Nobody expects Makoto Hasegawa to be the Akita Northern Happinets' go-to scorer this season.
On Christmas Day, however, he proved he can still be a dominant player in the bj-league.
The 39-year-old Hasegawa scored a season-high 28 points in 19-plus minutes, but it wasn't enough to lift Akita past the visiting Niigata Albirex BB.