Playing their third game in five days, the Tokyo Apache and Akita Northern Happinets both faced a formidable challenge to be the aggressor, the tone-setting club when it mattered most. The team with more energy for longer spurts has greater odds of winning the bj-league series opener, conventional wisdom states.
The Happinets had a 10-hour bus ride on Tuesday to reach Tokyo, but the fatigue factor really didn't show.
In short, Wednesday evening's action at Yoyogi National Gymnasium produced one of the greatest regular-season contests in bj-league history.