Adelaide stalwart Taylor Walker has slotted three goals in a hard-fought 17-point win over Brisbane which lifts the Crows into the AFL's top eight.
The Crows snapped the Lions' seven-game winning streak with a 14.11 (95) to 10.18 (78) victory on a rain-soaked Adelaide Oval on Sunday.
Elsewhere on Sunday, Collingwood saw off North Melbourne and Port Adelaide enjoyed a tight win over Richmond.
Brisbane stalwart Dayne Zorko will attract match review scrutiny after giving away a free kick to Luke Pedlar when his fingers grappled the eye area of the young Crow.
Adelaide's captain Jordan Dawson (32 disposals), Rory Laird (27) and Ben Keays (28 disposals, one goal) were chief ball-winners while halfback Wayne Milera (22 touches) and Izak Rankine were stand-outs.
Walker's three-goal haul was supported by two majors each by Pedlar, Riley Thilthorpe and Rankine, whose 23 touches featured 13 score involvements.
Brisbane's Charlie Cameron kicked four goals, Joe Daniher scored two, and Josh Dunkley (29 disposals), Lachie Neale (24), Zac Bailey (24) and veteran Daniel Rich (24, one goal) were prominent.
Zorko gathered 22 touches and kicked a goal but his contact with Pedlar will be studied by officials.
The incident came in a tight opening term when the Lions kicked 3.5 to 3.3, with two of Adelaide's goals coming from Thilthorpe.
Brisbane's slender advantage disappeared as the Crows dominated much of the second term, scoring four consecutive goals to create a 24-point lead.
Rankine was prominent in three of Adelaide's strikes, setting up two majors for Walker, one with a handball and the other with a slick pass.
And Rankine then slotted a brilliant left-foot snap from an acute angle near a boundary line.
The Crows were four goals up in the 28th minute of the quarter but the Lions scored two late majors to reduce their half-time deficit to 11 points.
Both sides scored an early goal in a tense third term before a 22-minute goal-less period - though Lion Eric Hipwood was denied a gilt-edged chance when a pack mark directly in front of goal wasn't paid by an umpire.
And, just as Brisbane had in the second quarter, Adelaide kicked two crucial late goals.
The last, a stunning checkside from the boundary line by Josh Rachele when under pressure, gave the hosts a 15-point buffer at three quarter-time, 10.8 to 6.17.
Daniher converted early in the last term to bring the visitors within nine points but the Crows potted the next three majors.
They are now seventh on the ladder while the Lions enter their bye round in third.
Sidebottom injured in 300th as Pies beat Roos
Collingwood veteran Steele Sidebottom is set for a stint on the sidelines after suffering a knee injury that soured his 300th AFL game and his side's 35-point win over North Melbourne.
The Magpies confirmed Sidebottom suffered a medial collateral ligament injury in his right knee in an awkward tackle on Cameron Zurhaar in the opening 10 minutes at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.
Collingwood were clearly initially rattled by the Sidebottom injury but were able to keep a gutsy but scrappy North Melbourne at arm's length to claim a 16.9 (105) to 10.10 (70) win and maintain outright top spot.
The Magpies were celebrating Sidebottom's milestone and Mason Cox's 100th game but the occasion was soured when the wingman tackled Zurhaar then started feeling for his right knee, clearly in discomfort.
He headed straight down the race for assessment before being officially substituted out of the game and replaced by Will Hoskin-Elliott.
"He's done an MCL and will miss the rest of the game unfortunately," Collingwood football boss Graham Wright said in a statement posted to the Magpies' Twitter account.
Sunday's game was otherwise relatively routine for Collingwood against the struggling Kangaroos.
Jordan de Goey was at his dynamic best for the Pies, racking up 35 disposals, 10 inside-50s, 589 metres gained and one goal while Nick Daicos collected 32 disposals and had seven clearances.
Wingman Josh Daicos kicked three classy goals and Brody Mihocek had three, while Isaac Quaynor intercepted at will.
Former number three draft pick Will Phillips played arguably his best game for North Melbourne with 29 disposals and five clearances, while Nick Larkey finished with five goals.
The Magpies raced away with the first four majors of the game as the Kangaroos, lacking polish, struggled to go with the slick AFL leaders.
North kicked their first two goals of the game in the second quarter, while holding Collingwood to three for the term.
But the Magpies exploded after half-time, leaving the Kangaroos in their wake with a six-goals-to-two third quarter to nudge their lead out to 53 at the final change.
Kangaroos boom youngster Harry Sheezel went down to the rooms for treatment late in the third quarter after a boot to the face but returned.
Cox delighted the crowd in his milestone game when he took a towering mark over Ben McKay early in the final quarter, slotted his second goal and celebrated with aplomb.
The 17th-placed Kangaroos fought it out with a six-goal last quarter to keep the final margin somewhat respectable.
Power tame Tigers
Yartapuulti (Port Adelaide) has extended its winning streak to eight matches following a gritty 10-point win over Richmond at the MCG.
Butters tallied 32 disposals, four clearances and a goal in the Power's 10.17 (77) to 9.13 (67) victory, which denied the Tigers a winning start to life after Hardwick.
Jason Horne-Francis (23 disposals, one goal) and Connor Rozee (27 disposals, six clearances) were also key contributors as the Power further entrenched themselves in the top four.
Six of their eight wins have been by margins of 14 points or less.
Zak Butters was clean by hand and foot in damp conditions when most players from both sides were plagued by skill errors, particularly in front of goal.
Tigers midfielder Tim Taranto also bucked the trend, kicking 4.1 to go with match-high tallies of 33 disposals and seven clearances.
Tigers superstar Dustin Martin (two) was the only other multiple goalkicker.
The Power spread the scoring load with 10 individual goalkickers as key defender Aliir Aliir stood tall at the opposite end.
The Tigers' Shai Bolton kicked the match's opening goal and it took the Power 11 minutes to register their first score, a rushed behind.
But they quickly grabbed the ascendancy as Butters's run and their forward-half turnover game helped spark a five-goal surge that led to a 25-point buffer at quarter-time.
Martin marked and snapped truly from 40 metres to open the second quarter but was unusually wayward by his standards, booting 1.3 in the first half.
He was not alone as the Tigers posted 2.7 from 13 forward entries in wasteful second term.
Fortunately for the home side, the Power managed just 0.5 at the other end through the same period.
A pair of superb Taranto snaps either side of the main break kept the Tigers in the contest and his third goal cut the margin to two points early in the final quarter.
At that point, Taranto kicked more goals than the Power's two after quarter-time.
But the visitors had Butters stand up as Ollie Lord and Jeremy Finlayson kicked steadying goals.
Horne-Francis copped some jeers throughout the afternoon from Tigers but had the last laugh when he sealed the result with a goal from a free kick in time-on of the final term.
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