Japan Raiders in the lead to 2:1! Mohamed scores 20 points. Game score 72:60.

Third match of the series. S-Basketball select team was ready for a rematch, after losing previous game.

S-Basketball was equipped with a strong center Ilya and a point guard Roman Varezhkin aka "Jason Kidd" and scorer Alexsey Gorbachev.

Japan Raiders had only 6 players in their squad, but managed to collect almost all strongest players including Mohamed, Takuma, Takuo, Mitsuki and Akira.

Game started equally, first quarter finished 15:13 in favour of Japan Raiders. In the second quarter Japan Raiders started to run away increasing the lead to 10 points (29:39). Despite having height advantage Japan Raiders were able to get to the rebounds on offensive and defensive end.

Team S-Basketball tried to change defense from zone to man to man, but that did not help. Japan Raiders won the third match 72:60 and are ahead 2:1 in the best of 7 series (until 4 wins).

S-Basketball VS Japan Raiders (60:72)

1 quarter SBA-JPR : 13-15

2 quarter SBA-JPR : 16-24

3 quarter SBA-JPR : 20-23

4 quarter SBA-JPR : 11-10

MVP - Mohamed (Japan Raiders) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assist, 1 steal, 4 block. EFF 28

Notable mentions:

1. Takuma 14 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals. EFF 20.

2. Ilya Lebedev 19 points, 17 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks. EFF 21.

3. Takuo 9 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals, 1 block. EFF 12.

4. Mitsuki 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 steals. EFF 12.

Game 3 box score

EFF formula: (Points + Rebounds + Assists + Steals + Blocks + Fouls drawn) - (Missed Field Goals + Missed Free Throws + Turnovers + Fouls committed)

Best scorers

Team JPR 🥇(72 points)

1. Mohamed - 20 points

2. Takuma - 14 points

3. Takuo - 12 points

4. Akira - 11 points

5. Mutsuki - 8 point

6. Ueno - 5 points

Team SBA 🥈 (60 points)

1. Ilya Lebedev - 19 points

2. Alexsey Gorbachev - 16 points

3. Vladimir Sabylin - 6 points

4. Roman Varezhkin - 4 points

5. Evgenii Aksiuta - 3 points

6. Dmitry Kulikov - 2 points

7. Pavel Mikhailov - 2 points

8. Yakov Keranchuk - 0 points

Japan Raiders vs S-Basketball 13.10.2024

Team Japan Raiders

Team S-Basketball

Accumulated stats in three games:

First game stats

Second game Stats

Third game stats.

Series Overview