Basketball fans in Japan and South Korea were treated to an entertaining duel on Saturday night.
The inaugural East Asia Club Championship at Yoyogi National Gymnasium was a one-point game entering the fourth quarter, as the B. League's Kawasaki Brave Thunders and Korean Basketball League's Anyang KGC battled for supremacy down the stretch.
In the end, the Brave Thunders' 83-80 triumph was a stellar display of poise and teamwork before an announced crowd of 5,457.