Photo credit: Adelaide 36ers
Hot-shooting Adelaide 36ers of Australia's NBL defeated NBA's Phoenix Suns, 134-124 in NBA Pre-Season game on Monday, October 3 (PHL time) at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Adelaide finished 24-of-43 from three-point range as Craig Randall II led the 36ers with a huge game of 35 points (9/17 3pts).
Kai Sotto finished with 11 points (3/6fg, 1/2 3pts, 4/4ft) along with 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals in 18 minutes of play.
As per ESPN's Kevin Pelton, the Adelaide 36ers are the first non-NBA team to win a preseason game in the U.S. since Fenerbahce beat Brooklyn in October 2015. Adelaide is also apparently the first team based outside of Europe to win a preseason game against an NBA team in the period tracked by @nbastats (back to the 2005-06 preseason).
Adelaide 36ers will face the Oklahoma City Thunder led by Aussie guard Josh Giddey on Friday.
The Scores:
36ers - Randall II 35, Franks 32, Cleveland 22, Johnson 15, Sotto 11, Dech 8, Drmic 7, Harris 0, Marshall 0, Acuoth 0, Thew 0, Galloway 0, Ipassou 0.
Suns – Payne 23, Ayton 22, Bridges 22, Booker 13, Landale 12, Craig 10, Paul 6, Shamet 6, Wainright 3, Biyombo 0.
Quarters: 33-28, 71-59, 96-90, 134-124. [GAME STATS] | [GAME HIGHLIGHTS]
