Basketball fans in Japan and South Korea were treated to an entertaining duel on Saturday night.

The inaugural East Asia Club Championship at Yoyogi National Gymnasium was a one-point game entering the fourth quarter, as the B. League¡¯s Kawasaki Brave Thunders and Korean Basketball League¡¯s Anyang KGC battled for supremacy down the stretch.

In the end, the Brave Thunders¡¯ 83-80 triumph was a stellar display of poise and teamwork before an announced crowd of 5,457.