The Ryukyu Golden Kings outscored the Saitama Broncos by 14 points in the first 10 minutes of Friday afternoon's bj-league game. That set the tone for what followed, and they were never seriously threatened the rest of the way.
Ryukyu blasted the Broncos, winning 77-57, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, before a spirited crowd of 3,485 spectators.
Saitama (2-22) suffered its 19th straight defeat. The streak began on Oct. 20. During the streak, first-year coach Takatoshi "Big Bashi" Ishibashi's club has lost games by 20 (twice), 21, 27, 33 and 36 points, and only five games have been decided by single digits in that span. Saitama has been outscored by 295 points, an average of 15.5 per game, during its lengthy skid. (The Takamatsu Five Arrows lost a league-record 25 straight games to close out the 2011-12 season, when they went 2-50, another league record.)