Nile Murry scored 29 points, Lynn Washington added 28 and the Osaka Evessa defeated the visiting Takamatsu Five Arrows 94-91 on Saturday, stretching their winning streak to five games.
Naoto Nakamura chipped in with 16 points, two fewer than his season-high total, and Justen Naughton had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Washington also pulled down 10 boards as the Evessa improved to 15-8.
Gordon James led the Five Arrows (14-9) with 26 points, while George Leach had 15, Rasheed Sparks 13, Hiroyuki Kikuchi 12 and Yu Okada 11.
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