Psychologically and mathematically, the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix have the Tokyo Apache's number.
The teams have met six times this season, and five of those games have been one-sided victories for coach Kazuo Nakamura's club, including Sunday's 87-72 home win. In those five wins, Hamamatsu has beaten Tokyo by an average of 29.2 points.
Michael Gardener, who has been dubbed the Allen Iverson of the bj-league by Saitama Broncos guard Steve Horne, scored a game-best 22 points and dished out 10 assists.