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As already mentioned, I felt this relegation series was huge for me personally, my biggest games since facing js8 in the D1 finals. So you'd think I'd be excited to watch game 3, especially as its much better watching on the app.

I did indeed watch the first quarter and some of the second. However, I'm middle aged, don't sleep well during summer at the best of times, and this has been a very hot time, especially for someone born and brought up on the North Sea coast. So I'm unused to temps in the 80s, even the 70s is a bit warm for me, so my excitement was overcome by fatigue, and embarrassingly I fell asleep somewhere around half time. Don't laugh!

The good news is we won. Commiserations to KK Alytus.

Looking forward to next season now.

Game 1 of the finals are done and 5 teams took one step closer to winning their league title.

EBBL
Arsenal 98 shot 52% from 3 on their way to a 50 point win in game 1 of the EBBL finals against London Whales. Alexis Gaganiaras and Yiorgis Achristos both scored 20 points in the win, while Whales star Dexter Barral had a game high 25. London Whales are going to need a big improvement if they want to turn this series around.

Game 3 in the Gauson vs BC Zalgiris series went to the home team as they won 106-79. SG Christopher Cummins top scored for Gauson with 24 points as he looked to impress the NT manager after his call up prior to the game. SF Eric Villamore had a strong game for Zalgiris with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists but it wasn’t enough. Gauson survive for at least another season in the EBBL.

Division II.1
Allll stars took command of the series with an away 108-73 win over Follow_me. Follow_me’s offence struggled, shooting only 33% from the field and 13% from 3. Allll stars now head home looking to close out the series and win promotion to the EBBL.

Division II.2
Borac Basket defeated Lancaster City 94-82 to take home court advantage in a potential series ending game 2. 6 Borac players scored double figures in the win as Lancaster couldn’t handle the balanced attack. Svyatoslav Senichev had a great game with 39 points for Lancaster. Lancaster had 22 blocks as a team but it was the outside offence of Borac that won them the game.

Division II.3
MexicanTaxiDriver continued their unbeaten season with a 115-90 win over PONTIOPOYLA. MexicanTaxiDriver were led by a combined 53 points on 20-26 shooting from Itzik Tamir and Tivadar Pap. PONTIOPOYLA’s big duo both had double doubles in the loss. MexicanTaxiDriver are 1 win away from a return to the EBBL and an unbeaten season.

Division II.4
CWA Fury took a step closer to a return to the EBBL as the won game 1 against BC Newmarketas 86-74. In a closely fought game, CWA were able to come out on top as Ian Quigley had a game high 24 points.

All the EBBL and division 2 leagues were finished up on Saturday. Here’s how the games went

EBBL
Bergkamp secured back to back EBBL titles with a 101-89 win against London Whales. It was a close game throughout until the 4th quarter in which Arsenal 98 won 29-14 to close out the season in a strong way. Yiorgis Achristos top scored for Arsenal 98 with 29 points to go along with 6 assists. MVP Dexter Barral had 20 points and 16 rebounds on 50% shooting but he won’t be adding a title to his MVP season.

Congratulations to Bergkamp on winning another EBBL title!

Division II.1
Allll Stars earned their spot on the EBBL for the first time in their 31 season history as they destroyed Follow_me 121-67. The Allll stars starters were dominant in the game as they all had a +/- of 55 points or higher, and they all scored 12 or more points.

Congratulations to Allll Stars on promotion to the EBBL!

Division II.2
Borac Basket dominated the 3rd quarter 24-7 as they beat Lancaster City 94-68 to win the division II.2 title. Ronnie Halley had 28 points for Borac as they shot 12-21 from downtown. Lancaster’s guard duo combined for 52 points, but Lancaster were held to only 24% shooting in the loss.

Congratulations to RioMashvili on promotion to the EBBL for the first time!

Division II.3
MexicanTaxiDriver completed their unbeaten league campaign with a 100-88 win over PONTIOPOYLA. The front court for MTD were too good for PONTIOPOYLA as they combined for 67 points and 29 rebounds.

This win also means that BC Snaiperiai will also be promoted to the EBBL through having the best record.

Congratulations to letsandrew19 on an unbeaten season and promotion back to the EBBL!

Division II.4
A strong 2nd half by CWA Fury which saw them overturn a 11 point half time deficit to win 93-88. A game high 23 points from Patrik Aakerman led the way for CWA Fury, as they had seven players score 8 points or more. BC Newmarketas had a combined 77 points from their guards and forwards, but no one else scoring more than 4 as they struggled.

Congratulations to jb13fury on promotion back to the EBBL after 4 seasons.