BBL Championship
Manchester Giants 85-83 Leicester Riders (20-20, 41-38, 56-60)
(Giants – Armstrong 24, Saunders 17, Anderson 12; Riders – Whelan 25, Nelson-Henry 16, Loving 13)
BBL Championship
Glen Luss Glasgow Rocks 99-87 Plymouth Metropolis Patriots (25-19, 48-41, 75-69)
(Rocks – Jacdonmi 20, Johnson 20, Hillsman 18; Patriots – Graham-Bell 23, Hassan 18, Hart 15)
BBL Championship
Cheshire Phoenix 89-97 London Lions (24-28, 49-51, 74-74)
(Phoenix – Okereafor 22, Carey 22, Bradley 14; Lions – Kelley 20, Robinson 19, Cugini 19)
Manchester Giants shocked Championship leaders Leicester Riders with a late surge on Sunday to choose up an enormous win, as London Lions and Glasgow Rocks each picked up huge wins.
The Giants handed the Riders solely their second lack of the Championship season as they climbed to second within the desk, while the Lions picked up the win in a preview of subsequent Sunday’s BBL Trophy Closing. The Rocks closed the hole between them and the Playoffs in an action-packed Sunday.
The day’s motion tipped off in Manchester in a repeat of the BBL Cup Closing, with the Giants lacking key huge man Dan Clark. Manchester edged a decent first half as each groups traded buckets, then within the remaining 20 minutes the sport exploded into life.
Leicester appeared to have secured a decent victory with solely six seconds on the clock remaining, earlier than Will Saunders stepped up and drained an enormous triple to ship the Giants followers into raptures. The Riders nonetheless had the prospect to steal the win for themselves earlier than a Martaveous Mcknight put an exclamation level on the win with a monster block.
Tyrik Armstrong put in one other electrical efficiency as he posted 24 factors to go along with six assists, while Patrick Whelan led the Riders with a double-double of 25 factors and 11 rebounds.
A repeat of the BBL Cup Closing was adopted by a preview of the BBL Trophy Closing, as Cheshire Phoenix and London Lions appeared to suss one another out earlier than subsequent week’s showdown.
If Sunday’s sport was something to go by, the 2 sides will serve up a traditional as a carefully fought affair culminated in a late Lions drive to choose up a giant win within the Championship. With the sport tied within the remaining interval, the Lions defence clamped down on the Phoenix.
Cheshire loved some good spells within the sport and led by Terry Okereafor and Kyle Carey, greater than matched the Lions who have been lacking star guard Isaiah Reese. London then saved their finest defensive efficiency for final as they held the Phoenix to solely 15 factors within the remaining quarter.
Kylor Kelley posted 20 factors and 7 rebounds for London, while Okereafor and Carey picked up 22 factors apiece for Cheshire.
The Emirates Enviornment will play host to subsequent week’s remaining, and it served up a cracker at this time as Glasgow Rocks picked up a giant win over in type Plymouth Metropolis Patriots,
With the race to the Playoffs heating up, each level is essential for the Rocks as they appear to shut the hole to the groups above them. They began the sport effectively and raced out to a 21-11 lead earlier than the Patriots regrouped in direction of the top of the quarter.
The center two intervals noticed little or no to separate the perimeters because the Rocks have been in a position to preserve the Patriots at arm’s size, earlier than a robust surge within the remaining quarter noticed them outscore the Patriots 24-18 to choose up a precious victory.
Boban Jacdonmi led the Rocks with 20 factors and eight rebounds as Jordan Johnson posted 20 factors of his personal, while Rowell Graham-Bell racked up 23 factors for the Patriots.
