Forward Rui Hachimura suggested the Los Angeles Lakers would have the psychological edge in a potential playoff matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder following Sunday's 126-99 win over the team ...

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The former playmaker for the Japanese national basketball team went to the United States alone last autumn after the Paris Games ended. Kawamura’s initial contract with the Memphis Grizzlies ...

He is following in the footsteps of Los Angeles Lakers star Rui Hachimura, former Grizzlies forward Yuta Watanabe, and Yuta Tabuse, the pioneering 5-foot-9 point guard who played four games for the ...

The American school and one of the Japanese schools also fielded one girls’ team, which played later in the day. The Zama teams were made up of students from the youth sports basketball program ...

American and Japanese youths fostered friendship through their shared love of basketball over two weekends of friendly, ...