Thirdy Ravena and San-en NeoPhoenix suffered another heartbreaking 103-74 loss to the visiting Kawasaki Brave Thunders on Saturday, April 3, at the Toyohashi City General Gymnasium.

The B. League No. 5 seed improved its record to 49-33, while the home team skidded to a fifth straight loss and fell to 11-39.

Pablo Aguilar led Kawasaki with 23 points and 8 rebounds, while American Jordan Heath emerged as the player of the game after recording a double-double of 17 points and 11 rebounds, while making 5 dunks in the game.

In Ravena’s second game back from injury, the Brave Thunders managed to limit him to only 4 points, as the visiting team also impressed with a total of 33 team assists.

Kawasaki relied on its strong start that allowed them to cruise to a 27-point lead at the half, 55-28.

Though the Brave Thunders held most of the lead, San-en showed signs of life in the 3rd quarter as American-Jamaican Kyle Hunt led the home team’s comeback effort with 10 points.

However, San-en failed to sustain it as the visiting team pulled away and stretched the lead to as many as 32 points, 103-71, in the dying seconds of the game.

Hunt led the way for the NeoPhoenix with 18 points.

San-en hopes for a better showing in front of its fans in its second straight game against Kawasaki on Sunday, April 4, 1:05 pm, Manila time.

The Scores

Kawasaki – Aguilar 23, Heath 17, Fujii 18, Otsuka 15, Fazekas 10, Tsuji 5, Hasegawa 5, Masuda 4, Shinoyama 3, Aoki 3.

San-en – Hunt 18, Jelovac 15, Miljenovic 12, Kawashima 9, Ota 8, Terazono 6, Ravena 4, T. Suzuki 2, Yamamoto 0, Okada 0, S. Suzuki 0, Tsuya 0.

Quarters: 29-12, 55-28, 80-53, 103-74.

– Rappler.com