A fan has rushed to help Adelaide, 36yers star Dejan Vasiljevic who suffered a severe muscle cramp, during Melbourne United's hard-fought 107-96 win, at John Cain Arena.<br /><br />In a true team performance, seven United players reached double figures for points, with the side's willingness to shoot from deep proving the difference.<br /><br />United recruit Luke Travers continued to impress with a double-double (14 points, 11 rebounds), while MVP candidate Chris Goulding (15 points, four rebounds) hit five three-pointers at 41 percent accuracy.<br /><br />United could finish the weekend as many as four wins clear atop the ladder. For comparison, only three wins separate the second and seventh as of Saturday night.<br /><br />When Tanner Krebs hit three triples in just more than a minute in the second quarter, everything was going to script for the championship favorites, who took a 13-point lead into the half.<br /><br />But Adelaide fought back, with Dejan Vasiljevic (23 points, six assists) and Jacob Wiley (14 points, nine rebounds) combining to inspire a 13-0 run that straddled three-quarter time.<br /><br />Their efforts cut United's lead, which had ballooned to as many as 18 points, to only four in the final term.<br /><br />Vasiljevic had 10 of Adelaide's first 15 points for the fourth quarter, so when he went down with a severe calf cramp in the final three minutes, the Sixers would have been nervous.<br /><br />The guard's pain was so intense that a member of the crowd rushed from his court-side seat to help him before a Sixers staffer could make it onto the court.<br /><br />Fans have been quick to heap praise upon the quick-thinking fan.<br /><br />'That is gold. Absolute legend,' posted one onto Facebook.<br /><br />'Good man give him that seat for life,' said another.<br /><br />Now that's a fan!' replied a third. <br /><br />However, others questioned if the fan should have been allowed to touch a player, highlighting that it would never be allowed in the NBA.<br /><br />Adelaide had been behind by only four points when Vasiljevic pulled up sore, but by the time he returned to play a minute later, United had seized all momentum and extended the lead to nine.<br /><br />They did not surrender their advantage from there, with guard Shea Ili finishing as the side's top-scorer (16 points, two assists).<br /><br />Interim coach Scott Ninnis praised Adelaide's effort in his second game since replacing the ousted CJ Bruton.<br /><br />'No one gave us any chance of coming in and competing with that team,' he said.<br /><br />'I expected to come here and win, as unrealistic as people might think that is.<br /><br />'That belief and expecting to win, hopefully, that's something that we're starting to convey to the playing group now, and hopefully, those results will start to turn around.'<br /><br />United hit 16 three-pointers from 32 attempts for the night - a statistic that proved decisive.<br /><br />The Sixers made nine of 14 shots from deep but only attempted four for the entire first half.<br /><br />Melbourne has now hit 100 points in five consecutive games - the first time an NBL team has done so since the 2008/09 season.
