Red-hot Zylan Cheatham has fired the Adelaide 36ers to a 97-86 road win over injury-hit Tasmania, surviving a brief late scare in a largely one-sided NBL affair.

Cheatham ripped the game away from the hosts in Hobart on Thursday night and led all scorers with a personal season-high 27 points.

The American power forward also produced 14 rebounds, four assists and a pair of huge blocks in his best performance for the Sixers to date.

He helped Adelaide to an early double-figure advantage that ballooned to 28 points after half-time, before a dogged Tasmania cut the deficit back to single figures in the dying stages.

The Sixers steadied and advanced to 8-3 for the season - with Cheatham fittingly scoring their last three points from the foul line - ahead of a home clash with last-placed Cai

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