The league's latest Cinderella team Link Tochigi Brex put up another great show in front of a full house of 3,202 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Saturday.
They overcame a 13-point deficit on a 21-0 run in the final five minutes of the game as the second-year club cruised past the defending champion Aisin SeaHorses 88-77 in Game 1 of the Japan Basketball League Finals.
The team's star duo Takuya Kawamura and Yuta Tabuse exploded as they scored 13 and 12 points, respectively, in the fourth quarter.
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