Japan

Regular Season Round 50: Aomori Watts - Yamagata 79-87

Date: March 23, 2019
The game between closely ranked teams ended with fifth ranked Yamagata's (19-31) road victory over 6th ranked Aomori Watts (12-38) 87-79 on Saturday. Yamagata shot 30 for 47 from the free-throw line, while Aomori Watts only scored four points from the stripe. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 28 assists comparing to just 12 passes made by Aomori Watts' players. Aomori Watts were plagued by 35 personal fouls down the stretch. American center Will Creekmore (205-89, college: Missouri St.) had a double-double by scoring 33 points (!!!), 15 rebounds and 4 assists to lead the charge for the winners and Nigerian forward Chukwudiebere Maduabum (206-91) chipped in 23 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks during the contest. South Sudanese forward Mogga Lado (201-95, college: Campbell) responded with a double-double by scoring 22 points and 17 rebounds and Lithuanian power forward Julius Jucikas (205-89, agency: Octagon Europe) scored 19 points and 6 rebounds. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to get some rest. Yamagata moved-up to fourth place, which they share with Kanazawa Sam. Aomori Watts lost eleventh consecutive game. They keep the sixth position with 38 games lost. Yamagata will have a break next round. Aomori Watts will play again at home against Yamagata (#5) and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Aomori Watts: M.Lado 22+17reb, J.Jucikas 19+6reb+1ast, T.Kan 17+6reb+2ast, B.Mie 7+4reb, J.Nozato 6, T.Sano 4
Yamagata: W.Creekmore 33+15reb+4ast, C.Maduabum 23+8reb+3ast, Y.Nakajima 15+2reb+8ast, M.Izawa 5+4reb+2ast, A.Hikaru 4+3ast, S.Kouno 2+5reb+5ast
gschID: 710942

  AOMORI WATTS (coach: Yosuke Oshima)79
  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 +/-
0 vidI, bIDDi 40 65-60 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 1 66 69 5 4 3 6 6 4 8 88 48 5
62 Kij, wIshaI 81 0-2 (18.0%) 8-3 (05%) 6-6 (655%) 5 1 1 8 3 4 5 5 5 6 69 62 5
88 bIjBi, KRanaQI 80 6-8 (05%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 6 0 6 5 5 5 5 8 -8 5
89 zuZaVis, zulaus 88 0-60 (44.4%) 4-9 (38.7%) 5-5 (5%) 4 4 1 6 0 4 8 6 8 4 67 2 5
5 SaUi, KRasuVR 62 6-3 (80%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 3 6 5 5 5 5 4 8 -8 5
7 XIJiUI, zujVa 60 5-6 (5%) 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 1 4 5
2 AijI, wiaZha 63 8-8 (655%) 5-3 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 6 5 3 -0 5
48 tsua, HaQIVa 63 5-1 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5 5 5 6 0 8 6 5 5 5 5 -65 5
25 maQashaMR, baR 64 4-0 (15%) 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 8 8 3 5 0 8 5 5 5 6 9 0 5
44 wsujia, YusuVR 66 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 4 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
86 HishaBIUI, eFuFi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
4 AiBRshaBi, KiJuUI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   89-07 (30.2%) 9-88 (46.2%) 3-1 (11.9%) 66 83 40 68 40 60 3 8 1 65 97 39  


  YAMAGATA (coach: Yuichi Ishikawa)87
  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 +/-
88 CQRRVBIQR, Wall 41 2-63 (09.6%) 8-3 (05%) 66-68 (76.9%) 8 64 60 3 0 66 6 5 6 4 44 31 5
6 XiVinaBi, YIshafuBa 41 4-2 (49.0%) 5-8 (5%) 7-66 (26.2%) 5 8 8 2 4 1 5 5 5 4 60 61 5
05 oJiTi, baUsuUiVi 41 8-9 (82.1%) 5-6 (5%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5 3 3 8 8 8 5 6 5 6 0 4 5
49 KIujI, ARana 48 6-8 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 8 4 0 0 6 8 0 5 5 5 8 63 5
63 biduiMuB, ChuVTudaRMRQR 89 2-68 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 9-64 (04.2%) 8 1 2 4 8 2 5 3 6 5 84 44 0
7 bisijiQa, bisijiQa 2 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 0 5
8 wiViBiUsu, YusuVR 9 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5 6 6 5 6 8 5 6 5 8 6 5 5
1 oTiUi, eFIUi 0 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5
66 SVaFiBi, HaViQu 3 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 6-3 (80%) 5 5 5 4 5 8 5 5 5 5 3 1 5
68 wiVihiBi, wiVuFi 3 6-6 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 5 5
90 ARVadI, YusuVR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   83-30 (04.4%) 4-68 (80.5%) 45-39 (14.2%) 9 48 47 82 60 43 1 1 8 7 29 689  



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)