Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
GUNMA CRANE THUNDERS defeated SENDAI 89ers 83-82 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. GUNMA CRANE THUNDERS won by a 1-point margin. Jarrett Culver led all scorers with 33 points. GUNMA CRANE THUNDERS shot 47.7% from the field while SENDAI 89ers managed 49.2%. GUNMA CRANE THUNDERS collected 28 rebounds and SENDAI 89ers grabbed 25. This game was played as part of the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026 season in Japan. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
GUNMA CRANE THUNDERS
83 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | * Kenny Asano | 27:44 | 10 | 3/8 | 1/1 | 2/7 | 2/2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | * Kerry Blackshear Jr. | 26:44 | 27 | 9/12 | 9/12 | 0/0 | 9/11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | * Takuto Nakamura | 24:23 | 9 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | * Naoto Tsuji | 22:06 | 10 | 4/7 | 3/3 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | * A.j. Edu | 19:42 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 | Kazuki Hosokawa | 26:29 | 14 | 5/8 | 1/2 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 0 | Yuma Fujii | 24:19 | 5 | 2/8 | 1/2 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Koh Flippin | 18:31 | 6 | 3/8 | 3/7 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 55 | Daichi Taniguchi | 10:02 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 83 | 31/65 | 22/36 | 9/29 | 12/14 | 19 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 99 | |
SENDAI 89ers
82 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | * Jarrett Culver | 38:46 | 33 | 12/21 | 7/11 | 5/10 | 4/4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 32 |
| 9 | * Sergio El Darwich | 30:45 | 20 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | * Seiya Funyu | 26:16 | 10 | 4/6 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 75 | * Soichiro Inoue | 23:32 | 5 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | * Shota Watanabe | 21:20 | 4 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Kazuma Okajima | 16:07 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Yusei Sugiura | 15:14 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -4 |
| 23 | Ryota Hanzawa | 14:57 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Hirohide Araya | 11:32 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Kosei Niinuma | 01:31 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 82 | 29/59 | 16/28 | 13/31 | 11/12 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 99 | |