This weekend marks the end of an era.
The final Final Four will wrap up the bj-league's 11th season. The league will then dissolve and its teams will become a part of the Japan Basketball Association-established B. League, which will include NBL and NBDL squads.
None of the teams competing at Ariake Colosseum on Saturday and Sunday existed when the upstart circuit began with six teams and a dream in 2005.
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