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The Kawasaki Brave Thunders are determined to accomplish big things with their signature “Big Lineup.”
With the 2020-21 playoffs around the corner, the Brave Thunders are currently seen by many as one of the league’s legitimate title contenders.
Kawasaki extended its record since Feb. 6 to 22-3 following Saturday’s dominant 108-88 win over the Sunrockers Shibuya. That result extended the team’s winning streak to seven games, including a pair of two-game series sweeps against powerhouses Chiba Jets and Utsunomiya Brex.
One of the major components that have made the late-season run possible for the Kanagawa Prefecture club, which finished runner-up in the league’s inaugural 2016-17 campaign, is that their Big Lineup is working so effectively.
While the league has said an Alvark title this year would be considered part of a three-peat, the team's window to even reach the postseason is closing fast.
Apr 27, 2021
As 19-year-old phenom Yuki Kawamura grew up, one of the NBA players he would frequently watch was Isiah Thomas.
Read carefully that’s former Detroit Pistons player Isiah Thomas, not the Isaiah Thomas known best for his two All-Star Game appearances in 2016 and 2017 while with the Boston Celtics.
Kawamura’s father raised him on a steady diet of NBA videos from before he was born, and he gravitated toward Thomas, one of the Pistons’ “Bad Boys” who regularly served as foils for the eventual six-time NBA champion Chicago Bulls.
“I loved Michael Jordan so much and when I’d watch him, the Pistons were the wall that the Bulls had to overcome,” Kawamura said. “And it was so much fun to watch and I would see (Thomas) play a lot.”
Published April 2, 2021, 5:25 PM
The San-En Neophoenix pay tribute to Thirdy Ravena by wearing Ateneo-inspired jerseys next game. (San-En / Japan B.League)
Filipino basketball star Thirdy Ravena continues to make huge waves in Japan as the San-En NeoPhoenix will pay tribute to their prized import by wearing Ateneo-inspired jerseys next game.
Japan B.League, in a Facebook post, Friday, April 2, teased basketball fans with the blue jerseys of the NeoPhoenix, veering away from their usual red and black palette when they take on the Kawasaki Brave Thunders on April 4, Sunday.
The new uniform is mostly covered in blue as the sides were clad in black with dashes of red and gray.