One day before the opening game of the B. League's first season between the Alvark Tokyo and Ryukyu Golden Kings at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, the players and coaches were ecstatic, saying they are ready to put on a show the next day to usher in a new era of Japanese basketball.
"We, Ryukyu, have been preparing for this game dating back to when we were still playing in the bj-league," Golden Kings shooter Shigeyuki Kinjo said at a news conference at the venue on Wednesday. "So we hope to give everything we've got out there tomorrow."
Both teams conducted practices to get a feel for the arena.
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