After a 25-point setback in the series opener, the Osaka Evessa went back to the drawing board before Sunday's rematch.
Bench boss Dai Oketani scrapped the man-to-man defense and employed the zone defense for Osaka's second weekend encounter with the Sunrockers Shibuya.
The move paid off as the Evessa reduced the hosts' scoring total by 30 points in a 78-61 triumph at Aoyama Gakuin University Memorial Hall.