Tenacious defense sparked the Crane Thunders in a 29-point win over the Dragonflies in the B.League game in Ota, Gunma Prefecture.
Hiroshima Dragonflies forward Dwayne Evans enjoyed organizing and holding a clinic for local junior-high school students and plans to do it again in the future.
The 2023-24 B.League champion Hiroshima Dragonflies will begin defense of their title with new head coach Shogo Asayama, who recently retired as a player.
The Hiroshima Dragonflies beat Indonesia's Pelita Jaya and South Korea's KCC Egis by a combined 47 points in Dubai before falling to Iran's Shahrdary Gorgan.
Hiroshima coach Kyle Milling's squad held the reigning champion Ryukyu Golden Kings to 32.1% shooting in the decisive match in the B.League Finals.
Playing gritty defense, Hiroshima forced 14 turnovers and held a 24-6 edge in points from turnovers in a bounce-back win over Ryukyu in the B.League Finals.
With a series-opening victory at Yokohama Arena, the Ryukyu Golden Kings are one win away from capturing back-to-back titles in the B.League Finals.
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are one of the premier teams in the B.League, whose EASL involvement and several new arenas are helping raise its overall profile.
Reigning champion Ryukyu eliminated the Chiba Jets and Hiroshima held off the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins to set the stage for the B.League Finals in Yokohama.
Chiba beat the Utsunomiya Brex in 2OT and Ryukyu edged the Alvark Tokyo to join the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins and the Hiroshima Dragonflies in the B.League...
The Utsunomiya Brex (51-9) had the best regular-season record in the B.League, and the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins have the longest current winning streak.
In April, the Hiroshima Dragonflies, led by American coach Kyle Milling, went 8-2. They lead the B.League wild-card standings with two games left in the season.