Dominique Joins career-high balance in Nha Trang Dolphins' 4th consecutive victory

Danang Dragons was in a difficult period when they had to change foreign players in the middle of the season, creating a pretty big hole in the center when they said goodbye to bigman Yevgen Sakhniuk.

This immediately turned the Dragons' near-basket area into a "hot spot" for the opponent to exploit.After being unable to stand up to the strength of John Fields in the middle of the week, today the Han River team had a difficult time having to against Vietnamese-origin bigman Dominique Tham.

Despite Jairus Holder and many other internal soldiers trying to defend, Danang Dragons was still powerless in most of the attacks of Dominique Tham and his teammates into the near-basket area.

If there is no problem of personal fouls (playing only 30 minutes of this match) or saving more free-throw opportunities, Dominique Tham can completely set a new personal record.

Not only Dom Tham, the whole Nha Trang Dolphins team attacked effectively in the area near the basket or 2 points.

The Dolphins' successful rate of shots in the 2-point zone is more than 56% (31-55 2P FG). Out of a total of 86 points scored in this match, they have 62 points in the 3-second zone.

On the side of Danang Dragons, they almost have no choice but to compensate for the attack. Jermaine Marrow and Jairus Holder play familiar locomotives. But these two foreign soldiers also failed to finish effectively with a total of 15-43 FG (34%) and 3-17 3PT (17%).

Todd Purves's 3-point throw rate is not good with 6-29 3PT (20%). This made the Dragons, even though they didn't lose much of the ball and the outer defense was not bad, they still lost in terms of points.

At the end of 4 rounds in the city of Han River, Nha Trang Dolphins won the final with the score 86-76.

Not only Dominique Tham, but Nha Trang Dolphins also had 2 other players who also scored 2 above 10, creating a rare match where 3 teammates achieved a double-double in a match.

Robert Sampson has 19 points (8-24 FG) with 22 rebounds and 3 blocks. Besides 30 points, 15 rebounds from Dominique Tham was the performance of Madarious Gibbs with 21 points (9-23 FG), 11 rebounds and 7 more assists.

On the side of Danang Dragons, Jarmaine Marrow continues to be the leading name with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals. Jairus Holder added 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. William Tran came on from the bench, scoring 12 points with 2-3 3PT and 6 rebounds.

After this match, Danang Dragons will enter a 6-day vacation. Their next match will take place on July 22 against Thang Long Warriors. This could not be a better opportunity for teachers and coaches Todd Purves to once again shock the spirit, and also a time for Jairus Holder to get to know his teammates better.

Meanwhile, Nha Trang Dolphins continue their series of matches away from home with a visit to the CIS Stadium, facing Saigon Heat at 19:30 on July 19. This promises to be an attractive competition between the two teams sharing the top two positions on the VBA 2023 table.