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Regular Season Round 20: Niigata Albirex - Toyama Grouses 86-73

Date: November 29, 2015
Very important is a road loss of second ranked Toyama Grouses (11-5) against fifth ranked Niigata Albirex (11-6) on Sunday night. Visiting Toyama Grouses were defeated by Niigata Albirex in Niigata 86-73. It ended at the same time the six-game winning streak of Toyama Grouses. The hosts trailed by 1 point after three quarters before their 33-19 charge, which allowed them to win the game. Niigata Albirex made 16-of-19 free shots (84.2 percent) during the game. Strangely Toyama Grouses outrebounded Niigata Albirex 43-29 including 28 on the defensive glass. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 28 assists comparing to just 14 passes made by Toyama Grouses' players. Worth to mention a great performance of Jamaican-American power forward Ryan Reid (204-86, college: Florida St., agency: Comsport) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals and Kotakeshi Sato (186-84) who added 30 points and 4 steals during the contest. American forward Duke Crews (203-88, college: Bowie St.) responded with a double-double by scoring 22 points and 13 rebounds and his fellow American import forward Sam Willard (205-88, college: Pacific) produced a double-double by scoring 12 points and 13 rebounds. Niigata Albirex maintains fifth position with 11-6 record. Loser Toyama Grouses keep the second place with five games lost. They share the position with 3 other teams. Niigata Albirex will meet at home Kanazawa Samuraiz (#7) in the next round. Toyama Grouses will play against Fukuoka Rizing (#8) and hope to secure a win.

  NIIGATA ALBIREX (coach: Jun Uzawa)86
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
84 AiUI, KIUiVRsha 35 1-66 (03.0%) 3-65 (35%) 1-9 (20.9%) 5 6 6 4 3 5 3 5 5 4 45 67 5
38 eRad, eFij 49 65-63 (96.3%) 5-5 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 8 2 65 3 4 5 3 6 5 6 83 40 5
65 yiFR, OipR 45 4-1 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 3 0 3 3 5 5 6 5 5 9 7 5
48 oVRdi, YuaZha 89 8-3 (05%) 8-3 (05%) 8-8 (655%) 6 3 0 8 3 5 6 5 5 5 68 68 5
64 KIBiUsu, AhuhRa 88 5-6 (5%) 8-9 (82.1%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 1 4 5 4 5 5 8 1 0 5
9 wiVRa, HaQIiVa 85 8-4 (11.9%) 5-6 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 8 4 0 6 5 6 5 5 5 0 65 5
43 PlaLRQ, ChQas 64 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 6 8 4 8 4 5 6 5 5 6 8 8 5
0 bisiVa, AiUI 1 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
80 XiVijasha, AhIna 0 5-5 (5%) 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -4 5
61 HIjBi, eFIUiQI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
62 KiUI, eFuUi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   84-36 (01.6%) 2-81 (45.2%) 61-67 (23.8%) 9 88 87 82 83 5 63 8 5 9 21 27  


  TOYAMA GROUSES (coach: David Gomez)73
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
7 baUI, wiVRsha 40 8-0 (35%) 6-0 (85%) 8-8 (655%) 6 3 0 4 6 5 6 5 5 6 7 7 5
6 CQRTs, guVR 43 2-61 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 1-65 (15%) 7 3 64 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 88 69 5
46 bisisha, zIhI 46 6-0 (85%) 8-1 (44.4%) 7-7 (655%) 5 4 4 8 8 5 6 5 5 3 69 7 5
43 WalliQd, AiB 46 3-7 (33.3%) 5-8 (5%) 3-0 (25%) 8 66 64 5 5 5 6 6 5 4 68 61 5
68 wijiVi, KRjsuVR 85 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 1 4 5 5 8 5 4 8 0 5
1 wijiVi, giaZha 62 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 8 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 5
4 GIFi, wiVijIQa 61 4-4 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 6-4 (44.4%) 6 8 4 6 4 5 5 5 5 6 9 3 5
44 kajRF, gQRT 63 8-8 (655%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 8 6 5 8 6 5 8 3 1 5
03 AiTina, AiBuRl  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
88 wiVRdi, eajUiQI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
45 YiBiJiVa, eFI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   86-38 (05.5%) 4-61 (62.2%) 88-87 (90.7%) 60 82 34 63 64 5 0 3 5 69 94 12  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)