Sunday Night Breakdown

The main event of the week happened off the court, so Dan and Dave took some time to look at the departure of Vince Macaulay from the London Lions as well as all of the action in the British Basketball League.

0:00 Some thoughts on Vince Macaulay's departure from London

7:32 Sheffield Sharks 74-75 Bristol Flyers

20:40 Newcastle Eagles 113-111 Manchester Giants (OT)

49:22 Bristol Flyers 91-73 Glasgow Rocks

58:58 Surrey Scorchers 65-70 Sheffield Sharks

1:08:05 London Lions 103-94 Newcastle Eagles

1:16:21 Cheshire Phoenix 59-76 Leicester Riders

1:29:20 A look at the table

A big weekend for Plymouth City Patriots who not only got their first win of the league campaign, but also their second! Dan and Dave take the usual look back over all the action in the BBL this week.

London Lions 95-80 Bakken Bears (DEN) (FEC)

Newcastle Eagles 70-84 London Lions (TRO)

Plymouth City Patriots 82-73 Surrey Scorchers

Sheffield Sharks 56-77 Cheshire Phoenix

Bristol Flyers 64-92 Leicester Riders

Manchester Giants 77-84 Plymouth City Patriots

Cheshire Phoenix 107-87 Glasgow Rocks

0:00 London Lions 95-80 Bakken Bears (DEN) (FEC)

7:35 Newcastle Eagles 70-84 London Lions (TRO)

18:39 Plymouth City Patriots 82-73 Surrey Scorchers

30:33 Sheffield Sharks 56-77 Cheshire Phoenix

40:48 Bristol Flyers 64-92 Leicester Riders

49:50 Manchester Giants 77-84 Plymouth City Patriots

59:06 Cheshire Phoenix 107-87 Glasgow Rocks

1:07:25 A look at the league table

The Trophy took centre stage this week in the British Basketball League, with Derby providing the upset at Surrey, whilst Bristol knocked-out Leicester. Dan and Dave look back at all the action as well as Lions games in Europe.

Tango Bourges (FRA) 96-65 London Lions (ECW) (Bourges win 160-130 on aggregate)

Bristol Flyers 71-68 Leicester Riders (TRO)

Surrey Scorchers 93-98 Derby Trailblazers (TRO)

Glasgow Rocks 91-82 Team Solent Kestrels (TRO)

Avtodor Saratov (RUS) 84-81 London Lions (FEC)

Plymouth City Patriots 113-66 Basketball Wales (TRO)

Sheffield Sharks 77-90 Manchester Giants (TRO)

Cheshire Phoenix 123-65 Sony Centre Fury (TRO)

Leicester join Manchester in the BBL Cup Final with a semi-final victory over London and maintain their unbeaten start to the season in the league. All the action from the festive week gets the usual treatment from Dan and Dave.

Leicester Riders 106-60 Plymouth City Patriots

Newcastle Eagles 74-77 Cheshire Phoenix

Manchester Giants 80-76 Cheshire Phoenix

Leicester Riders 79-74 London Lions (CUP) (Riders win 178-170 on aggregate)

Surrey Scorchers 78-77 London Lions

Sheffield Sharks 62-100 Leicester Riders

Manchester Giants 88-82 Newcastle Eagles

Covid has struck again this week, with a number of cancellations, but Dan and Dave look back over those that did go ahead, including a historic victory for the Lions' women's team.

London Lions 65-64 Tango Bourges (ECW)

Manchester Giants 92-79 Glasgow Rocks (CUP)

Leicester Riders 101-72 Newcastle Eagles

Glasgow Rocks 87-84 Bristol Flyers

Cheshire Phoenix 120-69 Plymouth City Patriots

Two Cup semi-final first legs along side a couple of league games and London's first game of the second round of FEC get the usual treatment from Dan and Dave on a trans-atlantic version of the Sunday Night Breakdown.

Bahcesehir College (TUR) 107-82 London Lions (FEC)

Plymouth City Patriots 61-66 Sheffield Sharks

Manchester Giants 94-79 Glasgow Rocks

London Lions 96-99 Leicester Riders (CUP)

Newcastle Eagles 55-73 Bristol Flyers

Glasgow Rocks 102-92 Manchester Giants (CUP)

Slightly later than usual, but Dan and Dave look back at a packed weekend in the British Basketball League including a triple overtime thriller, a first league defeat for London and a big loss and big win for Glasgow.

Sheffield Sharks 62-51 Plymouth City Patriots

Bristol Flyers 80-71 Surrey Scorchers

Newcastle Eagles 96-84 London Lions

Leicester Riders 105-76 Glasgow Rocks

Surrey Scorchers 81-122 Glasgow Rocks

Bristol Flyers 78-58 Plymouth City Patriots

London Lions 107-80 Manchester Giants

Cheshire Phoenix 110-113 Newcastle Eagles (3OT)

Dan and Dave take a look at Great Britain's action this week including a historic victory over Greece, as well as breaking down the three BBL games that took place.

Zabiny Brno 68-41 London Lions (ECW)

Great Britain 78-69 Greece (WCQ)

Newcastle Eagles 77-86 Sheffield Sharks

Leicester Riders 90-61 Surrey Scorchers

Turkey 84-67 Great Britain (WCQ)

Sheffield Sharks 72-80 Leicester Riders

Two rematches from last week's cup quarter-finals took place in the league, Lions suffered their first European loss and Plymouth came agonisingly close to a first win. Dan and Dave looked back over it all.

Plymouth City Patriots 93-99 Manchester Giants (OT)

medi Bayreuth (GER) 97-78 London Lions (FEC)

Glasgow Rocks 99-78 Bristol Flyers

Leicester Riders 94-72 Cheshire Phoenix

Surrey Scorchers 72-85 London Lions

Glasgow Rocks 107-96 Plymouth City Patriots

Cheshire Phoenix 86-67 Sheffield Sharks

It was Cup quarter-finals weekend in the British Basketball League and Dan and Dave took there usual deep dive into all the action, but before that they looked back at a disappointing couple of results for Great Britain in the EuroBasket qualifiers. Also a look at the possibilities for London in Europe.

GB 66-73 Greece and Estonia 72-69 GB (EBQ)

Kapfenberg Bulls (AUT) 81-100 London Lions (FEC)

Manchester Giants 109-81 Cheshire Phoenix

London Lions 100-68 Sheffield Sharks (CUP)

Leicester Riders 85-84 Cheshire Phoenix (CUP)

Manchester Giants 95-92 Surrey Scorchers (CUP)

Glasgow Rocks 95-90 Bristol Flyers OT (CUP)