Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
GUNMA CRANE THUNDERS defeated SENDAI 89ers 87-86 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. GUNMA CRANE THUNDERS won by a 1-point margin. Jarrett Culver led all scorers with 36 points. GUNMA CRANE THUNDERS shot 40.8% from the field while SENDAI 89ers managed 40.3%. GUNMA CRANE THUNDERS collected 39 rebounds and SENDAI 89ers grabbed 37. 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
87 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | * Takuto Nakamura | 32:54 | 14 | 6/13 | 5/10 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | * Kerry Blackshear Jr. | 32:29 | 22 | 8/13 | 6/10 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | * Naoto Tsuji | 31:13 | 20 | 6/15 | 1/1 | 5/14 | 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | * A.j. Edu | 26:27 | 5 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | * Kenny Asano | 16:31 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Kazuki Hosokawa | 29:36 | 8 | 3/11 | 1/3 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | Yuma Fujii | 28:15 | 3 | 1/6 | 0/1 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | Koh Flippin | 18:51 | 9 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 55 | Daichi Taniguchi | 08:44 | 6 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Team totals | 225:00 | 87 | 31/76 | 18/38 | 13/38 | 12/15 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 94 | |
SENDAI 89ers
86 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 | 41:33 | 36 | 11/21 | 6/9 | 5/12 | 9/10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 37 |
| 9 | * Sergio El Darwich | 37:21 | 17 | 7/10 | 6/8 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 |
| 75 | * Soichiro Inoue | 32:21 | 6 | 1/9 | 1/2 | 0/7 | 4/4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | * Seiya Funyu | 28:03 | 9 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 4/4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 15 | * Shota Watanabe | 27:44 | 13 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Kazuma Okajima | 16:20 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
| 23 | Ryota Hanzawa | 13:32 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Yusei Sugiura | 13:01 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| 11 | Hirohide Araya | 12:29 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Kosei Niinuma | 02:36 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 225:00 | 86 | 27/67 | 16/29 | 11/38 | 21/23 | 29 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 95 | |