If you shot 4-for-31 from the field, as Michael Gardener did on Saturday, you'd probably expect to shoot a better percentage in your next basketball game.
Gardener didn't resemble former Indiana Pacers sharpshooter Reggie Miller in one of his can't-miss stretches against the New York Knicks from days of yore, but he played like a confident star willing to do whatever it takes to lead his team to victory.
Gardener had 43 points in the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix's 102-96 win over the Tokyo Apache on Sunday before a rowdy crowd of 6,105 at Ariake Colosseum.