Japan

Finals Game 2: Denso Iris - JX Sunflowers 71-73

Date: April 19, 2014
JX Sunflowers snatched a narrow road victory over Denso Iris and grabbed 2-0 lead in the best-of-five championship series. Denso Iris trailed by 18 points after 3 quarters before a 26-10 run in the last quarter cut the deficit to 71-73 at the end of the game. JX Sunflowers dominated on the defensive end, holding Denso Iris to just 5 points in first quarter. They outrebounded Denso Iris 97-81 including 55 on the offensive glass. JX Sunflowers shot the lights out from three sinking 20 long-distance shots on high 71.4 percentage. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when JX Sunflowers made 204 blocks. 47 personal fouls committed by Denso Iris helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. The former international power forward Ramu Tokashiki (191-91) had a double-double by scoring 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead the charge for the winners and the former international forward Yuka Mamiya (185-90) chipped in 16 points and 9 rebounds during the contest. Five JX Sunflowers players scored in double figures. The former international power forward Maki Takada (183-89) responded with a double-double by scoring 19 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists and international guard Kumiko Oba (169-88) scored 15 points and 7 assists. Denso Iris' coach Hiroshi Kojima rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Denso Iris: M.Takada 19+16reb+4ast, K.Oba 15+2reb+7ast, Y.Ushida 10+2reb, M.Iju 9+3reb+3ast, N.Sonoda 8+1reb, S.Takada 5+1reb
JX Sunflowers: R.Tokashiki 16+11reb+1ast, Y.Mamiya 16+9reb+2ast, A.Okamoto 14+3reb+9ast, Y.Miyazawa 11+7reb+2ast, M.Onuma 10+3reb, M.Niihara 6+4reb+1ast
gschID: 316328

  DENSO IRIS (coach: Vladimir Vuksanovic)71
  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 +/-
2 wiVidi, biVa 35 9-68 (02.4%) 5-5 (5%) 0-1 (24.4%) 3 68 61 3 6 5 8 6 5 8 67 44 5
63 PMi, KuBaVI 35 6-7 (66.6%) 4-9 (38.7%) 3-3 (655%) 5 8 8 9 0 5 4 6 5 4 60 2 5
36 oUIu, YisuVI 81 6-0 (85%) 6-8 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 8 6 4 6 6 5 6 5 5 8 0 6 5
7 tshadi, YuQa 84 0-66 (30.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 5 8 5 3 5 6 5 5 6 65 8 5
65 yunaTiQi, SQasi 1 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 8 5 -1 5
64 onu, bajiBa 81 8-8 (655%) 6-2 (68.0%) 8-8 (655%) 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 7 3 5
46 wiVidi, AhaIQa 62 6-6 (655%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 0 3 5
4 AIjIdi, XiI 60 3-0 (25%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 2 9 5
66 YIshadi, Chasi 3 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
68 HiUUIQa, XiIVI 8 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 5
85 SMR, baFuVa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
1 PIjuBi, basiVa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
6 wijiVi, wIBIBa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   48-15 (04.4%) 87-38 (17.6%) 84-80 (78.5%) 31 40 42 62 39 5 67 854 5 66 96 08  


  JX SUNFLOWERS (coach: Timothy Lewis)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 +/-
66 PViBIUI, SFi 35 8-1 (44.4%) 4-66 (89.4%) 6-8 (05%) 8 6 4 7 8 5 6 5 5 0 63 9 5
65 wIVishaVa, eiBu 41 1-65 (15%) 5-5 (5%) 3-2 (05%) 4 2 66 6 6 5 5 8 5 4 61 62 5
86 biBaFi, YuVi 43 1-64 (31.8%) 5-5 (5%) 3-0 (25%) 6 2 7 8 0 5 5 6 5 8 61 64 5
84 PjuBi, baVIUI 43 0-2 (18.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 6 8 4 5 8 5 8 5 5 8 65 9 5
08 baFiJiTi, YuVa 81 0-9 (96.3%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 3 4 9 8 6 5 6 6 5 8 66 61 5
7 XaahiQi, biddRQ 84 4-0 (15%) 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 6 4 3 6 4 5 8 5 5 4 1 4 5
83 wiVihisha, eRaVi 1 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 -3 5
8 KaMiFisha, ChaR 6 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
9 wRQidi, YiRVI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
68 YIshadi, SsiBa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
63 YiBidi, KuBaVI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
60 KiTiViBa, biQai  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
88 XiViBuQi, YujaVi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   49-98 (06.3%) 85-82 (96.3%) 88-48 (12.2%) 00 38 30 67 32 5 89 853 5 69 94 15  



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)