Brian Conklin added six.

Jett chimed in from the bench with six before Patterson steadied with four as the hosts led by five at quarter-time. 

Grida had an explosive 10-point run, including two triplesn that forced Andrej Lemanis into a timeout as the Hawks grabbed a 10-point buffer.

The Bullets scored eight straight out of the break, punctuated by a three from Patterson, with a tip-in from Hodgson on the buzzer cutting the deficit to just one at halftime.

Patterson dropped the first bomb of the third term, re-taking a one-point lead for the hosts. He added another from the line with an and-one from Jason Cadee opening up a five-point gap.

Patterson and Grida traded threes and another from Gibson kept the lead at five. It was out to eight when Cadee doubled down from the perimeter but Anderen pegged it back to two with his own triple a minute later.

Tim Coenraad also nailed a triple but Bairstow had the last say of the quarter with a runner to take a four-point lead into the final change.

Gliddon opened the term with a three but Naar responded with back to back triples to cut the margin back to three.  Reuben Te Rangi's first three with just under four minutes looked a dagger, taking a six-point lead.

Jett and Jackson had easy buckets straight out of a timeout to bring the margin back to two, with the latter leveling up at 82 apiece with 90 seconds left. It brought them close enough before their wobbles cost them down the stretch.