Important milestone: Coach Dai Oketani guides the Iwate Big Bulls to a 79-77 home win over the defending champion Ryukyu Golden Kings, his former team, on Saturday night. The Big Bulls are a second-year franchise; the Golden Kings have been the league's standard of excellence since 2008, the first of Oketani's four seasons at the helm. | IWATE BIG BULLS/BJ-LEAGUE