An old scorer never dies.
Veteran center and former UCLA player J.R. Sakuragi paced the Aisin SeaHorses with 30 points and four assists in their 86-82 win over the Toyota Alvark in Game 1 of the best-of-five NBL Finals at Yoyogi National Gymnasium Annex on Saturday.
Toyota used its signature stingy defense to bounce back from a 16 point deficit and trailed by just three points with less than two minutes remaining in the final quarter.
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