The top-seeded Kawasaki Brave Thunders shot a sizzling 53 percent from the field in the first game of the B. League Championship quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon.
The hosts rode that dominant offensive performance to an 89-75 victory over the eighth-seeded Sunrockers Shibuya in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Game 2 of their series is on Sunday at the same locale.
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