For basketball fans in Tohoku and the Sendai 89ers, an unforgettable line from "The Wizard of Oz" succinctly summarizes the bj-league team's success this season: "There's no place like home."
On Sunday, the 89ers improved to 6-0 in home games by defeating the Tokyo Apache 91-85.
It wasn't an easy victory by any stretch of the imagination.
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