A swarming South East Melbourne have suffocated Brisbane in a dominant 109-86 NBL win.

Phoenix stormed clear with a dominant 37-point third quarter, but there were red flags from the opening minutes when the visitors shot to a 12-1 lead at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Saturday.

Not even the loss of import forward and defensive benchmark John Brown, early in the third quarter after his second technical foul, could interrupt Phoenix's clamp-down efforts.

Victory improved Josh King's defensive powerhouse to 5-2 and third in the live standings, while Stu Lash's men are 3-6 in the coach's rookie season.

The Bullets, fresh off a rousing victory over the New Zealand Breakers on Thursday, had four turnovers before their first field goal and it took nearly three full quarters to registe

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