The Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix are headed back to the Final Four for the third straight season.
The bj-league's defending champion completed a two-game sweep against the Toyama Grouses in the Eastern Conference semifinals, winning 73-62 on Sunday afternoon in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture.
Regular-season MVP Jeffrey Parmer paced the Phoenix, who went 40-6 before the playoffs began, leading his club with an 18-point performance. Dzaflo Larkai and Ray Nixon each scored 11 points, while Wayne Arnold had 11 and Kenya Tomori added eight.
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