The Iwate Big Bulls have won 20 of 26 home games and have a rock-solid 17-6 road mark. That's currently good for third place in the bj-league's ultra-competitive Eastern Conference, which has four 30-plus win teams, twice as many as the Western Conference.
The Big Bulls collected their ninth straight victory on Saturday night, defeating the host Gunma Crane Thunders 74-68.
Iwate didn't have a plethora of fancy statistics in the victory. Instead, coach Dai Oketani's squad relied on all 10 players who saw court time making contributions.