Japan men's national basketball team star Rui Hachimura helped the Los Angeles Lakers take a 2-1 lead over the Memphis Grizzlies with another strong performance off the bench Saturday in their NBA Western Conference first-round playoff series.The 25-year-old Toyama Prefecture native was relishing the intense atmosphere of his first playoff game in Los Angeles after scoring 16 points and grabbing five rebounds in 22 minutes as the seventh-seeded Lakers held on to beat No. 2 seed Memphis 111-101."The crowd was crazy tonight and our energy was good too, so I think I loved it," he said. "I love…READ FULL ARTICLE