He suffered a defeat in the Japanese championship Dainius Adomaitis and Artūrs Gudaitis the Tokyo “Alvark” (45/12) team is represented.
Lithuanian club at home during extra time 86:90 (23:20, 15:22, 20:13, 19:22, 9:13) fell to Gunma’s Crane Thunders (30/27).
Tokyo could have won in regulation time, but Ryan Rossiter hit only one of two free throws (77-77) and the teams had to play overtime.
Alvark had a 5-point advantage (82:77) in it, but could not keep it, and the last hopes were drowned by an unsportsmanlike foul by Geno Hiraiwa, after which the Gunma team built a winning lead – 90:86.
A. Gudaitis scored 10 points in 23 minutes (4/5 doubles, 2/3 penalties), rebounded 3 balls, made 2 assists, blocked a shot, provoked 3 fouls, made 3 mistakes, violated the rules 5 times and collected 9 utility scores.
For Tokyo, Leonard Meindl scored 19 points (7 rebounds), while Toews added 16 (10 rebounds) and R.Rossiter – 13 (14 rebounds).
For the winners, Trey McKinney-Jones scored 26 points (8 rebounds), Ben Bentil added 24 (8 rebounds).
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