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Feb 9, 2021
The Japan Basketball Association announced its provisional 24-man roster for the upcoming third and final window of the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers on Tuesday.
The roster consists solely of players in the domestic B. League including stars such as Chiba Jets Funabashi point guard Yuki Togashi, Alvark Tokyo guard Daiki Tanaka and SeaHorses Mikawa sharpshooter Kosuke Kanamaru.
Japan head coach Julio Lamas listed Jets forward Gavin Edwards, Utsunomiya Brex forward Ryan Rossiter and Osaka Evessa forward Ira Brown as naturalized players in the squad.
FIBA relocated the window from the Tokyo metropolitan area to Doha late last month, in part due to a rising number of COVID-19 cases in Japan that prompted the government to declare a second state of emergency in the capital and 10 other prefectures, only one of which has since been released.
Feb 4, 2021
Midway through the second quarter of a home contest against the Chiba Jets Funabashi, Nick Fazekas, the Kawasaki Brave Thunders center, nailed a free throw to record the 6,000th point of his career in Japan.
Following the game, a 77-67 loss, Fazekas said the B. League Eastern Conference club had “been good to me” and “guys that have been with me are a big reason why I’ve got the 6,000.”
“It’s been a fun ride and something one day I’ll look back on,” said Fazekas, who was the MVP of the league’s inaugural season in 2016-17.
Jan 17, 2021
The B. League was forced to abandon the annual All-Star Game due to the COVID-19 pandemic but did not completely give up offering entertainment for its fans.
On Saturday, the men s professional circuit held its dunk and 3-point contests as well as its skills challenge remotely. Participating players filmed their performances at their team s facilities and the winners were chosen through voting on social media.
Those contests were originally supposed to take place on Friday night at Adastria Mito Arena, the venue for this year’s Winter Classic festivities. The event was called off on Jan. 9 upon the request from the Ibaraki Prefecture host city because of an increasing number of novel coronavirus infections.