S-basketball strikes back! Win against Japan Raiders 68:67, series score 2:3 Japan Raiders in the lead. Ilya Lebedev MVP.

01.12.2024

Fifth match of the series.

S-Basketball team gathered pretty strong squad with the best Center of S-Basketball Ilya Lebedev, as well as experienced point guards Roman Varezhkin and Maxim Savushkin.

Japan Raiders had almost all of its leaders - Takuma, Mohamed, Mitsuki, Takuo and Akira. Harris was missing due to shoulder injury.

S-Basketball had nowhere to go before the match as the loss would mean losing the series 1:4, and they really wanted to extend the series.

Game started pretty nervous for S-Basketball, Japan Raiders took fast lead 8:0. However S-Basketball managed to get back and finished first quarter 13:17.

After Maxim Savushkin checked in the game, Bulls started to play more agressively on the offence and managed to out play Japan raiders in the second quarter 17:9. S-Basketball played tight on defense, not allowing opponents to score easy points, and watched fast breaks. S-Basketball continued to use height and mass advantage by having a 68:62 lead with 1 minute remaining in the game. However, Japan Raiders would not give up. Causing stressed S-Basketball team to make 4 turnovers and getting very close in score 68:67, Japan Raiders had even a chance to overtake the lead in the final seconds of the match! But the final offense was not successful.

End result 68:67 S-Basketball win. Series score 2:3

S-Basketball VS Japan Raiders (68:67)

1 quarter SBA-JPR : 20-24

2 quarter SBA-JPR : 17-9

3 quarter SBA-JPR : 16-15

4 quarter SBA-JPR : 15-19

MVP - Ilya Lebedev (SBA) 22 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 blocks. EFF 26

Notable mentions:

1. Maxim Savushkin 16 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steals. EFF 19.

2. Mohamed 27 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals. EFF 19.

3. Takuma 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 steals EFF 18.

   
   

Game 5 box score

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

Best scorers

Team SBA 🥇(68 points)

1. Ilya Lebedev - 22 points

2. Maxim Savushkin - 16 points

3. Simon - 7 points

4. Vladimir Diiuk - 6 points

5. Vladimir Sabylin - 6 point

6. Roman Varezhkin - 6 points

7. Nikos - 3 points

8. Alexander Shtafienko- 2 points

Team JPR 🥈 (67 points)

1. Mohamed - 27 points

2. Takuma - 12 points

3. Mutsuki - 11 points

4. Takuo - 11 points

5. Akira - 3 points

6. Edmond - 3 points

7. Yasu - 0points

Japan Raiders vs S-Basketball 01.12.2024

Team Japan Raiders

Team S-Basketball

Accumulated stats in five games:

First game stats

Second game stats

Third game stats

Fourth game stats

Fifth Game stats

Series Overview