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Perth have rebounded from a sloppy start to earn an 11-point NBL win over Tasmania, who lost captain Will Magnay to injury.

Magnay left the court in the third quarter at Hobart's MyState Bank Arena on Wednesday night after seemingly hurting his leg.

The Wildcats trailed by 17 points in the first quarter and didn't hit the lead until midway through the third before running out 95-84 victors.

Perth's Jo Lual-Acuil Jr finished with a team-high 23 points as well as six rebounds and teammate Elijah Pepper picked up 19 points.

Lual-Acuil Jr ended the game strongly, capitalising on fellow big man Magnay's absence, while Jaron Rillie scored some clutch points when the game was tight at the death.

Tasmania's American import Bryce Hamilton had 26 points and kept his side in the contest with a number of big plays in the final quarter. 

Perth outpointed Tasmania in the offensive rebound stakes 15-7 for their fifth win of the season, which came off the back of a heartbreaking 85-84 loss to the Illawarra Hawks.

The JackJumpers, now 5-4 for the season, started on fire and opened up a 17-point advantage in the opening quarter before taking a 28-16 lead into the first break.

Tasmania's Majok Deng had a game-high nine points for the quarter off the bench against a Perth outfit that coughed up the ball several times.  

Momentum flipped early in the second, with the Wildcats picking up 11 points in a row to claw back the margin. 

Perth took the lead in third quarter courtesy of a hot run of three pointers from Pepper.