Golden Week signals the start of the 2012-13 bj-league playoffs.
Which means eight teams will be in action over the next three days, including the Shimane Susanoo Magic and Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix on Friday and Saturday. The series tips off at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, followed by Saturday's rematch at 1 p.m.
The first- and second-round series format is as follows: Two games on back-to-back days, and if both teams win one game, a 10-minute mini-tiebreaker game will be held on the second day.