South East Melbourne Phoenix @ Adelaide 36ers
ADL wins series 2-1

South East Melbourne PhoenixPhoenixPNX
22-11
96
22-11
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phoenix PNX | 17 | 28 | 19 | 32 | 96 |
36ers ADL | 28 | 31 | 24 | 25 | 108 |

Adelaide 36ers36ersADL
23-10
108
23-10
South East Melbourne Phoenix
starters |
Jordan HunterJ. Hunter #1 |
John Brown IIIJo. Brown III #0 |
Wes IwunduW. Iwundu #25 |
Owen FoxwellO. Foxwell #30 |
Nathan SobeyN. Sobey #20 |
bench |
Akech AllirAliir #7 |
DJ MitchellDJ Mitchell #8 |
Malique LewisM. Lewis #33 |
Angus GloverA. Glover #5 |
Ian ClarkI. Clark #21 |
Luke RosendaleL. Rosendale #13 |
Daniel FosterD. Foster #11 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 22 | 10 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -8 | |
| 28 | 9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -2 | |
| 24 | 9 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -9 | |
| 26 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -8 | |
| 31 | 17 | 6-18 | 2-9 | 3-3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -14 | |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +4 | |
| 21 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -18 | |
| 13 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -8 | |
| 25 | 32 | 13-18 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | |
| DNP-COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||||
| DNP-COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||||
96 | 37-86 | 11-37 | 11-13 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 26 | |||
43% | 30% | 85% | ||||||||||||
Adelaide 36ers
starters |
Issac HumphriesI. Humphries #8 |
Zylan CheathamZ. Cheatham #45 |
Flynn CameronF. Cameron #1 |
Dejan VasiljevicD. Vasiljevic #34 |
Bryce CottonB. Cotton #11 |
bench |
Nick RakocevicN. Rakocevic #31 |
John JenkinsJ. Jenkins #12 |
Keanu RasmussenK. Rasmussen #22 |
Michael HarrisM. Harris #17 |
Matt KenyonM. Kenyon #0 |
Isaac WhiteI. White #2 |
Che BroganC. Brogan #42 |
Manyang DengM. Deng #39 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 20 | 13 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +10 | |
| 30 | 7 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +19 | |
| 31 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | +33 | |
| 28 | 27 | 8-13 | 6-10 | 5-5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +10 | |
| 39 | 38 | 12-24 | 4-11 | 10-12 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +12 | |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 28 | 14 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | -5 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| - | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | |
| - | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -8 | |
| 15 | 6 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | |
| DNP-COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||||
| DNP-COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||||
108 | 37-65 | 11-27 | 23-31 | 48 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 21 | |||
57% | 41% | 74% | ||||||||||||
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
2025-26 NBL Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 24 | 9 | .727 | - | W11 |
| Adelaide | 23 | 10 | .697 | 1 | L1 |
| South East Melbourne | 22 | 11 | .667 | 2 | L1 |
| Perth | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3 | W1 |
| Melbourne | 20 | 13 | .606 | 4 | W1 |
| Tasmania | 14 | 19 | .424 | 10 | L2 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 20 | .394 | 11 | W1 |
| Illawarra | 13 | 20 | .394 | 11 | W2 |
| Cairns | 9 | 24 | .273 | 15 | L2 |
| Brisbane | 6 | 27 | .182 | 18 | L13 |
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