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ADELAIDE 36ers forward Kyrin Galloway produced an NBL career-high 23 points last night, establishing a tone early which South East Melbourne never could match as the league's current bomb shelter resident fired off another warning shot its season as the league's easybeat is over. 

And the Phoenix, very obligingly, raised their collective hands to say: "No, that's us. We're now the easybeats."

Elevated into a starter's role in the absence of injured import Jacob Wiley - that's why Wiley was MIA from the third quarter onwards in the Sixers' road loss in Cairns - Galloway's first two shots were 3-point bullets that drilled holes in South East's heart.

His next two buckets were power dunks, his immediate opponent, former 36ers captain and now regular Adelaide nemesis Mitch Creek, suddenly on notice Galloway was seizing his opportunity.

While Galloway was the wildcard for who the Phoenix had no strategy, Isaac Humphries responded to having his first shot attempt rejected by Gorjok Gak by again dominating the keyway, his game-high 25 points on 9-of-16 shooting.

If Scott Ninnis has done anything as the 36ers' interim coach - and it is evident in their play he has done plenty - having his team recognise Humphries is arguably the toughest big-man cover in the NBL has made a masterful difference to his team's fortunes.

Gak, starting in place of the also injured Alan Williams, didn't have a bad night. Humphries is just growing into his stature now his team gives him the ball.

With Trey Kell also picking his moments - his 21 points came on a mere eight field goal attempts, supplemented by 9-of-9 free throws - by the first break Adelaide had rattled off 34 points to lead by 23.

Creek (14 points on 6-of-14 shooting, five rebounds, two assists, three steals) was a rare non-factor, Reuben Te Rangi and Matt Kenyon again unable to raise the level of their play from (minor) role players to actual relevant factors. (Although Te Rangi did hit one monster end-of-quarter shot from centre. Maybe he thought there was a car on offer.)

Abdel Nader settled for too many awful 3-point attempts before realising taking it at the hoop would pay greater dividends, which it did.

Another 34-17 second quarter by the 36ers, with Jason Cadee also dropping a couple of long-range missiles, left South East Melbourne sinking without trace, the 36ers ahead 68-40 at halftime.

A 68-point half was something out of the box for the Sixers but Phoenix fans expecting some kind of response from the home team after the break were left disappointed, if they hadn't left altogether.

Ninnis had the chance to clear his bench and took it, a lead once as wide as 31 points reduced to an extremely comfortable and comforting 25-point blow out. 

This was Adelaide's game from go-to-whoa, although the abysmal television commentary, which these days so regularly borders on the irrelevant, self-serving and annoying, rarely reflected it.    

It was mostly geared toward South East fans, with one of the microphonies even suggesting sympathy for the home team, which was missing "MVP-calibre players". The camera then panned to Williams and Craig Moller.

Williams is a terrific human being but a third import on a good team - which the Phoenix clearly are not - and if Moller is considered "MVP-calibre", then Bryce Cotton has to be some kind of God.

That's the kind of tripe the TV served up, but at least we didn't have the super-insightful stylings of Lanard Copeland educating us with "the smarter team will win" from one of his other recent efforts.

For 36ers fans, it was as frustrating as hearing nonstop about Sydney when Adelaide was humiliating the Kings last round. But that's the way it is now, which is why remotes have a mute button.

Galloway though, would not be muted, his 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting, with 5-of-7 threes, plus seven rebounds, a steal and a block. The young man was definitely making a statement.

ADELAIDE 36ERS 110 (Humphries 25, Galloway 23, Kell 21, Vasiljevic 11; Humphries, Kell, Galloway 7 rebs; Marshall, Cadee, Kell 4 assts) d SOUTH EAST MELBOURNE PHOENIX 85 (Nader 18, Creek 14, Gak 12, Ayre 10; Gak 8 rebs; Foxwell, Ayre 3 assts) at State Basketball Centre. Crowd: 3,422