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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).
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Alvark Tokyo won 2019 B.LEAGUE Finals (Japan).
Here are the highlights of B.LEAGUE Finals.
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2019 B.LEAGUE Finals (Japan)
2019 B.LEAGUE Finals will be a one-shot affair.
Alvark Tokyo, the wild card in the East, and Chiba Jets, the 1st place team in the East, met at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
May 11, 2019: Alvark Tokyo 71-67 Chiba Jets
In a game on May 11, 2019, Alvark Tokyo defeated the Chiba Jets 71-67.
Daiki Tanaka had 16 points, Alex Kirk had 15 points and 9 rebounds, and Yudai Baba had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
In the first half, Alvark Tokyo led by two points, 35-33.
In the third quarter, Alvark Tokyo successfully pushed the lead to 29-12, and extended the lead to 19 points, 64-45.
The game seemed to be going well, but in the fourth quarter, Alvark Tokyo was unable to get a shot off and was slowly being pushed back to a two-point margin.
It was a thrilling game, but Alvark Tokyo managed to escape in the end.
Here is a video of the champagne fight.
Yudai Baba (number #6) of Alvark Tokyo was selected as the MVP of B.LEAGUE Finals.
Congratulations!
Summary
Alvark Tokyo won 2019 B.LEAGUE Finals (Japan).
This is Alvark Tokyo's second B.LEAGUE championship!
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