December 28, 2024

Kai Sotto achieves personal milestone in clutch performance vs. Thirdy's NeoPhoenix in Japan

Kai Sotto achieves personal milestone in clutch performance vs. Thirdy
23 points for Kai Sotto in another strong outing for Yokohama. Photo (c) B.League
Kai Sotto appears to have unlocked a certain confidence to his game.

 

Taking on a top B.League team in Thirdy Ravena’s San-en NeoPhoenix Wednesday, Kai went to work, leading his Yokohama B-Corsairs to an impressive 81-76 home win.

 

Sotto scored eight points in points in the fourth, none bigger than his go-ahead hook shot with 1:09 remaining that broke a 76-all tie.

 

His clutch shot came in between two huge rebounds, the latter leading to a booming Yuki Kawamura trey to put the NeoPhoenix away.

 

In total, Sotto finished with 23 points, 16 in the second half, on 11-of-14 shooting. He also had 10 rebounds, making it five double-doubles in his last six games.

 

 

 

Kai also achieved a personal milestone in the win, as it’s his fifth-straight time in double figures to make it a career-high for his professional career, which is now in year 4 including his stint as an Adelaide 36er in the NBL.

 

Thirdy Ravena had 10 points and five rebounds for San-en, but the NeoPhoenix are officially on a rough patch following their franchise-record 16 straight wins.

 

San-en has now lost four in row, and its 34-8 record is no longer good for first place in the B.League’s top division. The Utsunomiya Brex now hold that distinction with a 35-7 mark.

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