THIRDY Ravena and Matthew Wright stood at the forefront of Japan B.League's return to action after its All-Star break.
Two standout individual displays from the Filipino pair were converted into much-needed victories for San-en NeoPhoenix and Kyoto Hannaryz respectively, with Ravena falling just one point shy of a triple-double and Wright with a game-high 24 points in 31 minutes of action.
READ: Matthew Wright, now based in Japan, misses old PBA team Phoenix
Ravena dropped nine points and career-highs of 13 rebounds and 12 assists in NeoPhoenix's 95-83 victory over Toyama Grouses on Wednesday evening.
The win kept Ravena's club atop the league table at 25-4 (win-loss) alongside Alvark Tokyo.
Wright, on the other hand, bested all scorers in Kyoto's 81-75 win against Nagasaki Velca with an impressive scoring display in the 20th-placed club's ninth victory in 29 games played.
Elsewhere in the league, RJ Abbarientos' Shinshu Brave Warriors got the better of Kai Sotto's loan club Yokohama B-Corsairs, 81-71.
Abbarientos dished out 12 points, four boards, and four dimes in roughly 16 minutes of play while Sotto had nine points and five boards in the losing effort with 13 minutes to his name.
Asia All-Stars captain Dwight Ramos (nine points and three boards) and Ray Parks (four points, three boards, and three assists) also landed in the win column for their clubs.
Ramos' Levanga Hokkaido completed an 18-point rout of Ibaraki Robots as Parks played sparingly in Nagoya's late 77-75 escape over a Carl Tamayo-less Ryukyu side.
Get more of the latest sports news & updates on SPIN.ph
NOTICE ON UNAUTHORIZED AND UNLAWFUL USE, PUBLICATION, AND/OR DISSEMINATION OF SPIN.PH CONTENT: Please be notified that any unauthorized and unlawful use, publication, and/or dissemination of Spin.ph’s content and/or materials is a direct violation of its legal and exclusive rights to the same, and shall be subject to appropriate legal action/s.
