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Samurai Snatch Victory: Patel's Dominance Fuels Tokyo's 104-94 Win Over Orcas

Patel's Triple-Double Leads Tokyo Samurai Past Vancouver Orcas

From Holosports News
Published December 24, 2025

TOKYO – The Tokyo Samurai rode a dominant performance from Cassian Patel to a crucial 104-94 victory over the Vancouver Orcas on Saturday, asserting their presence in the World Pro League standings. Patel’s all-around brilliance, coupled with clutch shooting from Rhys Caldwell, proved to be the difference in a hard-fought contest that saw momentum shift multiple times.

The Orcas came out with energy, trading blows with the Samurai through the first half. Zara Ahmed provided a spark for Vancouver, hitting timely three-pointers to keep them within striking distance. However, the Samurai’s offensive firepower, spearheaded by Patel, began to wear down the Orcas defense.

Patel was a force in the paint and finding open teammates, orchestrating the Samurai’s offense. He finished with a staggering 25 points, 17 rebounds, and 6 assists, a stat line that showcased his all-around impact. Rhys Caldwell added a vital 21 points, including several crucial three-pointers that stemmed Orca rallies, including one that pushed the Samurai lead to double digits in the fourth quarter. Ren Yoshida also contributed with a near triple-double himself, dishing out 7 assists and grabbing 8 rebounds to go with 9 points.

“We knew this was a must-win game,” said Samurai Head Coach Kenjiro Ito. “Cassian was incredible tonight, but it was a total team effort. Everyone stepped up when we needed them most.”

Despite a late surge from the Orcas, led by Isabella Perez’s 13 points, the Samurai’s offensive depth and strong rebounding held firm. “We had our moments, but we couldn’t sustain it,” admitted Orcas captain, Lena Petrov. “Tokyo’s defense adjusted well, and Patel just took over.”

Key Notes:

  • Cassian Patel recorded a massive 25-point, 17-rebound, 6-assist outing.
  • Tokyo Samurai out-rebounded Vancouver Orcas 57-41.
  • The Samurai dished out 29 assists on their 37 made field goals.
  • Rhys Caldwell hit multiple clutch three-pointers, finishing with 21 points.
  • Zara Ahmed led the Orcas with 15 points.

Linescore

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Vancouver Orcas 17 24 26 27 94
Tokyo Samurai 45 15 17 27 104

Team Stats

Stat VAN TOK
Field Goal % 38.6% 41.6%
Three-Point % 28.9% 37.5%
Free Throw % 57.7% 57.1%
Rebounds 41 57
Assists 24 29
Turnovers 12 11
Steals 6 5
Blocks 2 10
Player Pos MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF
Casper Finch
C 25:48 6 3 7 42.9% 0 1 0.0% 0 0 - 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1
Hugo Fournier
F 15:09 0 0 6 0.0% 0 6 0.0% 0 0 - 2 1 3 3 0 1 1 0
Silas Kovač
G 13:51 6 2 7 28.6% 0 3 0.0% 2 2 100.0% 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 0
Cassian Patel
F 32:51 25 8 12 66.7% 4 7 57.1% 5 11 45.5% 3 14 17 6 1 0 2 0
Soren Volkov
G 12:53 10 2 4 50.0% 2 4 50.0% 4 4 100.0% 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 1
Enzo Volkov
F 17:34 12 4 9 44.4% 3 7 42.9% 1 4 25.0% 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1
Rhys Caldwell
G 35:33 21 8 14 57.1% 5 7 71.4% 0 0 - 1 4 5 4 0 3 1 1
Olivia Smith
F 11:26 0 0 7 0.0% 0 2 0.0% 0 0 - 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
Kaito Morimoto
G 9:44 0 0 3 0.0% 0 2 0.0% 0 0 - 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3
Ren Yoshida
G 23:59 9 4 7 57.1% 1 3 33.3% 0 0 - 2 6 8 7 0 2 0 2
David Miller
F 19:00 11 4 8 50.0% 3 5 60.0% 0 0 - 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2
Hugo Mortensen
C 22:12 4 2 5 40.0% 0 1 0.0% 0 0 - 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 2
Q1 12:00
Vancouver Orcas — Luna Henderson - substitution
Q1 12:00
Vancouver Orcas — Cleo Vargas - substitution
Q1 12:00
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed - substitution
Q1 12:00
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov - substitution
Q1 12:00
Vancouver Orcas — Griffin Price - substitution
Q1 12:00
Tokyo Samurai — Hugo Mortensen - substitution
Q1 12:00
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel - substitution
Q1 12:00
Tokyo Samurai — David Miller - substitution
Q1 12:00
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell - substitution
Q1 12:00
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida - substitution
Q1 11:45
Tokyo Samurai — David Miller missed pick and roll
Q1 11:43
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed defensive rebound
Q1 11:38
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed missed catch and shoot
Q1 11:36
Tokyo Samurai — Hugo Mortensen defensive rebound
Q1 11:30
Tokyo Samurai — Griffin Price BLOCKS Rhys Caldwell
Q1 11:27
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell offensive rebound
Q1 11:23
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida missed put back
Q1 11:22
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed defensive rebound
Q1 11:19
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed catch and shoot (3 pts) – Assisted by Lena Petrov
Q1 11:04
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell missed pick and roll
Q1 11:02
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov defensive rebound
Q1 10:40
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov missed one on one
Q1 10:37
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel defensive rebound
Q1 10:35
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell catch and shoot (3 pts)
Q1 10:13
Tokyo Samurai — Shooting foul on Hugo Mortensen
Q1 10:13
Vancouver Orcas — Luna Henderson made free throw 2 of 2
Q1 10:13
Vancouver Orcas — Luna Henderson made free throw 1 of 2
Q1 09:57
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel one on one (2 pts)
Q1 09:42
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed missed fast break
Q1 09:41
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida defensive rebound
Q1 09:26
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell fast break (3 pts) – Assisted by Cassian Patel
Q1 09:09
Vancouver Orcas — Griffin Price catch and shoot (3 pts) – Assisted by Cleo Vargas
Q1 08:53
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida catch and shoot (2 pts) – Assisted by David Miller
Q1 08:38
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed missed pick and roll
Q1 08:36
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel defensive rebound
Q1 08:30
Tokyo Samurai — Cleo Vargas BLOCKS David Miller
Q1 08:29
Vancouver Orcas — Cleo Vargas defensive rebound
Q1 08:23
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov TURNOVER
Q1 08:07
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell missed catch and shoot
Q1 08:05
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel offensive rebound
Q1 08:02
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel missed put back
Q1 07:59
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida offensive rebound
Q1 07:55
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel put back (2 pts)
Q1 07:39
Vancouver Orcas — Griffin Price missed fast break
Q1 07:37
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel defensive rebound
Q1 07:32
Tokyo Samurai — David Miller missed catch and shoot
Q1 07:31
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov defensive rebound
Q1 07:16
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov pick and roll (2 pts) – Assisted by Zara Ahmed
Q1 07:01
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida catch and shoot (3 pts) – Assisted by Cassian Patel
Q1 06:43
Tokyo Samurai — Shooting foul on David Miller
Q1 06:43
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed missed free throw 2 of 2
Q1 06:43
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed missed free throw 1 of 2
Q1 06:40
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida defensive rebound
Q1 06:36
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell missed catch and shoot
Q1 06:35
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov defensive rebound
Q1 06:33
Vancouver Orcas — Luna Henderson missed catch and shoot
Q1 06:30
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell defensive rebound
Q1 06:24
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida catch and shoot (2 pts) – Assisted by Cassian Patel
Q1 06:06
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed catch and shoot (3 pts) – Assisted by Lena Petrov
Q1 05:45
Tokyo Samurai — David Miller post up (2 pts) – Assisted by Rhys Caldwell
Q1 05:26
Vancouver Orcas — Ball out of bounds
Q1 05:26
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov missed one on one
Q1 05:11
Tokyo Samurai — Ball out of bounds
Q1 05:11
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell missed pick and roll
Q1 04:51
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed missed one on one
Q1 04:48
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel defensive rebound
Q1 04:30
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell catch and shoot (3 pts) – Assisted by David Miller
Q1 04:14
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed missed fast break
Q1 04:11
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel defensive rebound
Q1 04:07
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell catch and shoot (2 pts) – Assisted by Cassian Patel
Q1 03:51
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed missed one on one
Q1 03:50
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel defensive rebound
Q1 03:48
Tokyo Samurai — David Miller catch and shoot (3 pts) – Assisted by Ren Yoshida
Q1 03:33
Vancouver Orcas — Cassian Patel BLOCKS Cleo Vargas
Q1 03:31
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell defensive rebound
Q1 03:27
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel catch and shoot (3 pts) – Assisted by Rhys Caldwell
Q1 03:08
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov missed one on one
Q1 03:07
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell defensive rebound
Q1 03:01
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida missed catch and shoot
Q1 02:59
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida offensive rebound
Q1 02:57
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell put back (2 pts)
Q1 02:57
Tokyo Samurai — Casper Finch - substitution
Q1 02:57
Tokyo Samurai — Hugo Mortensen - substitution
Q1 02:38
Vancouver Orcas — Cleo Vargas missed post up
Q1 02:37
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida defensive rebound
Q1 02:35
Tokyo Samurai — David Miller catch and shoot (3 pts) – Assisted by Ren Yoshida
Q1 02:17
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed TURNOVER
Q1 02:02
Tokyo Samurai — David Miller pick and roll (3 pts) – Assisted by Ren Yoshida
Q1 01:47
Tokyo Samurai — Shooting foul on Ren Yoshida
Q1 01:47
Vancouver Orcas — Griffin Price made free throw 2 of 2
Q1 01:47
Vancouver Orcas — Griffin Price made free throw 1 of 2
Q1 01:31
Vancouver Orcas — Shooting foul on Cleo Vargas
Q1 01:31
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel made free throw 2 of 2
Q1 01:31
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel missed free throw 1 of 2
Q1 01:16
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov missed pick and roll
Q1 01:14
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel defensive rebound
Q1 01:12
Tokyo Samurai — Rhys Caldwell catch and shoot (3 pts) – Assisted by Ren Yoshida
Q1 00:56
Vancouver Orcas — Luna Henderson missed fast break
Q1 00:53
Tokyo Samurai — Ren Yoshida defensive rebound
Q1 00:51
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel catch and shoot (3 pts) – Assisted by David Miller
Q1 00:51
Vancouver Orcas — Taro Suzuki - substitution
Q1 00:51
Vancouver Orcas — Luna Henderson - substitution
Q1 00:31
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed missed one on one
Q1 00:30
Vancouver Orcas — Zara Ahmed offensive rebound
Q1 00:28
Vancouver Orcas — Lena Petrov missed put back
Q1 00:26
Tokyo Samurai — Cassian Patel defensive rebound
Q1 00:24
Tokyo Samurai — Ball out of bounds
Q1 00:24
Tokyo Samurai — David Miller missed catch and shoot
Q1 00:05
Vancouver Orcas — Cleo Vargas one on one (2 pts)
Q1 00:00
Tokyo Samurai — Ball out of bounds
Q1 00:00
Tokyo Samurai — Griffin Price BLOCKS Ren Yoshida