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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
BJ-League 2008-2009

Went to a basketball match last weekend with Liyan and her friends. It was the finals for the Japanese Basketball League. 3rd and 4th placing between Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix 浜松東三河フェニックス and Osaka Evessa 大阪エヴェッサ, and 1st and 2nd placing between Tokyo Apache 東京アパッチ and Ryukyuu Golden Kings (Okinawa) 琉球ゴールデンキングス（沖縄）. The organisation managed to invite the US NBA cheerleaders to perform, which was how we got our tickets. Liyan's JET friend's sister is a NBA cheerleader and she came to dance, so we got the tickets through her.
It was my first time to a live basketball match, and I had a great time!
The court during warm-up
NBA cheerleaders with Japanese kids dancing

 Osaka's cheerleading team

Osaka's cheerleading team

Osaka's cheerleading team

Osaka's cheerleading team when the players are introduced and they walk out onto the court

Hamamatsu's cheerleading team when the players are introduced and they walk out onto the court

大阪エヴェッサOsaka Evessa（左）浜松・東三河フェニックス Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix（右）
NBA cheerleaders

NBA cheerleaders

The Osaka fans trying to distract Pheonix's player from scoring during a free throw

Osaka's cheerleading team

Osaka's cheerleading team

Osaka's cheerleading team

NBA cheerleaders

NBA cheerleaders
NBA cheerleaders

Tokyo cheerleaders
The Tokyo fans trying to distract King's player from scoring during a free throw

Tokyo's cheerleaders

Tokyo's cheerleaders

Tokyo's cheerleaders

Celebrating the victory!
The results:
1st Ryukyuu Golden Kings (Okinawa) 琉球ゴールデンキングス（沖縄）
2nd Tokyo Apache 東京アパッチ
3rd Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix 浜松東三河フェニックス
4th Osaka Evessa 大阪エヴェッサ
Hmm...I was rooting for Osaka during the 3rd and 4th placing match, and stayed neutral for the 1st and 2nd placing match. After looking through the photos that I took, I realised that I have almost none on the match/players itself! Well, I was too busy cheering and getting worked up. LOL.
The standard of the basketball here is of course no where near NBA. But it was fun to watch! Good experience!


~ { 10:03 PM }
reflections @ 10:03 PM