BuzzerBeater Forums

Seniors
The England senior team looked to bounce back after a disappointing defeat to Serbia as they faced 22nd ranked Portugal who also suffered defeat last week. It was a tightly fought contest throughout with neither team really taking control. Portugal looked to have taken momentum in the final period as a basket from C Diogo Barbosa with 10 seconds remaining put them ahead by 2 points. However, a mid range jump shot from SG Alexey Sanders tied the game and sent it to overtime. There overtime period was just as competitive as neither team had more than a.1 basket lead until 23 seconds to go after a free throw from Sanders put England up 4, but this game wasn’t over. Back to back 3s from Portugal and free throws from PG Kim Bujalska meant the game was tied with 7 seconds to go. Step up Ken Greene who hit a buzzer beater from the baseline to win the game! The final score, 119-117 to England who picked up a huge win to put them at 1-1 in the 2nd round. The schedule doesn’t get any easier though as they face 8th ranked Belgium next week who currently sit 0-2.

Players of the game:
3 points- Iain Mochi- 32 points including 6 3 pointers to lead the way for England
2 points- Ken Greene- Ever reliable Greene scored 27 points, including a game winner, as he continued his impressive season.
1 point- Iain Needham- A solid all round 19 points, 9 boards and 4 assists for Needham once again.

Juniors
The England juniors went unbeaten in the qualifying stage at 8-0, good enough for the 8th seed, which set up a first round tie against 59th ranked Sweden. England came out strong and never looked back as a 27-16 first quarter was followed up by a 33-10 second quarter as England dominated Sweden on the defensive end. The England defence held Sweden to only 19.5% shooting and only 49 points compared to England’s 46.6% shooting and 106 points. The next round sees a mouthwatering tie as now 24th ranked England face offf against 12th ranked Germany in a game which could go either way.

Players of the game-
3 points- Sivasekaran Kanjilal- 27 points, 10 rebounds in 28 mins as he dominated the Sweden team on both ends of the court.
2 points- David Hughes- 15 points off the bench in 20 mins, on only 7-10 shooting. Hughes also had 4 assists
1 point- Kevin Bunsell- 14 pointts, 5 assists and 2 steals for the starting PG in another solid game.

Would be great Kim back to England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
If anyone Intresting please ! (43467086)

I could make Kim work on my roster I think - but I'm not gonna go crazy. May as well see where the final bid lands!

Congrats on the cup win btw. I feel I barely had a chance with the salary difference, but put up a good fight for 3 quarters.

EBBL finances for the person asking above:

Player Salaries: $ 749 980 Attendance: $ 495 668
Staff Salaries: $ 73 448 Merchandise: $ 113 566
Scouting: $ 4 062 TV Contract: $ 249 128
Infrastructure $ 7 500
Total: $ 834 990 Total: $ 858 362
League Average Net Income: $ 23 372

Kim would be a great addition for my team if I promote, but I just can’t afford his salary for the next few weeks before I getting EBBL money.

If he went on sale during the off season I would have made an effort to get him.

Those ebbl salaries are higher than normal

Even with only 15 teams

Seniors
The senior team faced 8th ranked Belgium in their 3rd second round game. A strong first half saw England ahead 47-43. The Belgium offence started to get going in the second half as they scored 30 points in the 3rd quarter and 32 in the 4th. Unfortunately, the England offence couldn't keep up as Belgium were able to tie the game heading in to the final quarter before running away with the win by 9 points in the final period. The final score 105-96 to Belgium, both teams now hold a 1-2 record in the group. England next face 5th ranked 3-0 Poland.

Players of the game:
3 points- Kenny MacLaverty- 14 points, 16 rebounds (6 offensive) and 3 assists for MacLaverty as he dominated the glass
2 points- Dexter Barral- 16 point, 11 rebound double double for Barral as he joins his team-mate MacLaverty in the double-double club.
1 point- Ken Greene- 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists for Greene who played every second of the game.

Juniors
The Juniors defeated 12th ranked Germany in the 2nd knock-out round 70-56 to earn their place in the quarter-finals. A low scoring game saw England leading 38-32 at half time before a impressive 3rd quarter gave England a 18 point lead heading in to the final quarter. Germany did reduce the lead in the 4th to only 6 points with 5 minutes to go but weren't able to maintain the effort as England pulled away again. England next face 15th ranked Peru who beat Mexico in their 2nd round match.

Players of the game:
3 points- Jamie Hermann- The big guy scored 16 points along with 9 rebounds as he enters the top 10 all-time U21 rebounders and games played for England.
2 points- Andy King- King dominated the boards as he collected 18 total rebounds, 6 of the being on the offensive end. He also added 9 points.
1 point- Elvin Goodhew- 8 points, 6 rebounds in 14 minutes for the back up C who also had a +10 while on court.

Great job, and hey Joe! Long time!

Unfortunately both teams saw their competitive hopes come to an end this week as the Senior team can no longer qualify for the next round and the junior team crashed out of the consultation tournament.

Seniors
The England senior team fell to 1-3 as the lost 125-83 against Poland. Things didn’t start well as starting C Dexter Barral went down injured in the first minute but Desmond Thomas came in and the team battled hard to by tied at 26 after the first quarter. The England battle was short lived as Poland dominated the 2nd and 3rd quarters, winning them a combined 73-33 and effectively killing the game there. England will face hosts Lithuania in their final competitive game of the season.

Players of the game:
3 points- Ken Greene- always reliable Greene top scored with 20 points on an efficient 8-13 shooting.
2 points- Ian Needham- Needham had a solid game with 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals
1 point- Desmond Thomas- Thomas played well as a replacement for Barral as he ended with a 11 point, 13 rebound double-double.

Juniors
The junior team lost 72-62 against Peru after a bad first half proved too much to recover from. England went in to half-time down 14 points after shooting only 20% FG. The offence picked up in the 3rd quarter but dropped off again in the final period as Peru held on to win. England crash out of the world tournament at the quarter finals stage after an incredible 8-0 qualifying run.

Players of the game-
3 points- Jamie Hermann- Hermann led the team again with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
2 points- Elvin Goodhew- Goodhew grabbed 8 boards and shot 2-2 in 14minutes off the bench as the 20y/o impressed off the bench.
1 point- Andy King- another double-double for King as he finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds.