The Cairns Taipans inflicted more pain on the Adelaide 36ers on Sunday, prevailing 86-75 at Adelaide Arena for the second time in a fortnight.
Darren Ng's basket put the 36ers in front, to the delight of the 5,076-strong crowd, early in the fourth quarter, but one disastrous play destroyed any hope of an upset.
Andrew Warren was fouled on a three-pointer and added an extra point from the line.
Cairns never looked back showing great poise down the stretch to consolidate fourth position on the NBL ladder and earning praise from coach Aaron Fearne.
"We'll take it anyway we can get it," Fearne said.
"We were down 10-12 earlier and it would've been easy to pack it in and go home, but the fight was phenomenal and I'm extremely proud of the guys to get that win."
Jamar Wilson top-scored with 25 points for the Taipans, while Alex Loughton (18 points, 7 rebounds) and Ian Crosswhite (11 points, 8 rebounds) were also strong performers.
Stephen Weigh started strongly and scored 21 points for Adelaide, for whom Daniel Johnson also added 13.
AAP
Tags: nbl, basketball, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia First posted January 22, 2012 21:52:35
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