Sydney emerged a victor on two counts as they continued Adelaide's road to misery with a 100-82 NBL win over the 36ers at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

The Kings rebounded from their first loss of the basketball season to West Sydney last Saturday and extended Adelaide's franchise record away losing streak to nine games.

The game was also significant for Sydney as it marked the long awaited NBL debut of their import forward Isiah Victor, giving them a full complement of imports and a full strength lineup for the first time this season.

Cleared by immigration at around three o'clock, Victor was eased into action almost halfway through the second quarter when Sydney were leading 37-27.

He finished the game with four points in just over 10 minutes of court time.

Forward Mark Worthington spearheaded Sydney's scoring with 25 points, nailing 11 of his 15 field goal attempts, while centre Ian Crosswhite contributed 19 points and Glenn Seville 10 points and 11 rebounds.

The Kings enjoyed a double digit lead for much of the game against the slumping 36ers who suffered a fourth straight loss, as their record dipped to 2-5.

Sydney led by as much as 16 in the first half, but had their advantage slashed to five late in third term.

However, the Kings put the match way beyond the visitors' reach with an 19-4 run either side of the last break.

The Kings' early dominance was based on some deadly long range shooting, as they hit six of their eight three-point first quarter attempts to lead by 10 at the first change.

Sydney also made Adelaide pay for sloppy ball control, outscoring the 36ers 15-2 in points off turn-overs in the first half which ended with the home side holding a 59-44 break.

Sparked by nine third quarter points from lively guard Darren Ng, capitalising on 10 Sydney turnovers in the quarter, Adelaide clawed their way back to a 68-63 deficit before Sydney produced their decisive surge.

Veteran Lanard Copeland top scored for Adelaide with 18, followed by Ng 16, and Mike Chappell 13.

Sydney coach Brian Goorjian said he though it would take Victor a month to get match fit and the same time for him to work out how best to use his new import.

He felt he needed Victor and fellow import guard Dontaye Draper to ultimately play around 30 to 35 minutes a game, but was pleased with the way his team rebounded from last weekend's loss.

"The effort was there, the cornerstones were there, we rebounded, we played good defence, we pushed the ball," Goorjian said.

"I don't think the combinations are comfortable yet. Dontaye didn't look comfortable out there tonight and Isiah is certainly finding his feet, but you can see he's going to help us."

Adelaide coach Phil Smyth doubted whether his team's worsening away record would become a stigma and said his team was "out of sync" tonight.

"In the first half we struggled to get some momentum and in the third quarter we really kicked in and showed what we were capable of," Smyth said.

He said Adelaide needed to turn things around for Saturday night's home game against Gold Coast.

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