In a win-or-go-home tournament, things like this can happen. Just not all the time.
The Hiroshima Dragonflies, a first-year professional club in the NBL, stunned Japanese basketball fans when they advanced to the All-Japan Championship men's final with a 80-78 victory over the powerhouse Toyota Alvark on Saturday.
Guard Seiya Tanaka led the Dragonflies with 15 points and four other players had double-digit points.
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