Adelaide 36ers vs South East Melbourne Phoenix, 2025–26 Semi-final · Game 3
2025–26 · Semi-final · Game 3 · Tue 17 March 2026
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
36ers beat Phoenix by 12
Adelaide 36ers beat South East Melbourne Phoenix 108–96 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Game 3 of the 2025–26 Semi-final, on Tue 17 March 2026.
Bryce Cotton led all scorers with 38 points for the 36ers on 12-of-24 shooting, including 4 threes, plus 7 assists; Ian Clark had 32 for the Phoenix.
36ers won the rebounding battle 48–28, and 36ers turned it over 18 times to 5.
36ers led by as many as 21.
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
- Field goals 37/8643%
- Threes 11/3730%
- Free throws 11/1385%
The game
- Rebounds 28
- Assists 23
- Turnovers 5
- Steals 10
- Bench points 44
- Biggest lead 0
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Cotton | 38 | 6 | 7 | 39:11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12-24 | 4-11 | 10-12 | +12 | |
| F. Cameron | 3 | 3 | 3 | 31:17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 1-4 | +33 | |
| Z. Cheatham | 7 | 13 | 5 | 30:20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | +19 | |
| D. Vasiljevic | 27 | 2 | 4 | 27:50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8-13 | 6-10 | 5-5 | +10 | |
| I. Humphries | 13 | 3 | 4 | 20:23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | +10 | |
| N. Rakocevic | 14 | 12 | 0 | 27:57 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2-3 | -5 | |
| I. White | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | -5 | |
| M. Kenyon | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6:23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | |
| J. Jenkins | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| M. Harris | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
| K. Rasmussen | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Team | 108 | 48 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 37-65 | 11-27 | 23-31 | |||
| Shooting | 56.9% | 40.7% | 74.2% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Sobey | 17 | 2 | 8 | 31:17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6-18 | 2-9 | 3-3 | -14 | |
| J. Brown III | 9 | 10 | 4 | 27:59 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -2 | |
| O. Foxwell | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -8 | |
| W. Iwundu | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24:05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 2-2 | -9 | |
| J. Hunter | 10 | 3 | 0 | 21:56 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 4-4 | -8 | |
| I. Clark | 32 | 4 | 1 | 25:23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13-18 | 5-7 | 1-1 | +3 | |
| M. Lewis | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -18 | |
| A. Glover | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-2 | -8 | |
| D. Mitchell | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8:06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| A. Aliir | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 96 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 37-86 | 11-37 | 11-13 | |||
| Shooting | 43.0% | 29.7% | 84.6% |
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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.