Bryce Cotton has produced a Friday night special as Adelaide survived a frenetic Tasmania fightback to post a thrilling 94-88 NBL win.
Cotton had 27 points by midway through the third quarter on enemy territory at MyBank State Arena as Adelaide's lead expanded to as much as 13 points approaching three-quarter time.
The competition's six-time MVP went stone cold for the next quarter as the JackJumpers levelled things up with little more than two minutes remaining, sending the home crowd wild.
But in a devastating 62-second stretch, Cotton piled on eight unanswered points, including two triples, to lift Adelaide to victory.
He finished with 35 points, six rebounds and five assists in a match-winning performance, while Zylan Cheatham (15 points, 11 rebounds) and John Jenkins (13 points) played handy cameos.
Adelaide big man Nick Rakocevic (13 points, eight rebounds) went at just 5-of-13 from the free throw line before fouling out with more than four minutes remaining.
The result improved Adelaide's record to 4-4, with wins over Sydney and Tasmania putting their recent three-game losing streak in the rear-view mirror.
"We've just got two big wins against two good teams on the road," Cotton told Fox Sports.
"The things we were battling earlier in the season is just going to build our character. This win feels good.
"Tassie tied the game up and we could have folded because they had the home court behind them, but we weathered the storm."
Tasmania (4-2) were well served by Taran Armstrong (20 points, 10 assists), Will Magnay (19 points, three blocks) and Josh Bannan (13 points, seven rebounds).
Adelaide coach Trevor Gleeson was a notable absentee from courtside after being granted leave to deal with a personal matter.
It meant assistant coach Marko Marinovic stepped into the hot seat.
Magnay sent the crowd wild when he produced a memorable half-court buzzer beater to lift Tasmania to a 22-14 lead at quarter time.
The margin extended to 10 points early in the second term before Cotton found his mojo, hitting two triples among a 10-point haul as Adelaide hit the front by half-time, 40-39.
Cotton's third-quarter heroics looked set to guide Adelaide to an easy win, but back-to-back triples from Ben Gold gave the JackJumpers a pulse entering the final quarter.
Two separate three-point plays from Magnay were crucial as Tasmania levelled the scores, but two clutch three-pointers from Cotton during his eight-point rampage at the death killed off Tasmania's hopes.