How to watch & talking points: Adelaide v Sydney (Championship Series, Game 4)

31 Mar 2026

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The Adelaide 36ers, down 2-1 in the Hungry Jack’s NBL26 Championship, host the Sydney Kings in Game 4 on Wednesday night.

Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings
Wednesday, April 1, 7.30pm AEDT
Adelaide Entertainment Centre

How to watch‍

‍Watch every Championship Series game live on ESPN. Wednesday night's game will also be on 10 Drama in Adelaide and Sydney.

>> How to watch ESPN

Tickets

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How both Championship Series rosters were built

Adelaide 36ers: The road back runs deep: Adelaide’s rise revisited

Sydney Kings: Fit for a King: The rise, fall and return of Sydney

Talking points

The Delly effect
‍Mike Wells had strong comments about Matthew Dellavedova following their Game 3 loss about the referees letting the Kings veteran get away with a lot physically.

Now the attention turns to what happens to begin Game 4 and how Bryce Cotton is defended.

Who is the Kings' backup plan to limit Cotton if Dellavedova is off the floor?‍

Hostile takeover
The Adelaide crowd doesn't need any more reason to be in full voice as they try to help their team force a Game 5, but the memory of how Game 2 ended would still be raw.

The elation from the 36ers' faithful after Cotton's game winner was one side, but Kendric Davis' reaction was what will no doubt have this crowd ready to go after him whenever he touches the ball.

What they're saying

36ers coach Mike Wells on how important forward Zylan Cheatham is to the 36ers' team:
"It's hard to describe what he [Cheatham] does for our group, he's such a connector and I think that's the best way to describe him and he does connect us on both sides of the ball.

"He's got such a role and him and Bryce have great chemistry, and he captains us on both sides of the ball and we love what he does.

"It pains me in the last couple of minutes to try and go a little bit smaller and have to play a little bit different to see if we can take a shot and make a couple of threes to take him out, but that's always my debate when I go small like that ... which big I want to leave out there.

Kings coach Brian Goorjian on his team's mantra:
“Our whole mantra, especially through the playoff series, has been TNT, 'takes no talent.

“Walking into the locker room for the minute before we walk on court, the crowds are irrelevant, the refs are irrelevant, and the opposition is irrelevant. Just control everything that you do that involves effort.

“Our communication piece, our pressure on the ball, our running the floor hard. And we feel like if we do those things, and it's been proven over the course of the year, that we're going to get what we want by the time this season finishes.

“It's a long version of the process as opposed to anything else, but we’re staying locked into the processes.”