The B. League tipped off its inaugural season in lavish fashion last year with a game between the Alvark Tokyo and Ryukyu Golden Kings on an LED court at Yoyogi National Gymnasium. At the All-Star Game at the same arena, fans were entertained with concert-style ...
The Bambitious Nara's recent signing of Gary Hamilton signals the team's serious commitment to winning. Vying for supremacy in the B. League's second division will be the name of the game for new bench boss Zeljko Pavlicevic's club, with Hamilton being a key piece to ...
Slasher Makoto Hiejima racked up a game-high 16 points as the Japanese men's national team cruised past Uruguay 72-57 in the second game of a two-game exhibition series at Aoyama Gakuin University on Sunday. Japan, which lost 79-69 to the South Americans on Saturday, was ...
New Japan men's national team head coach Julio Lamas, who arrived in Japan last week, has not spent enough time assessing his players and their technical skills yet. But he's satisfied with their intangibles so far. "We've had our practices in a very good mood," ...
Star guards Yuki Togashi, Makoto Hiejima and Daiki Tanaka headline the Japan men's national team's 12-man roster for the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup, the Japan Basketball Association announced on Tuesday. Most of the squad that competed at June's East Asia Championship in Nagano, where the ...
The Japanese men's national basketball team needs to prove it can be more competitive in order to secure a spot at the Olympics in Tokyo, and there's no time to waste. But the present situation might be a cause for concern. With a few weeks to ...
With an optimistic outlook, the 3x3 PREMIER.EXE begins its fourth season on Saturday. What's more, the new season tips off with the hope of gaining more recognition and attention after the sport was recently added to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games by the International Olympic ...
Japan flamed out in the East Asia Basketball Association Championship semifinals on Tuesday, falling 78-73 to Taiwan as turnovers and an anemic offensive performance left the hosts looking for somewhere to hide in Nagano. Taiwan's Quincy Davis III proved too much for Japan's frontline to ...
Star point guard Yuki Togashi scored a team-high 12 points, including a key jumper in the final minute, to help Japan take the East Asia Basketball Association Championship group-stage opener with a 78-72 win over South Korea at Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena on ...
Were the title game and the promotion/demotion contest the grand finale of the memorial inaugural season for the B. League? Not really. Even after all the games were over, the league did not let its fans look away from it with the B. League Award Show, ...
The arena was all yellow and extremely loud. For the Tochigi Brex, the energy created by their loyal fans gave them a big boost in an 80-73 win over the Chiba Jets in their B. League playoff opener at a jam-packed Brex Arena Utsunomiya on ...
The Chiba Jets cruised past the Levanga Hokkaido on Saturday, producing a 77-60 triumph for their eighth consecutive victory. Over their past 10 games, the Jets are 9-1, the best current stretch in the 18-team top flight. And perhaps a strong finish to the regular season ...
