The 2006-07 bj-league season has reached the end of its metaphorical first quarter. And with each of the league's eight teams having played 10 of their 40 games, some patterns have developed.

News photoJeff Newton of the Osaka Evessa leads the bj-league in blocked shots this season with 2.5 per game. OSAKA EVESSA PHOTO

The first of which is this: League supremacy is still up for grabs.