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EPIC. Classic. An all-time great. Call it what you will, the Sydney-Adelaide NBL championship today needed overtime before the Kings claimed their sixth crown, beating the 36ers 113-101 after the decisive Game 5 of the Grand Finals still was locked 95-95 at the end of regulation. Enter Kendric Davis.

With seven of his points in the five-minute extension, Davis took his match totals to 35 points and 14 assists, stamping himself the runaway Larry Sengstock Medallist as Championship Series MVP.

Love him or hate him, the petulant prodigal son produced when it mattered.

But in a spectacular, drama-filled decider, the Kings' depth proved profound as all of their in-game roster came up with big plays at key moments.

Xavier Cooks (19 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, three steals and a block) was huge, as he was throughout the series.

Jaylin Galloway had 16 cruisy points, six defensive boards and a couple of assists, while Tim Soares' 20 points came at 73 per cent.

Apart from his grind-you-down-defence, Matthew Dellavedova's consecutive 3-pointers in the third quarter brought Sydney from 61-65 down to 67-65 ahead and Torrey Craig, whose struggles from Game 4 continued into today's decider, still bobbed up with four of his six points in the overtime, when needed most.

Then there was Makuach Maluach, who only played spot minutes during regulation, but when Craig fouled out with 2:22 left in overtime, stole the ball from Bryce Cotton, blocked a shot attempt by the little master, then stole the ball from him a second time.

He concluded that play with a fast break dunk, Cooks jumping for joy in the midcourt as this one was over.

In truth, Adelaide had the game at its mercy during the fourth quarter, Cotton (35 points, 9 assists) leading the way with a triple that meant the 36ers led 88-84, just seconds over three minutes left.

It was Cotton with another three, plus a foul on Craig, who then bumped Adelaide's buffer to 92-86 with 2:29 remaining in regulation.

Davis' pressure free throws clawed Sydney back to 88 and at 1:02, his 3-pointer made it 91-92.

Just 40-odd seconds left and Dellavedova fouled out on a Chris Read call which, had Adelaide won the match, would have warranted an extra ring being cast for the referee.

There was close to a cool metre between Delly and Cotton as the latter rose up for a 3-point attempt, the foul falling very much in the realm of "a phantom".

Naturally, Cotton slotted all three freebies, the 36ers now 95-91 clear but as it had all game, the record NBL attendance of 18,589 at Qudos Bank Arena roared and the Kings soared, Davis quickly icing a jumpshot for 93-95.

A Sydney stop and Davis raced the ball forward, looking for the match-winning 3-pointer. He missed it but Soares snagged the rebound and put it back in to tie the match.

Adelaide had a time-out and went to Cotton, whose driving layup missed and we had five more minutes of this glorious series to enjoy.

The overtime was a shocker for Adelaide, pounded 18-6, with Zylan Cheatham (15 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and a steal) scoring all six.

Cotton played the full 45 minutes and was fatiguing, Isaac Humphries another who stood up, his 14 points on a perfect 6-of-6 from the floor, plus nine boards, two assists and two steals.

Flynn Cameron fouled out without making any real impact and Dejan Vasiljevic compiled 7 points on 2-of-14 shooting in 39 minutes.

Nick Rakocevic scurried together an 11-point, 13-rebound double before fouling out, John Jenkins' final stat line showing 13 points and one steal.

The match was one of the great games and the series surprisingly competitive after Sydney opened it with a record 44-point smashing.

Paraphrasing NBL CEO David Stevenson's euphoric post-game description of the series as the "best of all time", well, he might have been correct if he said that of Game 5. It was a gem.

However the series as the best of all time? Well yes David, but only if you overlook Illawarra-Melbourne last year. Or Tasmania-Melbourne the year before. Or Sydney-West Sydney in 2004... What were you doing during that one?

NBL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-5)

Game 1: Sydney Kings 112 (Davis 25, Soares 22, Galloway 15, Maluach 12, Craig 11; Soares 8 rebs; Davis 7 assts) d Adelaide 36ers 68 (White 11, Humphries, Rakocevic, Cotton 10; Cheatham 7 rebs; Cotton 7 assts) at Qudos Bank Arena. Crowd: 13,181 Kings lead series 1-0

Game 2: Adelaide 36ers 91 (Cotton 28, Cameron 17, Jenkins 14, Vasiljevic 12; Rakocevic 9 rebs; Cheatham 7 assts) d Sydney Kings 89 (Davis 20, Cooks 18, Craig 17; Craig, Cooks 10 rebs; Dellavedova 7 assts) at Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Crowd: 10,058 Series tied 1-1

Game 3: Sydney Kings 106 (Davis 34, Cooks 18, Galloway 17, Soares 12; Soares 10 rebs; Davis 15 assts) d Adelaide 36ers 93 (Jenkins 22, Cheatham 17, Cotton 15, Humphries, Cameron 12; Cheatham 10 rebs; Cotton 12 assts) at Qudos Bank Arena. Crowd: 18,373 Kings lead series 2-1

Game 4: Adelaide 36ers 92 (Cheatham 23, Cotton, Vasiljevic 19, Cameron 11, Humphries 10; Humphries 10 rebs; Cotton 12 assts) d Sydney Kings 91 (Davis 22, Galloway 20, Cooks 16, Maluach 11, Soares 10; Soares 9 rebs; Davis 10 assts) at Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Crowd: 10,068 Series tied 2-2

Game 5: Sydney Kings 113 (Davis 35, Soares 20, Cooks 19, Galloway 16, Dellavedova 11; Cooks 12 rebs; Davis 14 assts) d Adelaide 36ers 101 (Cotton 35, Cheatham 15, Humphries 14, Jenkins 13, Rakocevic 11; Rakovecic 13 rebs; Cotton 9 assts) in Overtime {95-95} at Qudos Bank Arena. Crowd: *18,589 Kings win Championship, 3-2

(*Record NBL attendance)