The Justin Burrell Show didn't have a happy ending for the Yokohama B-Corsairs on Wednesday afternoon.
Despite the rookie forward's career- and franchise-best 40-point performance, the Toyama Grouses emerged victorious, 80-79, after Larry Turner's free throw with no time remaining gave the visitors the win.
Toyama held the B-Corsairs (9-12) to 33 second-half points after yielding 28 in the opening quarter at Yokohama International Swimming Pool in the first regular-season meeting between the bj-league clubs. And veteran guard Masashi Joho, a key player on Osaka Evessa, Tokyo Apache and Shiga Lakestars playoff teams in years past, served notice that he's still one of the league's best game-changing forces, scoring 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter.