Balanced scoring is a key ingredient for success during a 52-game season.
The Toyama Grouses provided a reminder of that fact in Saturday's bj-league series opener against the visiting Shinshu Brave Warriors.
Sam Willard scored 26 points and Joe Werner had 22 and four teammates also reached double figures in scoring as the Grouses cruised to a 108-88 triumph over the Brave Warriors in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture.