Adelaide forced the Kings' long suffering fans to endure another wretched home performance with a 96-77 win at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
It was a fifth loss in eight home games for Sydney (6-9) and in four of those they have been crushed by at least 18 points.
The shocking Kings suffered the indignity of missing all 10 of their three-point attempts.
Injury-hit Adelaide (5-9) made light of the absences of captain Adam Ballinger and his deputy Nathan Crosswell.
Adelaide big man Daniel Johnson underlined his growing claims to the league's most improved player award with a 21-point, 14-rebound performance.
Stephen Weigh chipped in with 17, Nathan Herbert 14 and Chris Warren 13.
The Kings slashed a 12-point, second-quarter deficit to two in the third, but Adelaide produced a decisive 17-4 run to end the term with a 74-59 lead.
Adelaide got as far ahead as 21 points in the final quarter.
Kings captain and centre Julian Khazzouh fouled out early in the final quarter, though with 12 points on five of 15 field-goal attempts, it was not one of his better games, despite logging nine rebounds and three blocks.
Luke Cooper top-scored for Sydney with 13 points, while Anatoly Bose bagged 12 and Jerai Grant 10.
AAP
Tags: basketball, nbl, sport, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000 First posted December 30, 2011 23:08:23
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