TAKAMATSU — Sometime between early March and mid-April, the Rizing Fukuoka began to resemble a playoff-caliber basketball team.
John Neumann's team now resembles a championship-caliber team.
Fukuoka lambasted the host Takamatsu Five Arrows in every phase of the game on Sunday, thrashing the so-called home-court advantage and throttling the hosts in every key category except rebounds.