Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik The London Lions have reportedly appointed Petar Bozic, the former coach of the Austin Spurs, as their new head coach. Bozic takes over from Ryan Schmidt, who recently departed to join the Atlanta Hawks setup. The Serbian coach gained prominence as a captain for Partizan over an extended period, achieving
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BBL Play-Off final London Lions 88-80 Leicester Riders (22-14, 44-36, 69-55)(Lions: Best/Taylor, 15; Oni, 14; Phillip, 12 – Riders: Jackson, 20; Love, 17; Mackenzie, 14) London Lions completed the domestic treble as an 88-80 victory over the Leicester Riders secured the club’s first British Basketball League Play-off title at the 02 Arena. A rematch of last
It’s fitting that the British Basketball League’s final showdown of the season will be between the top two sides on the grandest stage in the British game. And even though previous results this have season have only gone one way, this is a game where the stakes could not be higher. The London Lions and
Bristol Flyers 87-70 Surrey Scorchers (24-10, 24-22, 23-17, 16-21)Flyers – Watson-Gayle 21, Bell 19, Olison 15; Scorchers – McFolley 22, Steel 13, Carey/Johnson 10 London Lions 96-62 Plymouth City Patriots (21-16, 32-8, 18-25, 25-13)Lions – Hruban 25, Nelson 19, Zubcic 15; Patriots – Bissainthe 18, Hassan 16, Dang-Akodo 10 Leicester Riders 85-76 B Braun Sheffield
BBL Championship Leicester Riders 87-78 Newcastle Eagles (11-23, 39-49, 60-61)(Riders: Jackson, 29; MacKenzie, 12; Love, 9 — Eagles: Hamlet, 23; Cohn, 20; French/Defoe, 10) BBL Championship Plymouth City Patriots 80-85 Caledonia Gladiators (20-19, 43-40, 62-61)(Patriots: Hassan, 18; Dang Akodo, 16; Bissainthe, 15 — Gladiators: Durham, 24; Alihodzic, 15; Sloan, 14) BBL Championship B.Braun Sheffield Sharks
BBL Championship Manchester Giants 84-87 Cheshire Phoenix (28-20, 47-44, 71-73)(Giants: Williams, 20; Fletcher, 19; Green, 18 — Phoenix: Anderson, 19; Austin Jr.,/Archibald, 18; Jack, 13 ) BBL Championship Caledonia Gladiators 90-82 Bristol Flyers (24-18, 46-37, 62-59)(Gladiators: Alihodzic, 18; Sloan/Durham, 16; Bailey, 15– Flyers: Miller, 21; Bell III, 18; Olison, 13) BBL Championship London Lions 83-81
BBL Championship London Lions 88-75 Surrey Scorchers (25-24, 18-21, 21-20, 24,10)(Lions – Hruban 17, Zubcic 15, Nelson/Ward-Hibbert 14; Scorchers – Mcfolley 13, Wang/Jacdonmi 11, Steel/Martin 10) BBL Championship Leicester Riders 106 – 89 Bristol Flyers (29-17, 27-22, 29-26, 21-24)(Riders – Jackson 28, Whelan 18, Mackenzie 17; Flyers – King 25, Watson-Gayle 15, Bell III 11)
7Days EuroCupParis Basketball 85-96 London Lions (19-29, 30-20, 17-25, 19-22)Paris – Wallace 22, Begarin 18, Simms 14; London – Zubcic 24, Nelson 17, Hruban 14 BBL ChampionshipLeicester Riders 92-89 Plymouth City Patriots (30-22, 20-21, 19-19, 23-27)Riders – Loving 24, Mackenzie 23, Jackson 18; Patriots – Hassan 21, Iykekpolor 14, Bissainthe 11 The London Lions closed
7Days EuroCupLondon Lions 84-89 Turk Telecom Ankara (19-26, 19-18, 24-26, 22-19)(Lions – Dekker 25, Oni 21, Zubcic 14; Ankara – Bouteille 21, Jones 16, Eric 13) In tonight’s 7DAYS EuroCup action, the London Lions welcomed Turk Telecom Ankara to the Copper Box for their last home game of the group stages, fighting valiantly and just
7Days EuroCupLondon Lions 89-93 Promitheas Patras (25-19, 25-29, 15-26, 24-19)Lions – Zubcic 24, Dekker 19, Oni 15; Patras – Cowan 26, Kulboka 14, Thomasson 13 BBL ChampionshipManchester Giants 110-99 Bristol Flyers (22-28, 27-20, 34-25, 27-26)Giants – Green 32, Williams 31, Roberson 17; Flyers – King 28, Miller 17, Olison 16 What started well for the
Sheffield Sharks 82-72 Caledonia Gladiators (25-12, 19-21, 22-20, 16-19)Sharks – Nelson 19, Ramsey 17, Ratinho 11; Gladiators – Bailey 17, Alihodzic 15, Sloan 15 Manchester Giants 76-87 London Lions (31-18, 18-24, 12-24, 15-21)Giants – Williams 22, Green 15, Fletcher 14; Lions – Dekker 20, Best 13, Sharma/Taylor 12 Newcastle Eagles 92-85 Leicester Riders (16-23, 19-29,
7Days Eurocup London Lions 83-76 Slask Wroclaw (30-24, 12-10, 25-22, 15-21) (Lions – Taylor 23, Oni 22, Zubcic 12; Wroclaw – Martin, Puscia, Kolenda 18 The London Lions picked up an 83-76 win over Polish side Slask Wroclaw in their EuroCup; Group B clash at the Hala Stulecia on Wednesday night. The win now sees
Plymouth City Patriots 89 vs 99 Derby Trailblazers (20-31, 20-24, 28-19, 21-25) Patriots – Dusha 25, Hassan 25, Bell 11; Trailblazers – Smith 36, Bruggeman 22, Dieterich 15 London Lions 86 vs 65 Cheshire Phoenix (13-21, 24-17, 14-16, 14-32) Lions – Nelson 21, Sharma 17, Best 11; Phoenix – Teague 14, Anderson 10, Ochereobia 10
7DAYS EuroCupBuducnost VOLI Podgorica 78 – 68 London Lions (13-7, 24-19, 17-18, 24-24)(Buducnost – Green 16, Bell-Haynes 14, Reynolds 11; Lions – Dekker 27, Soko 11, Hruban 8) London Lions were faced with a quick turnaround following their BBL Cup triumph over the weekend, as they had to travel to Montenegro to face Buducnost VOLI
BBL Cup Final Leicester Riders 71-79 London Lions (16-21, 32-41, 50-64)(Riders: Jackson, 16; Whelan, 15; Mackenzie, 14 — Lions: Dekker, 22; Koufos, 14; Nelson, 11) London Lions lifted the BBL Cup with a 79-71 victory over Leicester Riders in front of a sell-out crowd at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on Sunday. Looking comfortable going
BBL Championship Leicester Riders 100 vs 82 Cheshire Phoenix (28-21, 29-23, 20-21, 23-17) Riders – Whelan 20, Jackson 15, Loving 13; Lions – Austin 19, Neighbour 16, Anderson 14 Surrey Scorchers 67 vs 88 London Lions (18-21, 19-22, 10-25, 20-20) Scorchers – Taylor 18, Lawrence 16, Ray 9; Lions – Best 18, Nelson iii 17,
London Lions 93-95 Hapoel Tel Aviv (30-27, 28-21, 17-17, 18-30)(Lions: Dekker; 29, Taylor; 19, Zubcic; 19 – Hapoel: McRae; 24, Brown; 18, Onuaku; 10) London Lions suffered Wembley heartbreak as they lost 95-93 to Israeli giants Hapoel Tel Aviv in a EuroCup, Group B clash on Wednesday night. The Lions dropped to 4-6 in the group
BBL ChampionshipCheshire Phoenix 103 – 99 Manchester Giants (32-19, 30-20, 15-23, 26-37)(Phoenix – Neighbour 21, Austin 20, Teague 18; Giants – Williams 32, Green 24, Roberson 14) BBL ChampionshipLondon Lions 87 – 63 Plymouth City Patriots (25-14, 22-9, 20-24, 20-16)(Lions – Nelson 19, Koufos 16, Komagum/Kaboza 9; Patriots – Williams 26, Dusha 13, Brandon 6)
BBL Cup Semi-FinalBristol Flyers 79-97 London Lions (21-32, 15-20, 22-26, 21-19)(Flyers: Olison, 17; Mahan, 16; Bell, 15 — Lions: Koufos, 24; Dekker, 20; Hruban, 18) The London Lions secured a big 97-79 win over the Bristol Flyers in the BBL Cup Semi-Final. Kosta Koufos and Sam Dekker led the way, with 24 and 20 points,
BBL Championship London Lions 95 vs 60 Bristol Flyers (23-5, 20-22, 27-15, 25-18) Lions – Dekker 25, Hruban 17, Best 14; Flyers – King 18, Bell III 11, Delpeche 10 It was a much anticipated clash between the league’s top two teams this season – the London Lions and Bristol Flyers. The Lions came into
7Days EuroCup Turk Telekom 102-74 London Lions (13-18, 40-36, 72-54,) (Turk Telekom: Sestina, 20; Grant, 18; Yilmaz, 15 — Lions – Dekker, 20; Koufos, 13; Zubcic/Hruban/Nelson, 9) London Lions battled valiantly but ultimately lost their EuroCup, Group B clash 102-74 to Turk Telekom in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday night. Both teams came into the game
7Days EuroCup Promitheas Patras 67-77 London Lions (18-25, 36-40, 55-54)(Patras: Kulboka, 18; Simpson, 16; Gkikas, 9 — Lions: Dekker, 20; Hruban, 14; Best, 13) London Lions scored a memorable 77-67 road win over Promitheas Patras in Group B of the EuroCup at the Dimitris Tofalos Arena in Patras, Greece on Tuesday evening. With the game
7DAYS EuroCupVeolia Towers Hamburg 75-103 London Lions (18-23, 41-55, 59-73)(Hamburg – Meisner 19, Childs 19, Woodard 12; Lions – Zubcic 22, Dekker 19, Koufos 18) Ryan Schmidt’s London Lions managed to secure their second win of the 7DAYS EuroCup season and the first ever in their history away from home, after thrashing Veolia Hamburg Towers
The first Molten BBL Coach of the Month of the 2022-23 season has been awarded to the man that has led his star-studded team to the top of the Championship standings, with London Lions’ play-caller Ryan Schmidt picking up this term’s inaugural award. Schmidt wins the Molten BBL Coach of the Month award for September
BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 77-73 Caledonia Gladiators (20-28, 18-19, 21-11, 18-15) Phoenix; Anderson 18, Austin 11, Teague 11 – Gladiators; Sloan 23, Onwas 15, Bailey 11 The Cheshire Phoenix used a late fourth quarter run to defeat the Caledonia Gladiators at the Cheshire Oaks arena this Sunday. It was a close fought game throughout with both teams
EuroCup London Lions vs Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (15-29, 39-53, 60-69, 78-87) Lions; Dekker 15, Best 15, Soko 13 – Buducnost; Bell-Haynes 21, Kaba 16, White 15 The London Lions took on Montenegrin side Buducnost Voli Podgoricaat at the OVO Arena Wembley Tuesday evening. Buducnost who currently sit atop Group B in the EuroCup took control of
BBL Championship Plymouth City Patriots 91-68 Surrey Scorchers (22-22, 23-13, 22-10, 24-23)Patriots – Simons 24, Brandon 16, Bell 16; Scorchers – Wang 16, Carey 15, Busumbru 9 London Lions 91-83 Manchester Giants (22-19, 24-23, 24-24, 21-17)Lions – Zubcic 22, Koufos 16, Soko 15; Giants – Green 22, Fletcher 15, Williams 11 Sheffield Sharks 87-62 Newcastle
BBL Championship London Lions 75-60 Cheshire Phoenix (18-12, 33-32, 50-48)(Lions: Hruban, 17; Nelson, 11; Soko/Zubcic, 9 — Phoenix: Teague/Anderson, 11; Neighbour, 10; Evans, 9) BBL Championship Leicester Riders 102-89 Manchester Giants (27-23, 53-49, 83-67)(Riders: Whelan/Jackson, 20; Nelson-Henry, 14; Walker, 11 — Giants: Lee, 23; Green, 21; Johnson, 11) BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 89-78 Bristol Flyers
EuroCupLondon Lions 80-75 Dolomiti Energia Trento (21-27, 41-44, 58-60)(Lions – Soko 22, Hruban 17, Zubcic 13; Trento – Flaccadori 17, Crawford 17, Spagnolo 14) London Lions recorded their first ever win in the EuroCup in a close game against Italian side Dolomiti Energia Trento, in front of a raucous crowd at the Copper Box. This result was
BBL Championship Surrey Scorchers 64-83 London Lions (16-11, 17-26, 16-19, 15-27)Scorchers – Wang 15, Ray 13, Johnson 10; Lions – Nelson 18, Soko 17, Best 14 Bristol Flyers 91-85 Leicester Riders (25-17, 25-26, 21-23, 20-19)Flyers – Watson-Gayle 18, Bell 17, Miller 12; Riders 16, Walker 16, Whelan 15 When hopes are high for a great