Sydney Kings vs Adelaide 36ers, 2025–26 Grand Final · Game 5
2025–26 · Grand Final · Game 5 · Sun 5 April 2026
Qudos Bank Arena
Recap
Kings win the 2025–26 NBL championship
Sydney Kings beat Adelaide 36ers 113–101 at Qudos Bank Arena in Game 5 of the 2025–26 Grand Final, on Sun 5 April 2026.
Bryce Cotton scored 35 points for the 36ers on 9-of-22 shooting, including 6 threes, plus 9 assists; Kendric Davis had 35 for the Kings.
Kings led by as many as 13.
Grand Final series
2025–26 finals- Game 1Sydney Kings112Adelaide 36ers68
- Game 2Adelaide 36ers91Sydney Kings89
- Game 3Sydney Kings106Adelaide 36ers93
- Game 4Adelaide 36ers92Sydney Kings91
- Game 5Sydney Kings113Adelaide 36ers101
Leaders
Team stats
SYDShootingADL
- Field goals 32/8040%
- Threes 12/4229%
- Free throws 25/3083%
50%41/82
37%13/35
69%18/26
The game
- Rebounds 45
- Assists 24
- Turnovers 13
- Steals 8
- Bench points 24
- Biggest lead 7
42
25
9
8
12
13
Box score
Sydney Kings113
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Davis | 35 | 1 | 14 | 44:56 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13-29 | 6-17 | 3-5 | +12 | |
| X. Cooks | 19 | 12 | 4 | 34:29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 5-10 | +10 | |
| J. Galloway | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-11 | 3-7 | 3-3 | +10 | |
| T. Soares | 20 | 7 | 0 | 33:26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8-11 | 1-2 | 3-4 | +19 | |
| M. Dellavedova | 11 | 3 | 3 | 22:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | +11 | |
| T. Craig | 6 | 9 | 2 | 32:53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | +5 | |
| M. Maluach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | |
| K. Noi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10:05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| S. Bruce | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Team | 113 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 41-82 | 13-35 | 18-26 | |||
| Shooting | 50.0% | 37.1% | 69.2% |
Adelaide 36ers101
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Cotton | 35 | 4 | 9 | 45:00 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9-22 | 6-13 | 11-11 | -12 | |
| D. Vasiljevic | 7 | 5 | 2 | 39:14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-14 | 1-11 | 2-3 | -22 | |
| Z. Cheatham | 15 | 12 | 6 | 37:59 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 6-7 | -17 | |
| I. Humphries | 14 | 9 | 2 | 27:50 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -10 | |
| F. Cameron | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19:11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-2 | +7 | |
| J. Jenkins | 13 | 0 | 0 | 34:14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-11 | 3-9 | 2-2 | -12 | |
| N. Rakocevic | 11 | 13 | 2 | 21:39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-3 | +6 | |
| Team | 101 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 32-80 | 12-42 | 25-30 | |||
| Shooting | 40.0% | 28.6% | 83.3% |
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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.