Sydney Kings vs Adelaide 36ers, 2025–26 Grand Final · Game 1
2025–26 · Grand Final · Game 1 · Sat 21 March 2026
Qudos Bank Arena
Recap
Kings take Game 1 of the 2025–26 Grand Final
Sydney Kings beat Adelaide 36ers 112–68 at Qudos Bank Arena in Game 1 of the 2025–26 Grand Final, on Sat 21 March 2026.
Kendric Davis led all scorers with 25 points for the Kings on 8-of-16 shooting, plus 7 assists; Isaac White had 11 for the 36ers.
Kings won the rebounding battle 43–26.
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
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
SYDShootingADL
- Field goals 27/7835%
- Threes 9/3724%
- Free throws 5/683%
66%42/64
54%13/24
83%15/18
The game
- Rebounds 26
- Assists 19
- Turnovers 10
- Steals 6
- Bench points 36
- Biggest lead 0
43
24
12
3
39
44
Box score
Sydney Kings112
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Davis | 25 | 1 | 7 | 29:35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8-16 | 2-4 | 7-7 | +38 | |
| T. Soares | 22 | 8 | 3 | 23:27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8-10 | 3-4 | 3-3 | +27 | |
| X. Cooks | 9 | 6 | 2 | 22:02 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | +24 | |
| J. Galloway | 15 | 4 | 3 | 21:20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 2-2 | +25 | |
| M. Dellavedova | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16:50 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +26 | |
| T. Craig | 11 | 6 | 2 | 21:44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | +19 | |
| K. Noi | 2 | 5 | 1 | 18:38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +14 | |
| M. Maluach | 12 | 3 | 1 | 18:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 | +12 | |
| H. Goodrick | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | +12 | |
| S. Bruce | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6:35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| L. Awan | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +7 |
| G. Malual | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +7 |
| J. Spurgin | – | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2:26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +5 |
| Team | 112 | 43 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 42-64 | 13-24 | 15-18 | |||
| Shooting | 65.6% | 54.2% | 83.3% |
Adelaide 36ers68
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Cotton | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32:08 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | -35 | |
| F. Cameron | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 0-0 | -34 | |
| Z. Cheatham | 5 | 7 | 2 | 25:47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -32 | |
| D. Vasiljevic | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22:41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -21 | |
| I. Humphries | 10 | 4 | 1 | 16:14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -13 | |
| I. White | 11 | 2 | 1 | 20:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | -19 | |
| J. Jenkins | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16:27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 2-2 | -21 | |
| N. Rakocevic | 10 | 5 | 1 | 14:11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 1-1 | -21 | |
| M. Kenyon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -8 | |
| K. Rasmussen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | |
| M. Harris | – | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -7 |
| Team | 68 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 27-78 | 9-37 | 5-6 | |||
| Shooting | 34.6% | 24.3% | 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.