Gold Coast's campaign to make the NBL play-offs in their inaugural season is back on track following a convincing 117-109 victory over Adelaide.

The Blaze desperately needed to win at the Gold Coast Convention Centre to regain confidence following a 28-point thumping from the Brisbane Bullets - their worst loss of the season - and also to consolidate their top eight position on the ladder.

Gold Coast improved their win-loss record to 8-7 while the 36ers - still missing inspirational skipper Brett Maher (calf tear) - slipped to 5-8.

Import Jason Crowe (34 points, six rebounds) and star guard James Harvey (29 points) were unstoppable for the Blaze, who will travel to Wollongong to take on the struggling Hawks on Friday night.

For Adelaide, Brad Davidson (25 points, seven rebounds) and Lanard Copeland (19 points) tried hard but they couldn't stem the flow as the Blaze took control in the second half.

In the opening quarter Gold Coast looked like a team still reeling from their disappointing hiding at the hands of the Bullets and trailed 25-22 at the break.

But Harvey and Daniel Joyce - the 20-year-old son of Blaze coach Brendan Joyce who had his best game of the season - spearheaded a determined comeback as the home side piled on 32 points to hold a 54-46 halftime lead.

In the third quarter Crowe and Harvey stole the show, with Crowe nailing three baskets from outside the arc and Harvey adding a pair of three-pointers to guide the Blaze to an 80-66 lead at three-quarter time.

The Blaze were never going to lose from that point and they continued to land three-pointers in the final quarter to further dig the knife in.

Crowe was particularly damaging as he doubled his points tally in the final quarter and slotted seven out of 13 three-point attempts for the game.

Adelaide coach Phil Smyth snubbed the post-match press conference and faces a fine from the NBL, but Blaze counterpart Joyce said it had been crucial for his side to bounce back following their recent "pounding" in Brisbane.

"It was a lesson for us where we're at right now and not to feel too comfortable," Joyce said.

"We're on a journey, and that's what I said to the boys, and there's highs and lows involved.

"They're (Adelaide) are a team vying for the playoffs so that was a huge win for us.

"There's a realistic goal that we can make the playoffs."

With five Blaze players reaching double-figure scoring, Joyce praised the contribution across the board and the impact of the bench men.

"It was a great team effort," he noted.

The 31-year-old Crowe added: "I was on the bench (at times in the first half) because I was playing terrible basketball, defensively for one.

"Daniel (Joyce) stepped in and gave us an enormous lift and that's what you need to win games.

"You need a contribution from all over the board and that's the kind of team we're building here."

Crowe said the Blaze players were quick to banish the Bullets loss to the history bin.

"You've got to have a short memory in this profession," he said.

"We were embarrassed and wanted to put on a show on our home court."

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