Rebounding from an 0-8 start this season, the Kyoto Hannaryz then rattled off eight straight victories to return to respectability.
A quick update: In their last 10 games, they've gone 5-5. And the Hannaryz (21-16) currently occupy sixth place in the bj-league's 10-team Western Conference, picking up their latest victory, a 92-84 overtime triumph, over the visiting Akita Northern Happinets on Sunday before 1,306 spectators at Hannaryz Arena.
Sunday's game gave the Hannaryz their 100th regular-season victory in franchise history in their 192nd game. (Kyoto played its first-ever game in October 2009, when ex-NBA forward David Benoit was the bench boss, and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, the No.3 overall pick in the 1990 NBA Draft was the team's biggest name.)