Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
SAGA BALLOONERS defeated OSAKA EVESSA 87-82 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. SAGA BALLOONERS won by a 5-point margin. Tanner Groves led all scorers with 32 points. SAGA BALLOONERS shot 52.2% from the field while OSAKA EVESSA managed 45.2%. SAGA BALLOONERS collected 36 rebounds and OSAKA EVESSA grabbed 31. 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
87 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | BLR | PF | PFR | EFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Taiki Sumida | 29:30 | 7 | ▌▓.▊ | ▓▒.█ | ▓▉.▒ | ▓▓.█ | ▊▌.▉ | ▒▌.▋ | ▊▊.▓ | ▊█.▉ | ▋▓.▒ | ▋▋.▊ | █▉.▌ | ▌▓.▊ | ▒▌.▉ | 4 |
| * Tanner Groves | 28:51 | 32 | ██.▉ | ▓▓.▌ | ▌▌.▓ | ▉▒.▓ | ▋▋.▓ | ▌▒.█ | ▓▌.▓ | ▓█.▒ | ▉▒.▌ | ▉▌.▉ | █▋.▓ | █▌.▌ | ▓█.▉ | 48 |
| * Dave Dudzinski | 27:14 | 11 | ▓█.█ | ▊▊.▊ | ▓▋.█ | ▉▊.▓ | ▌▓.▉ | ██.▊ | ▒▋.▉ | ▋▉.█ | ▌▒.▊ | ▒▉.▓ | ▌▊.▉ | ▌▉.▋ | ▊▉.▒ | 11 |
| * Sori Uchio | 17:18 | 3 | ▉▊.▒ | ▌▒.▊ | ▊▒.▊ | ▉▉.▌ | █▊.▓ | ▓▊.▒ | ▊▊.▒ | ▊▌.▋ | ▓▓.▓ | ▊▊.▒ | █▌.▉ | ▒▌.▋ | ▉▋.▒ | 0 |
| * Toshiki Tomiyama | 10:31 | 3 | █▓.▋ | ▓▓.▋ | ▒▒.█ | ▋▒.▒ | ▌▊.▉ | ▌█.▒ | ▒▒.▌ | ▒▒.█ | ▉▌.▉ | ▓▌.▊ | ▊▌.█ | ▉▒.█ | █▊.█ | 1 |
| Ryo Abe | 26:35 | 9 | █▒.▉ | ▉▉.▓ | ▌▉.▒ | ▋▒.▌ | █▓.▋ | █▌.▓ | ▋▊.█ | ▊▌.▊ | ▓▋.▓ | ▉▒.▊ | ▌▓.▓ | ▒▋.█ | ▊▉.▊ | 10 |
| Kosuke Kanamaru | 25:01 | 6 | ▓▊.▒ | ▌█.▒ | ▉▒.▓ | █▒.▓ | ▓▋.▓ | ▋▒.▒ | ▉█.▌ | ▒▊.▉ | ▊▒.▒ | ▓▒.█ | ▌▓.▒ | ▌▋.▒ | ▋█.▋ | 9 |
| Chase Fieler | 14:11 | 9 | ▊█.▓ | ▒▒.▌ | ▊▉.▉ | ▋▒.▊ | ▌▊.▓ | ▋▓.▊ | ▊▋.▋ | ▋▉.▒ | ▊█.▋ | ▓▉.█ | ▒▒.▋ | ▒▒.▊ | ▉▋.▒ | 12 |
| Atsuki Kishida | 10:36 | 5 | ▊▌.▒ | ▋▌.▒ | ▊▋.▒ | ▌▉.▋ | ▊▉.▒ | ▒█.▋ | ▌▒.▋ | ██.▉ | ▋▊.▓ | ▉▉.▊ | █▒.▉ | █▌.▋ | ▒▉.▓ | 6 |
| Josh Harrellson | 10:13 | 2 | ▌▌.█ | ▉▋.▓ | ▊▊.▋ | ▒▊.▊ | ▓▒.▓ | ▋▓.▊ | ▌▊.▌ | ▋▉.▓ | ▋▓.▉ | ▉▌.▓ | ▊▒.▊ | █▊.█ | ▉▌.▉ | 3 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 87 | ▊▒.▉ | ▒▌.▌ | ██.▋ | ▌▌.▌ | ▓▉.▓ | ▓▊.▋ | █▋.▓ | ▊▊.▒ | ▊▌.▊ | ▒▓.█ | ▌▌.█ | ▒▉.▓ | ▓█.▓ | 104 |
OSAKA EVESSA
82 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | BLR | PF | PFR | EFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Matt Bonds | 34:36 | 28 | ▒▉.▊ | ▉▋.▒ | ▉▋.▒ | ▉▌.▊ | ▓▊.▓ | ▋█.█ | ▊█.█ | ▌▊.▊ | █▓.▉ | ▊▉.▌ | ▉▌.▓ | ▓▉.▊ | ▓▌.▊ | 37 |
| * Ryan Luther | 30:51 | 22 | ▉▋.▋ | ▓▌.█ | ▋█.█ | ▋▒.▉ | ▋▉.█ | ▌▊.▒ | ▒▉.▒ | █▉.▓ | ▌▉.▓ | ▒▌.█ | ██.▋ | ▓▌.▋ | ▋▌.▌ | 30 |
| * Ray Parks | 29:42 | 11 | ▉▉.▓ | ▌▌.▓ | ▊█.▒ | █▉.█ | █▊.▉ | ▊▒.▓ | ▌▊.▋ | █▋.▉ | ▋▉.▒ | ▒▌.▋ | ▓▉.▓ | ▌▒.█ | ▒█.▋ | 6 |
| * Yasunori Aoki | 21:06 | 4 | ▌▉.█ | █▋.▋ | ▊▊.▒ | ▋▒.▌ | ▓▌.▉ | ▓▋.▒ | ▌▌.▓ | ▋▓.█ | ▊▊.█ | ▒▌.█ | ▌█.█ | ▒▉.▒ | ▋▊.▌ | 3 |
| * Seiga Sakamoto | 18:45 | 5 | ▊▒.▊ | ▌▋.▉ | ██.▉ | ▌▒.▋ | ▌█.▊ | ██.▌ | ▓▓.▓ | ▉▋.▓ | ▉▉.▌ | ▓▊.█ | ▉▊.▉ | ▌▉.▌ | ▒▋.▉ | 8 |
| Makoto Kinoshita | 23:56 | 6 | ▊▓.█ | █▒.▓ | ▓█.▓ | ▊▉.▒ | ▉▊.▒ | ▊▌.▌ | ▊▋.▓ | ▌▌.▊ | ▋▉.▒ | ▉▒.▋ | ▉▋.▋ | █▉.▊ | ▒█.▓ | 7 |
| Tatsuya Suzuki | 17:21 | 4 | ▌▊.▊ | ▊▓.▌ | ▊▉.▓ | ▓▌.▉ | ▋▒.▓ | ▒█.▊ | ██.▌ | ▒▓.▌ | ▓█.▌ | ▓▋.▌ | █▓.▊ | ▉▓.▓ | ▊▒.▌ | 3 |
| Joji Takeuchi | 12:23 | 0 | ▌▋.▋ | ▌▊.▓ | ██.▓ | ▓▋.▌ | █▒.▌ | ▓█.▉ | ▌▋.█ | █▉.▉ | ▒█.█ | ▓▉.▉ | ▊▊.▓ | █▒.▉ | ▉▌.█ | 0 |
| Rei Goda | 07:09 | 0 | █▊.▌ | ▋▊.▋ | ▓▊.▓ | ▉▓.▌ | ▒▒.▊ | ▌▌.▋ | ▌▊.█ | ▓▊.▒ | ▌▌.▌ | ▉▒.▋ | █▒.▓ | ▋▋.▌ | █▋.▒ | 2 |
| Yoshiya Uematsu | 04:10 | 2 | ██.▊ | ▉█.▋ | ▓▉.▋ | █▒.▋ | ▊▌.█ | ▋█.▓ | ▒▋.█ | ▋▒.▋ | ▊█.▌ | ▌▌.▒ | ▊█.▒ | █▊.▋ | ▉▌.▌ | 3 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 82 | ▒▊.▌ | ▉▒.▌ | █▋.▌ | ▓▋.█ | ▉▉.▉ | ▋▋.▊ | ██.▓ | ▌▌.▓ | ▓▉.█ | █▒.▊ | ▉▊.▋ | █▌.▉ | █▊.▓ | 99 |