Brave Thunders ride momentum to wrap up NBL title
The Toshiba Brave Thunders are the last men standing in the NBL. The Kawasaki-based club showed lots of resilience and energy in winning the final three games of the best-of-five NBL Finals, clinching the title with a 76-70 victory in Game 5 over the Aisin ...
Brave Thunders clobber SeaHorses, force decisive Game 5 in NBL Finals
A week ago, the Toshiba Brave Thunders looked vulnerable and were on the verge of elimination from the postseason. Right now, they are looking more like a team with a spark. Center Nick Fazekas scored 30 points and his teammates gave all-out effort at both ends ...
Tsuji catches fire as Brave Thunders avoid sweep in NBL Finals
The Brave Thunders are still alive in the 2015-16 NBL season. Toshiba managed to avoid a sweep by the Aisin SeaHorses with a 88-73 win in Game 3 of the NBL Finals at Ota City General Gymnasium before a crowd of 2,464 on Monday night. Japanese ...
SeaHorses manhandle Brave Thunders, take 2-0 lead in NBL Finals
More than the final score indicated, the Aisin SeaHorses dominated the game, making the Toshiba Brave Thunders look vulnerable. The defending league champions outplayed their opponents at both ends of the floor in a 74-63 win in Game 2 of the NBL Finals before a ...
SeaHorses dig deep to take NBL Finals opener
For 34 minutes, 33 seconds out of the 40 minutes of regulation, the Toshiba Brave Thunders led the game. But it was their experienced opponents who ended up getting the "W." Aisin geared up defensively to take the momentum and prevailed late in the game as ...
Aisin, Toshiba renew storied rivalry in NBL Finals
The Aisin SeaHorses and Toshiba Brave Thunders squared off against each other during the final Japan Basketball League Finals to wrap up the 2012-13 season. Aisin edged Toshiba, winning the series 3-2. During this regular season, the two met five times. Toshiba won 3-2. Expect cutthroat battles when ...
The Toshiba Brave Thunders defeated the Link Tochigi Brex 69-60 in the decisive third game of the playoff semifinals on Monday in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, and advanced to the NBL Finals. The Brave Thunders, the inaugural NBL champions in the 2013-14 season, will take on ...
SeaHorses upset Alvark to book place in NBL Finals
The Aisin SeaHorses prevailed when things mattered most as they knocked the No. 1 seed Toyota Alvark out of the postseason with an 84-79 victory in Game 2 of the NBL playoff semifinals at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Sunday. The reigning league champion ...
Kanamaru explodes in Game 3 to put SeaHorses on brink of NBL title
Aisin's Japanese ace Kosuke Kanamaru put his previous struggles emphatically behind him, scoring a team-high 29 points in the SeaHorses' 81-69 win over the Toyota Alvark in Game 3 of the NBL Finals at Yoyogi National Gymnasium Annex on Monday night. With the victory, Aisin ...
Gritty Alvark beat SeaHorses in Game 2 to tie NBL Finals
The Toyota Alvark dragged the SeaHorses into their own preferred style of contest — a tenacious defensive battle — and pulled even in the NBL Finals with a 69-66 win over Aisin in Sunday's Game 2 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium Annex. The best-of-five series will ...
Sakuragi leads SeaHorses to Game 1 victory
An old scorer never dies. Veteran center and former UCLA player J.R. Sakuragi paced the Aisin SeaHorses with 30 points and four assists in their 86-82 win over the Toyota Alvark in Game 1 of the best-of-five NBL Finals at Yoyogi National Gymnasium Annex on ...
Shinoyama drains buzzer-beating shot as Toshiba takes 2-0 lead in NBL Finals
Missing one of their best players, the Wakayama Trians gave a wholehearted performance, and it paid off until the last seconds of the game. But they still came up short and failed to gain the result they wanted. With the score tied, Toshiba point guard Ryusei ...
