Son Minh Tam threw a game-winner to rescue the Dolphins, Nha Trang firmly built 3rd place on the chart

Welcoming Cantho Catfish at home to create a "water battle" between the two mascots of the two teams, Nha Trang Dolphins had a pretty good match against the away team in the first three innings.

Despite having more turnover than usual, coach Predrag Lukic's men still dominated the majority of the game. At one point, they led the opponent by 15 points before maintaining the gap at 10.

And then the Dolphins' carelessness in deploying the ball across the half-court was punished. Three consecutive turnovers caused them to receive a 9-1 run from their opponent, shortening the score to 72-70

Robert Sampson then had 2 successful free throws before this foreign soldier launched a quality assist for Son Minh Tam to throw 3 points at a zero angle.

Up to this point before Tam's throw, Nha Trang Dolphins were falling into a series of 9 consecutive 3-pointers. But when the ball reached the inside soldier wearing the number 15 shirt, he coldly ended the match with a precise shot.

This is not the first time Son Minh Tam has thrown 3 "clutch" points for Nha Trang Dolphins, a few weeks ago at home, he also threw 2 3-pointers in a row to bring the Dolphins to an overtime victory over Saigon Heat.

Tam's 3-point result helped Nha Trang Dolphins escape with a final victory of 77-70, a result that helped them firmly build 3rd place on the VBA 2023 chart.

Madarious Gibbs was voted Player of The Game with his first triple-double in VBA. The American foreign soldier scored 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in nearly 39 minutes of play.

Dominique Tham had an explosive game with 26 points, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals. Robert Sampson added 19 points, 15 rebounds and 3 steals. Son Minh Tam next to the cold 3 point result at the end of the game had a total of 9 points (3-6 FG, 2-5 3PT).

On the Cantho Catfish side, Joshua Keyes led with 23 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks. Brachon “Bam” Griffin scored 21 points, 8 rebounds and added 4 assists. Internal soldiers Le Ngoc Tu and Michael Soy are the two remaining prominent names with 8 and 7 points, respectively.

Today was a rather forgettable long throw day for Cantho Catfish as they did not have any successful 3 points the whole match, index 0-21 3PT. Their FG rate is also not high at 33%.

However, if they took advantage of the opportunity better, perhaps the army of coach Jordan Collins could have won the upstream victory.

In their next outing, Cantho Catfish will be back at home to play their last match of this season, welcoming Thang Long Warriors at Can Tho Multipurpose Stadium on the evening of September 1.

One day later, Nha Trang Dolphins will play the final match at Regular Season against hanoi Buffaloes on the evening of September 2.