A team's outlook often follows this maxim: You've got to beat the champs to become a title contender.
For the Tokyo Apache, trying to top the Osaka Evessa has also become a conundrum -- a Rubik's Cube-like challenge, if you will.
The out-of-towners topped the Apache 97-75 on Sunday at Ariake Colosseum, completing a weekend sweep and improving to 6-0 this season against Tokyo before a crowd of 2,191.