The Osaka Evessa held the Shiga Lakestars to 19-for-60 shooting, seized control of the game in the third quarter and made a winner of Evessa coach Shunsuke Todo in his bj-league playoff debut.
Osaka's 77-54 victory in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, included this attention-grabbing statistic: The Lakestars didn't score 20 points in any of the four quarters.
Texas Tech product Darko Cohadarevic led Osaka with 16 points and pulled down seven rebounds. D'Andre Bell had 12 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals for the Evessa, who outscored the hosts 47-26 in the second half.