Basketball: Alvark beat Jets 71-67 to repeat as B.League champions

Alvark Tokyo withstood a fourth-quarter comeback from archrivals Chiba Jets Funabashi to claim back-to-back B.League titles with a 71-67 victory in Saturday's championship final.In a rematch of last year's final, Alvark went into halftime in front of 12,972 at Yokohama Arena with a 35-33 lead before blowing the game open by outscoring their opponents 29-12 in the third quarter, including five-for-nine from three-point range.But the defending champions went cold in the fourth, scoring only seven points and barely holding on as their opponents poured in 22 for the period.Alvark head coach Luk…READ FULL ARTICLE