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Regular Season Round 43: Fukuoka Rizing - Kawasaki BT 105-108

Date: March 9, 2019
Fifth-ranked Fukuoka Rizing (10-33) gave a tough game to second ranked Toshiba Thunders (27-16) on Saturday. The visitors from Kanagawa managed to secure only three-point victory 108-105. However their fans expected easier game. Toshiba Thunders shot the lights out from three sinking 12 long-distance shots on high 54.5 percentage. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 33 assists. International power forward Nick Fazekas (211-85, college: Nevada) fired 34 points (!!!), 9 rebounds and 5 assists for the winners. American power forward Vernon Macklin (208-86, college: Florida) chipped in a double-double by scoring 24 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists (on 9-of-11 shooting from the field). American forward Marqus Blakely (201-88, college: Vermont) produced a triple-double by scoring 37 points (!!!), 11 rebounds and 12 assists and the other American import center Dexter Pittman (208-88, college: Texas) added 29 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists respectively for lost side. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Toshiba Thunders have an impressive series of five victories in a row. They maintain second place with 27-16 record having nine points less than leader Ryukyu GK. Fukuoka Rizing lost third consecutive game. Newly promoted team keeps the fifth position with 33 games lost. They share it with Hokkaido L.. Toshiba Thunders will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Fukuoka Rizing will play again against the league's second-placed Toshiba Thunders (#2) and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Kawasaki BT: N.Fazekas 34+9reb+5ast, R.Shinoyama 26+3reb+8ast, V.Macklin 24+11reb+6ast, S.Edwards 22+4reb+8ast, T.Hasegawa 2+1reb+2ast, Y.Kamata 0
Fukuoka Rizing: M.Blakely 37+11reb+12ast, D.Pittman 29+10reb+4ast, T.You 17+6ast, M.Joho 11+2reb+1ast, D.Kobayashi 5+1reb+1ast, S.Kanou 3
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Fukuoka Rizing
 
Kawasaki BT
105
Points Scored
108
97
Starting Five Points
106
8
Bench Points
2
8
Offensive Rebounds
8
17
Defensive Rebounds
25
25
Rebounds
33
30
Assists
33
10
Steals
6
6
Turnovers
15
 
0
Blocked Shots
4
20
Personal fouls
20


 FUKUOKA RIZING (coach: Kawai, Ryuji)
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
# NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT AST CM RV ST FV AG TO PTS RNK +/-
23 Blakely, Marqus 45 8-13 4-6 9-11 2 9 11 12 3 9 2 0 2 3 37 54 0
34 Pittman, Dexter 43 13-21 0-0 3-4 4 6 10 4 4 2 2 0 0 1 29 33 3
5 Yamashita, Yasuhiro 41 0-3 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 7 0
0 You, Tenyoku 40 4-6 2-5 3-3 0 0 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 1 17 17 0
31 Joho, Masashi 29 1-2 3-7 0-1 0 2 2 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 11 8 0
6 Kobayashi, Daisuke 13 1-2 1-4 0-0 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
13 Tsuyama, Syota 5 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Kanou, Seiya 4 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
10 Hatano, Kazuya 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Komoda, Takuya  DNP - Coach's Decision
24 Ishitani, Satoshi  DNP - Coach's Decision
58 Suzuki, Tatsuo  DNP - Coach's Decision
Total   27-49 12-28 15-19 8 17 25 30 20 19 10 0 4 6 105 117  


 KAWASAKI BT (coach: Kita, Takuya)
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
# NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT AST CM RV ST FV AG TO PTS RNK +/-
22 Fazekas, Nick 41 10-17 3-5 5-6 0 9 9 5 3 5 1 0 0 3 34 38 0
21 Macklin, Vernon 38 9-11 0-0 6-6 4 7 11 6 3 5 1 2 0 4 24 40 4
7 Shinoyama, Ryusei 30 1-3 8-8 0-0 1 2 3 8 3 0 2 0 0 1 26 33 0
31 Edwards, Shane 29 8-10 1-1 3-4 2 2 4 8 3 4 2 1 0 3 22 32 3
0 Fujii, Yuma 29 0-1 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 3 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
33 Hasegawa, Takumi 21 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
14 Tsuji, Naoto 18 0-2 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 -6 0
4 Aoki, Yasunori 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 0
3 Hayashi, Shotaro 4 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Taniguchi, Hiroki  DNP - Coach's Decision
18 Kamata, Yuya  DNP - Coach's Decision
Total   29-47 12-22 14-16 8 25 33 33 20 20 6 4 0 15 108 139  


TOP PERFORMANCE
45MINS38
37POINTS24
9D.REB7
2O.REB4
11T.REB11
12ASSISTS6
2STEALS1
0BLOCKS2
66.7% (4/6)3FGP0
61.5% (8/13)2FGP81.8% (9/11)
81.8% (9/11)FTP100% (6/6)
MARQUS BLAKELY
Height: 201 cm / 6'7''
Position: F
Born: Oct 22, 1988
Weight: 102 kg / 224.4 lbs
Team: Fukuoka Rizing (2019-19)
VERNON MACKLIN
Height: 208 cm / 6'10''
Position: F/C
Born: Sep 25, 1986
Weight: 104 kg / 228.8 lbs
Team: Kawasaki BT (2018-19)


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)