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Alvark Tokyo Won 2018 B.LEAGUE Finals (Japan)

2024-07-03

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by Our Founder/CEO&CTO Hiroyuki Chishiro

  • He has 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 Japanese and also familiar with Japan basketball and B.LEAGUE (Japan).
  • He is presently working as CTO at Guarantee Happiness LLC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States (the town where UNC is located) from January 2020 and as CEO and CTO of Japanese Tar Heel, Inc. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States from June 2022. He is familiar with the latest basketball in United States.
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  • 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.

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Alvark Tokyo won 2018 B.LEAGUE Finals (Japan).

Here are the highlights of B.LEAGUE Finals.

2018 B.LEAGUE Finals (Japan)

2018 B.LEAGUE Finals will be a one-shot affair.

Alvark Tokyo, ranked 2nd in the East, and Chiba Jets, ranked 1st in the East, met at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

May 26, 2018: Alvark Tokyo 85-60 Chiba Jets

In a game on May 26, 2018, Alvark Tokyo defeated the Chiba Jets 85-60.

Alex Kirk had 23 points and 6 rebounds, Daiki Tanaka had 15 points and 5 assists, Yudai Baba had 14 points, and Jawad Williams (from UNC) had 10 points.

The first quarter was close, with Alvark Tokyo leading by one point, 19-18.

In the second quarter, Alvark Tokyo gradually widened the gap and ended the first half leading by 10 points, 43-33, after a long three-point buzzer beater by Jawad Williams!

The third quarter was as close as the first, ending with a 12-point margin, 61-49.

In the fourth quarter, Alvark Tokyo went on an onslaught to decide the game, and after opening up a lead of about 20 points with about 5 minutes remaining, Alvark Tokyo won the game by using time well to close out the game!

Here is a video of the champagne fight.

The MVP of the B.LEAGUE Finals was Daiki Tanaka (number #24) of Alvark Tokyo.

Congratulations!

Summary

Alvark Tokyo won 2018 B.LEAGUE Finals (Japan).

This is Alvark Tokyo's first B.LEAGUE championship!

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