Real fans care about winning. If they didn't, they wouldn't be classified as real fans.

Real fans recognize the value of Nick Davis' contributions to the Tokyo Apache over the past two-plus seasons, which is why, with their team in last place and quickly becoming the laughing stock of the bj-league, they expressed their support for Davis (holding up white signs with a black No. 21, the veteran standout's number), dozens of them doing so during the break in the action between the third and fourth quarters on Wednesday night at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2.

Commissioner Toshimitsu Kawachi was nowhere in sight for the majority of the game, but his thoughts on the surprising transaction and on the Apache's announcement last Friday to release Davis, one of the league's top rebounders, passers and fan favorites, would've interested each and every person in attendance.