Japan

Regular Season Round 53: Niigata Albirex - Toyama Grouses 80-66

Date: April 3, 2019
The game between Top Four teams took place in Niigata. First ranked host Niigata Albirex (38-15) defeated 4th placed Toyama Grouses (27-26) 80-66. Americans were the main players on the court. Davante Gardner (203-91, college: Marquette) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 32 points and 11 rebounds for the winners and power forward Lamont Hamilton (208-84, college: St.John's) chipped in 18 points and 9 rebounds. Center Joshua Smith (208-92, college: Georgetown) responded with a double-double by scoring 22 points and 12 rebounds and forward Leo Lyons (206-87, college: Missouri) scored 14 points and 9 rebounds. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. The victory was the third consecutive win for Niigata Albirex. They maintain first place with 38-15 record. Toyama Grouses lost their third game in a row. They keep the fourth position with 26 games lost. Niigata Albirex will face Aishin Sea Horses (#3) in Kariya in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Toyama Grouses will play on the road against the league's second-placed Toshiba Thunders in Kanagawa and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Niigata Albirex: D.Gardner 32+11reb+2ast, L.Hamilton 18+9reb+1ast, K.Igarashi 10+2ast, S.Kashiwagi 7+1reb+1ast, J.Uzawa 4+1reb, K.Morii 4+2reb+6ast
Toyama Grouses: J.Smith 22+12reb+3ast, L.Lyons 14+9reb+3ast, Y.Otsuka 11+1reb, N.Uto 9+5reb+5ast, T.Abe 8+2reb, T.Mito 2+2ast
gschID: 708072

  NIIGATA ALBIREX (coach: Jun Uzawa)80
  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 +/-
03 GiQdjRQ, giLijUR 41 64-88 (07.6%) 6-8 (05%) 4-3 (90%) 8 7 66 8 8 1 8 5 6 6 48 42 5
43 HiBalUIj, viBIjU 40 3-1 (11.9%) 4-7 (44.4%) 6-4 (44.4%) 6 2 7 6 6 8 5 6 5 8 62 62 6
62 bIQaa, KRjUi 83 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 6 6 8 1 6 8 6 5 5 6 3 68 5
61 WiUijiMR, eFujIsuVR 84 6-0 (85%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 3 0 7 8 3 8 4 5 5 5 4 65 5
9 oDiQisha, KRa 85 8-4 (11.9%) 8-3 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 8 5 6 5 5 5 6 65 7 5
88 tRUi, YuVa 67 5-6 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 8-4 (11.9%) 5 4 4 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 8 6 5
48 oVRdi, YuaZha 67 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 5
4 KishaTiDa, AhajsuVR 64 6-4 (44.4%) 6-6 (655%) 8-8 (655%) 6 5 6 6 6 8 4 5 5 6 9 65 5
66 tJiTi, zuj 9 6-4 (44.4%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 3 4 5
63 oshaa, AhujpRa 6 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
8 YiBiDuZha, YuVa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   84-30 (06.6%) 9-86 (44.4%) 64-62 (98.8%) 7 45 47 69 68 62 7 8 6 1 25 650  


  TOYAMA GROUSES (coach: David Gomez)66
  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 +/-
43 ABaUh, zIshui 40 65-61 (18.0%) 5-5 (5%) 8-3 (05%) 0 9 68 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 88 87 6
5 vFIjs, vRI 40 3-2 (05%) 8-1 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 6 2 7 4 4 6 5 5 5 8 63 63 6
66 tUI, XiIVa 45 3-65 (35%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 3 0 0 4 8 5 6 5 4 7 7 5
83 PUsuVi, YuUI 89 5-6 (5%) 4-9 (38.7%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 5 3 6 5 5 5 8 66 8 5
9 SMR, wIBIViJu 85 8-4 (11.9%) 6-4 (44.4%) 6-6 (655%) 5 8 8 5 8 5 8 5 5 5 2 9 5
7 baUI, wiVRsha 61 5-4 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 5 5 8 8 6 5 5 5 6 8 -8 5
1 yujFu, ARaFi 61 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
2 YiBidi, giana 2 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 5
80 KuJuhiQi, giaZha 9 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5
64 HalVR, KRjna 6 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 -6 5
68 KRjsuVR, wijiVi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
46 SIjI, yuBahaVI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   85-31 (34.0%) 1-62 (44.4%) 2-66 (98.9%) 9 81 44 60 62 66 0 6 8 65 11 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)