Preseason Finale

After smoothly defeating the Ehime Flying Eagles, Tokyo Thunder had only one opponent left in the preseason: the Fukuoka Fortune Gods, who had also reached the quarterfinals last season.

As mentioned before, the Fukuoka Fortune Gods were considered an upper-middle-tier team in the league.

Although the team had won a championship in one season of its history, that had been a long time ago. The Fukuoka Fortune Gods had gone through several generations of coaches and players since then.

Over the past few seasons, the Fukuoka Fortune Gods' best result had been reaching the semifinals once and making the final four. Other than that, they had generally either made the quarterfinals or hovered around the edge of the playoffs.

During the transfer window before the new season, the Fukuoka Fortune Gods' moves in the market had been quite ordinary. They had not made any blockbuster signings that shook the entire league.

Therefore, most media predictions believed that the Fukuoka Fortune Gods' best possible finish this year would be another quarterfinal appearance.

In a league with twenty teams, maintaining a top-eight level year after year was already quite impressive. At the very least, calling them a strong team would not be an exaggeration.

But against Tokyo Thunder, an opponent like this was clearly still relatively manageable.

Last season, Tokyo Thunder had faced the Fukuoka Fortune Gods twice and swept them both times, winning each game with relative ease.

This season, Tokyo Thunder had added an instant-impact, bug-level player like Wu Yufei, along with several other formidable additions. Their overall strength had improved further, so the entire team was full of confidence about defeating the Fukuoka Fortune Gods.

The game against the Fukuoka Fortune Gods had been scheduled for the following Saturday. Excluding Saturday morning, there were a full five days between