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 the game looking to avenge their loss to the Flyers earlier in the season.
In dominating fashion the Lions opened the game with a 17-0 run. Getting the ball inside early to their bigs – Zubcic and Koufos first before turning to Aaron Best with a beautiful lefthanded finish.
Koufos was especially effective at establishing a presence inside – finishing the game with 11 rebounds. Notable slashing plays from Aaron Best and Sam Dekker’s deep two-pointer caused coach Andreas Kapoulas to call timeout.
Bristol finally got on the board with a pull-up jumper from Brandon Mahan. But the Lions immediately responded with a jump shot from Vojtech Hruban and Zubcic connected on a corner three-pointer.
In the second half, the Flyers come out stronger, Josh Ward Hibbert comes off the bench and scores a nice left handed finger roll.
Mike Miller drained a three in the corner and Delpeche and King got in on the action. This quarter, however, belonged to Sam Dekker, who was unstoppable slashing to the basket. Dekker didn’t miss a shot and scored 10 of his 25 points in the second quarter.
In the third period, the Flyers chopped away at the lead. Getting it to 10 with V King the major instigator.
The Lions turned to their stretch forward Zubcic who chalked up five quick points for the Lions. Delpeche hammered home a gigantic left hand dunk. However, the Lions kept mounting pressure with excellent ball movement, skip passes and pick-and-roll play.
Sam Dekker proved the value of his NBA experience – going coast to coast and coming up with the and-one. Josh Sharma also came alive and scored six points in the paint, but it was Dekker who capped off the quarter – hitting the three with the seconds on the clock winding down.
In the fourth, the Flyers got some solid production from Bell III, but the 34 margin was insurmountable. The Lions now move on to face off against the Leicester Riders on the 27th which is expected to be another exciting clash of top tier teams. The Flyers head to Surrey to battle the Scorchers on the 23rd December.
Another highlight was the appearance of newly appointed…
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