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<\/p>\nTorrey Craig’s missed free throw for Sydney in the dying seconds has allowed Adelaide to level the NBL championship series at 2-2 with a gripping 92-91 win.<\/p>\n
Craig was fouled with the Kings trailing by two points with 2.8 seconds remaining in Game 4 at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
The classy American swished his first shot but left the second well short, with the miss collected by Sixers centre Isaac Humphries.<\/p>\n
Import Zylan Cheatham (23 points, eight rebounds, nine assists) flirted with a triple-double, while captain Dejan Vasiljevic and Bryce Cotton scored 19 points each.<\/p>\n
Kendric Davis, booed all evening, paired 22 points with 10 assists for Sydney, and Jaylin Galloway had 20 points, including five three-pointers.<\/p>\n
Adelaide jumped ahead 5-0, fell behind 14-22, then went on a 17-4 burst either side of quarter-time to move in front 31-26.<\/p>\n
It didn’t take long for the Kings to seize control again.<\/p>\n
Craig kept them in the hunt before a Davis triple capped a 13-1 close to the second term, which extended Sydney’s cushion to 53-46 at half-time.<\/p>\n
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Superstar Bryce Cotton was held to 19 points but Adelaide emerged with the win to ensure a Game 5. (AAP: Matt Turner)<\/p>\n
Adelaide had 16 assists from 17 field-goal makes – and just four turnovers – at the main break, but defensively they struggled to contain the super-efficient Kings, who shot 63.6 per cent at the half.<\/p>\n
Sydney pulled ahead 71-62 on a Makuach Maluach trey, but their hot pace cooled off late in the third term, during which they coughed up seven turnovers.<\/p>\n
Cheatham’s last-second tip-in off Cotton’s miss slashed the Kings’ buffer to 74-72 at three-quarters time.<\/p>\n
The lead oscillated several times in a gripping final quarter.<\/p>\n
With the scores tied at 90-all, Davis missed an under-pressure three before Cotton knocked down two free throws with a minute to go, after Matthew Dellavedova was whistled for his first foul since Game 2.<\/p>\n
Davis and Vasiljevic traded air balls down the stretch, before Craig’s free-throw miss ensured a title-deciding fifth game at Qudos Bank Arena on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n
AAP<\/p>\n