May 6, 2024 - Nagoya Diamond Dolphins at Saga Ballooners - RealGM International Game Preview

5/6/2024 Saga Ballooners v. Nagoya Diamond Dolphins Game Preview

	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins	(41-19, 18-12 away)
	Saga Ballooners	(29-31, 13-17 home)

May 6, 2024 at 5:00 AM ET
Japanese B.League

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2023-2024 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Nagoya Diamond Dolphins	60	40.20	84.02	30.78	67.03	.459	10.62	28.85	.368	11.83	16.13	.733	14.35	27.65	42.02	21.60	6.43	2.77	14.95	19.40
Saga Ballooners	60	40.37	75.38	27.30	63.12	.433	9.40	27.32	.344	11.38	18.13	.628	10.13	26.55	36.70	17.35	7.33	2.92	11.75	18.67
Nagoya Diamond Dolphins Opponents	60	40.12	79.35	28.78	67.12	.429	9.40	29.22	.322	12.38	17.52	.707	12.70	23.02	35.73	19.65	8.12	2.60	12.10	18.08
Saga Ballooners Opponents	60	40.30	75.07	26.15	63.20	.414	9.73	29.40	.331	13.03	17.75	.734	10.82	29.30	40.12	17.27	6.30	2.37	13.07	18.60

Head to Head Since 2000-2001

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
May 5, 2024	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins	Saga Ballooners	81 - 77	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins	Japanese B.League
Apr 7, 2024	Saga Ballooners	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins	79 - 88	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins	Japanese B.League	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
Apr 6, 2024	Saga Ballooners	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins	75 - 88	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins	Japanese B.League	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

2023-2024 Nagoya Diamond Dolphins Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Saito	Y. Suda	R. Parks	S. Eatherton	T. Soares
Rotation	I. Tatsuya	T. Nakahigashi			J. Smith
Rotation		T. Sato
Lim PT	S. Sakamoto		T. Harimoto
Lim PT			M. Kikuchi

2023-2024 Saga Ballooners Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Sumida	R. Inoue	R. Garcia	C. Fieler	J. Harrellson
Rotation	Y. Karino			Y. Childs
Rotation	A. Gaku Aihara
Lim PT	A. Kishida	D. Kuzuhara	Y. Mitsuhara
Lim PT	Y. Yamashita

Nagoya Diamond Dolphins Player Stats

Player	Pos	HT	WT	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Scott Eatherton	F	6-8	234	44	29.3	16.2	6.4	10.5	.610	0.8	1.6	.471	2.7	3.7	.720	2.9	6.7	9.6	2.7	0.8	0.7	2.3	2.2
Robert Franks	PF	6-7	225	36	31.9	18.1	6.7	13.5	.494	2.2	5.7	.387	2.6	3.2	.816	2.3	5.4	7.7	2.5	0.6	0.7	2.2	2.1
Tenketsu Harimoto	SF	6-6	210	19	8.4	2.5	0.8	2.7	.308	0.5	1.7	.303	0.3	0.6	.500	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.8
Yuto Imanishi	PG	5-10	0	5	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
Manato Kikuchi	F	6-4	208	48	7.8	2.0	0.7	1.6	.434	0.4	1.1	.364	0.2	0.3	.750	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.2
Taito Nakahigashi	G	6-2	163	60	22.0	6.8	2.7	7.0	.383	1.0	3.2	.323	0.4	0.6	.758	0.8	2.4	3.3	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.4
Toshihiro Nakatsuka	F	6-2	188	19	4.6	1.7	0.5	1.4	.346	0.5	1.3	.360	0.3	0.4	.714	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.4
Ray Parks	SG	6-4	205	53	21.7	8.8	2.9	7.0	.415	1.3	3.5	.386	1.6	2.0	.837	1.1	2.7	3.7	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.6
Takumi Saito	G	5-8	138	52	23.9	12.7	4.3	9.8	.443	1.9	4.8	.398	2.1	2.5	.859	0.6	1.4	2.0	6.1	1.3	0.1	2.9	1.6
Seiga Sakamoto	PG	6-0	0	52	10.2	1.5	0.7	2.1	.321	0.1	0.6	.138	0.1	0.2	.500	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.3
Takuma Sato	G	6-5	205	51	17.6	5.4	1.9	4.5	.419	0.9	2.7	.333	0.7	1.0	.725	0.7	1.7	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9
Joshua Smith	C	6-10	350	56	18.2	9.2	3.6	5.7	.630	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.5	.585	3.4	3.9	7.3	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.5
Timothy Soares	C	6-11	245	35	22.1	10.1	3.9	8.0	.491	1.5	3.9	.394	0.7	1.0	.714	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.0	0.6	0.9	1.8	2.6
Yutaroh Suda	G	6-2	187	59	25.0	10.1	3.4	8.9	.377	2.4	6.6	.365	0.9	1.2	.778	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.7
Ito Tatsuya	PG	5-8	158	49	12.2	2.8	1.2	3.1	.382	0.1	0.4	.333	0.3	0.5	.640	0.4	0.9	1.3	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.4	2.0
Eita Wakano	F	6-1	0	4	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.8	.333	0.2	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Saga Ballooners Player Stats

Player	Pos	HT	WT	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Yoeli Childs	PF	6-8	225	58	24.3	13.6	5.7	11.6	.495	0.1	0.5	.148	2.0	5.2	.387	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	0.7	0.7	1.6	1.6
Chase Fieler	F	6-8	205	58	28.2	12.9	4.9	10.3	.475	1.4	4.2	.340	1.7	2.3	.737	1.3	4.6	5.9	3.5	1.1	0.8	1.9	2.7
Alexander Gaku Aihara	GF	6-0	0	46	7.5	1.5	0.6	1.9	.318	0.2	0.7	.226	0.1	0.5	.273	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.2
Reynaldo Garcia	G	6-2	0	60	26.8	15.6	5.1	10.7	.481	0.9	2.6	.346	4.4	6.0	.735	0.9	3.2	4.1	3.9	1.8	0.3	2.1	3.3
Josh Harrellson	F	6-10	275	49	30.7	9.3	3.4	8.7	.388	2.0	5.6	.360	0.5	0.8	.641	1.9	7.1	9.0	2.3	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.6
Ryota Inoue	G	6-1	0	60	18.2	4.8	1.6	3.7	.439	1.3	2.9	.437	0.2	0.6	.424	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.3
Yusuke Karino	G	6-1	176	60	17.6	4.1	1.4	3.3	.418	1.2	2.8	.418	0.2	0.2	.923	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.8
Atsuki Kishida	PG	5-9	0	55	9.5	2.5	0.8	2.3	.328	0.5	1.6	.289	0.5	0.7	.744	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.5
Daichi Kuzuhara	G	6-2	198	51	8.1	1.2	0.5	1.4	.333	0.2	0.9	.244	0.1	0.3	.429	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1	1.2
Yuki Mitsuhara	F	6-6	224	51	10.1	1.7	0.6	1.7	.337	0.4	1.2	.300	0.2	0.2	.667	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.9
Yusuke Nakanishi		0-0	0	4	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Taiki Sumida	G	6-0	0	60	30.6	11.0	3.8	10.3	.369	1.8	5.7	.313	1.7	2.0	.849	0.4	2.3	2.7	3.7	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.5
Yasuhiro Yamashita	G	6-2	176	31	5.7	1.5	0.5	1.2	.472	0.3	0.8	.333	0.1	0.2	.800	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.5

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