Despite a 36-win regular season, the best record in the Eastern Conference, and a trip to the Final Four, Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix coach Kazuo Nakamura didn't describe his team's first season in the bj-league as a resounding success.
It's a reminder that the veteran coach has high standards and a fierce desire to win.
"We ended up landing not where we wanted to," Nakamura said after his team's 91-85 victory over the Osaka Evessa in Sunday's third-place game at Ariake Colosseum.