It was a revealing contrast. It seemed that the more Sea Horses players ran out of gas, the more energetic the Alvark players would become.
Toyota Motors came through at both ends of the floor in the second half as it captured its first league title since the 2006-07 campaign with an 83-64 victory over the Aisin Sea Horses in Game 4 of the JBL Finals on Sunday.
The Alvark dropped Game 1 of the best-of-five series after blowing a 19-point lead, but rallied back to win the next three games to wrap it up.
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