Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
SAGA BALLOONERS defeated NAGOYA DIAMOND DOLPHINS 71-66 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. SAGA BALLOONERS won by a 5-point margin. Tanner Groves led all scorers with 21 points. SAGA BALLOONERS shot 41.8% from the field while NAGOYA DIAMOND DOLPHINS managed 37.5%. SAGA BALLOONERS collected 33 rebounds and NAGOYA DIAMOND DOLPHINS grabbed 34. 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
SAGA BALLOONERS
71 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | * Taiki Sumida | 32:39 | 14 | 6/18 | 4/8 | 2/10 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 55 | * Josh Harrellson | 28:34 | 6 | 3/7 | 3/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | * Reynaldo Garcia | 28:24 | 19 | 6/13 | 4/9 | 2/4 | 5/6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| 23 | * Dave Dudzinski | 23:30 | 11 | 4/8 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 18 | * Sori Uchio | 19:55 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Tanner Groves | 27:58 | 21 | 9/14 | 8/11 | 1/3 | 2/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 13 | Ryo Abe | 20:27 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Ryota Inoue | 18:33 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 71 | 28/67 | 22/43 | 6/24 | 9/12 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 79 | |
NAGOYA DIAMOND DOLPHINS
66 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | * Aaron Henry | 38:57 | 18 | 5/12 | 4/9 | 1/3 | 7/8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 29 |
| 34 | * Kyle Richardson | 37:26 | 8 | 4/11 | 4/10 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | * Takumi Saito | 31:37 | 11 | 4/7 | 2/2 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | * Isaiah Murphy | 24:49 | 8 | 3/9 | 1/4 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | * Taketo Kato | 17:22 | 10 | 3/6 | 1/1 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | Taito Nakahigashi | 15:25 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Keita Imamura | 14:53 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/4 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 23 | Jake Holtz | 08:05 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Tenketsu Harimoto | 07:08 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Takuma Sato | 04:18 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 66 | 24/64 | 16/37 | 8/27 | 10/12 | 25 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 73 | |