David Palmer canned a game-winning 3-pointer with 6 seconds left to give the visiting Ryukyu Golden Kings a pulse-rising 80-78 victory over the two-time defending champion Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix on Saturday night in the bj-league.
The game was the first regular-season meeting between the teams since Hamamatsu's 14-point victory in last year's championship match in May at Ariake Colosseum.
Here's how one Tohoku-based observer, who often watches several games a week on BJTV, summed up the rematch's final stretch in an email to The Japan Times: "Big play after big play. Back and forth! Wow! David with the HUGE three! And then a TO (timeout) in the last 4 seconds. Finals preview?"