Adelaide 36ers vs South East Melbourne Phoenix, 2025–26 Semi-final · Game 1
2025–26 · Semi-final · Game 1 · Tue 10 March 2026
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Recap
36ers beat Phoenix 104–97
Adelaide 36ers beat South East Melbourne Phoenix 104–97 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Game 1 of the 2025–26 Semi-final, on Tue 10 March 2026.
Bryce Cotton led all scorers with 42 points for the 36ers on 17-of-25 shooting, including 6 threes; Nathan Sobey had 23 for the Phoenix.
36ers led by as many as 10.
Semi-final series
2025–26 finals- Game 1Adelaide 36ers104South East Melbourne Phoenix97
- Game 2South East Melbourne Phoenix101Adelaide 36ers92
- Game 3Adelaide 36ers108South East Melbourne Phoenix96
Leaders
Team stats
ADLShootingSEM
- Field goals 34/8540%
- Threes 12/4328%
- Free throws 17/2181%
57%41/72
39%9/23
81%13/16
The game
- Rebounds 32
- Assists 22
- Turnovers 6
- Steals 6
- Bench points 39
- Biggest lead 6
34
20
9
6
31
10
Box score
Adelaide 36ers104
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Cotton | 42 | 3 | 5 | 39:30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17-25 | 6-11 | 2-2 | +9 | |
| Z. Cheatham | 13 | 9 | 5 | 32:11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | |
| F. Cameron | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29:14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 3-3 | +11 | |
| I. Humphries | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22:20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| J. Jenkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| D. Vasiljevic | 17 | 1 | 2 | 27:38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-8 | 3-7 | 6-6 | +4 | |
| N. Rakocevic | 14 | 10 | 0 | 21:05 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +7 | |
| M. Kenyon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9:56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +9 | |
| I. White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| K. Rasmussen | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Team | 104 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 41-72 | 9-23 | 13-16 | |||
| Shooting | 56.9% | 39.1% | 81.3% |
South East Melbourne Phoenix97
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Sobey | 23 | 10 | 7 | 36:08 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9-27 | 2-11 | 3-3 | -9 | |
| J. Brown III | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28:32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -10 | |
| J. Hunter | 14 | 4 | 0 | 20:44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 2-2 | -24 | |
| W. Iwundu | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-6 | 0-4 | 3-4 | -22 | |
| O. Foxwell | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | +2 | |
| I. Clark | 12 | 2 | 4 | 25:38 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4-14 | 2-10 | 2-2 | +1 | |
| M. Lewis | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24:08 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | +8 | |
| A. Glover | 14 | 4 | 2 | 22:12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5-7 | 4-6 | 0-0 | +7 | |
| A. Aliir | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6:32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-4 | +12 | |
| Team | 97 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 34-85 | 12-43 | 17-21 | |||
| Shooting | 40.0% | 27.9% | 81.0% |
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How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: the whole box-score line (scoring and shooting, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, turnovers and fouls) plus the margin while on court, on a 0–10 scale against every NBL game since 2005–06. 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need five minutes to be rated.