The Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix haven't skipped a beat since winning the bj-league championship for the first time in May.
Three weeks into the 2010-11 season, the Phoenix remain one of the league's elite teams despite a cast of several new players.
Wayne Arnold scored 25 and Ray Nixon added 14 as Hamamatsu beat the Tokyo Apache 98-76 on Saturday, recording its fourth victory in five games.