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Thursday, March 24, 2005
Update on JR Henderson
From my earlier post about Henderson's team beating Charles O'Bannon's in Japan, you know that Henderson's Aisin Sea Horses moved on to play the Toshiba Brave Thunders for the Japan Basketball Super League title. Unfortunately, Henderson's squad fell behind in the series 0-2, and despite winning Games 3 and 4, lost the 5th and deciding game. Henderson, however, continued to play well, as he was "nearly unstoppable" and finished with 36 points and 15 boards. You also can take a look at the box score here (in Japanese).
It turns out that the Toshiba Brave Thunders received extra motivation before the fifth game from some of Henderson's comments. He said that the matchup wasn't a big deal, because it was "Just Toshiba." Okay, I made that up (if this makes no sense to you, it means you forgot or don't know about an amusing incident in UCLA-USC basketball history: see this old Daily Bruin article, especially the second and last three paragraphs).
Some pics of JR from the team website:
It turns out that the Toshiba Brave Thunders received extra motivation before the fifth game from some of Henderson's comments. He said that the matchup wasn't a big deal, because it was "Just Toshiba." Okay, I made that up (if this makes no sense to you, it means you forgot or don't know about an amusing incident in UCLA-USC basketball history: see this old Daily Bruin article, especially the second and last three paragraphs).
Some pics of JR from the team website:
Comments:
Wow...good to see both him and O'Bannon are still playing basketball somewhere...even if it is in Japan.
Wow...good to see both him and O'Bannon are still playing basketball somewhere...even if it is in Japan.
At least Charles and JR are still playing basketball. I guess after having so many problems with his knee that Ed just decided to hang it up. UCLA will always be my team.
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