Congratulations Hadár, manager of Svätý Jur Snakers for clinching the first ever HGL championship title!
Santa Eufemia Ducks certainly gave SJS a run for their money in the final, and match was up for grabs almost till the end. Santa Eufemia Ducks´ player Fariña unfortunately lost the ball to Ondrej Zlevský when there was only 22 seconds to go and SED trailing by 6, so that pretty much nailed the match as Svätý Jur Snakers wasn't doing too bad from the charity stripe today (19 out of 22). Also difference in rebounds was somewhat significant, favoring SJS 51 to 37.
Also congratulations to GM-Enzo and Deano25 for Silver and Bronze medals, respectively! Having said that, WiMaOl can definitely also be proud of his performance against an opponent with superior Top8-salaries, well done!
It happens to be the case, that medals from HGL Season 1 were distributed to 3 different continents, so can we talk about league being pretty international, or what? :)
Speaking of Bronze match, that was also quite exciting, teams being only 4 points apart before the start of 4th. It was still a 5 point game when there was 4:30 remaining in a game clock, but as Heywood Big Dogs were able to dominate on the glass (49-34 advantage to HEY) and beat WiMaOlCa by 8 in the last quarter, Bronze medals travel to Australia on Season 1.
Thank you very much everyone for participating on HGL Season 1, and I'm already looking forward to Season 2 - work for that is under way and announcements about it are being done soon, so stay tuned! :)
Last edited by Wagner at 6/22/2025 11:27:26 AM