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 |