It will be a force for earthquake reconstruction. The B3 Iwate Big Bulls beat the Saitama Broncos 86-75 to kick off the season with a clear victory in the Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Prayer Match.
The players of Iwate entered the court wearing a special uniform to pray for reconstruction from the earthquake, which was based on one of the team’s colors, “Heritage Gold,” and was based on the image of “shining reconstruction.” Like a “shining reconstruction”, it has rebounded from inferiority. In the 1st quarter (Q), with more than 3 minutes remaining, they were 10 points behind, 13-23, but they fought back fiercely from there. Finished the 1st Q at 22-23 and reversed to 24-23 with 8 minutes and 25 seconds remaining in the 2nd Q. Since then, he has never lost the lead.
Despite gaining momentum with seven consecutive wins from the second round of the opening round, the winning streak stopped in the previous round against Shizuoka. Although he suffered the first consecutive loss of the season, he stopped it with “2”. Iwate, who are undefeated in their home games this season, won the second game and are once again on the road to victory.[Hamamoto Kamui]
