Jumpei Nakama buried a 3-pointer with 6 seconds remaining to lift the Tokyo Apache to an 84-81 win over the Toyama Grouses on Thursday night in the bj-league.
In essence, Nakama made up for his 2-for-5 performance at the free-throw line by knocking down the game's biggest shot after a nice pass from Michael Chappell.
All-Star center Julius Ashby added 20 points and 12 rebounds and the playoff-bound Apache (22-29) won for the seventh time in their past 11 games.