The Shiga LakeStars basketball team in the bj League is Shiga's first pro sports team. Their professional debut game was held on Oct. 11, 2008 at Shiga Prefectural Gym in Otsu. They played against Osaka Evessa, a strong team and last year's champion. The team consists of both Japanese and foreign (mostly American) players including Bobby Nash from Hawaii. The head coach is Robert Pierce.

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On Jan. 11, 2009, the Shiga LakeStars pro basketball team played against Fukuoka Rizing in one of the most exciting games so far. The game ended as a tie and went into overtime. Unfortunately, the LakeStars lost by only 3 points. The game started at 2 pm at the Shiga Prefectural Gymnasium in Otsu.

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On the evening of March 6, 2009, the Tokyo Apache basketball team played an exciting game against the Shiga LakeStars at Komazawa Gymnasium in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.

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bj-league pro basketball game held on March 22, 2009 at the Shiga Prefectural Cultural and Industrial Exchange Hall (Shiga Kenritsu Bunka Sangyo Koryu Kaikan) near Maibara Station. This was the last game in the 2008-2009 season which I attended.

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Kyoto Hannaryz is the thirteenth franchise in the bj-league pro basketball league in Japan. These photos show their pro debut on Oct. 3, 2009 against the Shiga Lakestars in the 2009-2010 season's opening game held at Kyoto City Gymnasium at 2 pm. They lost their debut game, but came back and beat the Lakestars the next day.

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On Oct. 10, 2009 (Sat.), the Shiga Lakestars played against Takamatsu Five Arrows for its first home game for the 2009-2010 season. The game was held at the Yasu Sogo Taiikukan Gymnasium.

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On Oct. 24, 2009, the Shiga Lakestars played against Osaka Evessa at the Moriyama Shimin Taiikukan gymnasium. It was a very close and exciting game as Osaka was a strong team. But the Lakestars came out on top for their second weekend of home games for the 2009-2010 season.

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The Shiga Lakestars played a home game in Hikone for the first time on Oct. 31, 2009 (Sat.). They played the Takamatsu Five Arrows and won 93-79. Special guest was Hiko-nyan, Hikone's official mascot and Shiga's favorite cat.

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On March 6, 2010 (Sat.), the Shiga Lakestars played against Tokyo Apache. Held at the Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium in Yokohama, this was also the debut game of newly-acquired Mikey Marshall.

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