Leicester Riders claimed their third BBL Cup with an 83-69 victory over the Manchester Giants in Birmingham.
Playing in-front of a Cup final record crowd of 10,000, it was Geno Crandall who made the Utilita Arena his own stage, going for 26 points, six rebounds and five assists to grab MVP honours.
“It feels like hard work paid off,” Crandall said to Sky Sports, post-game.
“For a lot of us, we kind of expected this outcome, not to sound brash or overly confident but it’s the reason you train, the reason you come out and do what we do everyday so when we have these opportunities, we’re prepared. I think we came out and we executed our game plan.”
For Manchester, a first final since they were reborn in 2012, a valiant effort fell just short. Dan Clark, who battled all game long, not able to make it a double winning day for the Clark family after his father led London to WBBL Cup glory earlier in the day.
Riders, who pose the meanest defence in the BBL, only allowing 73…
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