Perth Wildcats coach Rob Beveridge has challenged his players to redefine themselves as they head into the final stretch of the season.

With seven games remaining before the play-offs, Beveridge said the Wildcats had reached a "mental hump" in a long and tiring campaign but had to rediscover the style of game that could take them to a second championship in the space of three years.

The Wildcats had a long video review session yesterday following what Beveridge described as their most disappointing defeat of the season, in Cairns last week.

Beveridge questioned his players' commitment to the game plan and challenged them to prove they had what it takes to reach the top again.

"Every team has a style of game and we've made a decision that we're going to be an up-tempo team," Beveridge said.

"We're going to play pressure basketball, be aggressive defensively, and we didn't do that the other night against Cairns.

"The reason I was so disappointed last week was that it's not often a Wildcats team gets out-worked, out-hustled and out-rebounded. Cairns were more committed.

"Now we are asking: 'who are we as the Perth Wildcats? Are we totally committed?'

"It's all about actions. You can talk about it as much as you like, but unless there's action it doesn't mean anything."

Beveridge stressed his decision to call the players out on their shortcomings had not been an emotional one, but was instead based on factual evidence from their performances.

"I'm trying to keep level-headed and if I can do that I'm in a lot more control as a coach," he said.

The Wildcats will put recent losses to Cairns and New Zealand behind them for the start of the run home, which Beveridge described as a "new season".

It begins against Sydney at Challenge Stadium on Sunday, a game that is followed by a favourable run of four home games in six before the play-offs.

"This is what I call the hump of the season," Beveridge said.

"We've established ourselves in the top four and now it's about trying to establish ourselves in the top two - so this is the start of a new season.

"Last week I was incredibly disappointed with our performance and it's probably a good time to say, 'OK, that was in the past, this is where we have to go in the future'."

The Wildcats will have a light shooting session today as they rest weary bodies before the Sydney game, with more than half of the squad carrying niggling injuries.

Cameron Tovey (hip), Shawn Redhage (ankle), Brad Robbins (wrist), Matt Knight (calf), Drew Williamson (shoulder) and Jesse Wagstaff (shoulder) took injuries into the loss to Cairns, but all trained well during a short and sharp session at the WA Basketball Centre yesterday.

Beveridge will ramp up preparations for Sydney tomorrow but said he would temper the training program in the coming weeks in a bid to have every player in perfect shape for the play-offs.