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by Our Founder/CEO&CTO Hiroyuki Chishiro
- He worked as a visiting scholar at Michael Jordan's alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), from September 2012 to August 2013, and is familiar with US college basketball (NCAA) and the NBA. He is also familiar with Japanese basketball and the B.LEAGUE.
- He has served as CTO of Guarantee Happiness LLC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, since January 2020, and as CEO and CTO of Japanese Tar Heel, Inc. since June 2022. He keeps up with the latest developments in U.S. basketball.
- We have written more than 110 articles on North Carolina and UNC and more than 20 articles on basketball.
- He played basketball in junior high and high school, and was in the top 8 in Chiba Prefecture in junior high school and in the top 16 in Chiba Prefecture in high school (Japan). He has experience playing American basketball with UNC students and North Carolina locals.
NBA Japan Games 2019
NBA Japan Games 2019 is an NBA game held at Saitama Super Arena on October 8 and 10, 2019.
It is a game between the NBA's Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors.
Our Founder/CEO&CTO Hiroyuki Chishiro watched the game on October 10, 2019 live.
October 8, 2019: Houston Rockets 129-134 Toronto Raptors
Click the following to watch video highlights of the October 8, 2019 game between Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors.
Houston Rockets outscored Toronto Raptors in the second quarter to take the lead, but Toronto Raptors turned it around in the fourth quarter.
Toronto Raptors held on and defeated Houston Rockets 134-129.
October 10, 2019: Toronto Raptors 111-118 Houston Rockets
Here are the video highlights of the October 10, 2019 game between Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets.
Houston Rockets outscored Toronto Raptors in the first quarter, but the two teams went back-and-forth after catching up in the second quarter.
Houston Rockets escaped from Toronto Raptors in the 4th quarter to win 118-111.
Summary
We introduced NBA Japan Games 2019, which was held at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.
NBA Japan Games 2019 featured a game between the NBA's Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets.
It was a valuable experience for us to interact with people who came from overseas to watch the games.
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