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Post by baldeagle on May 9, 2022 22:41:48 GMT
Well, for novelty value I’ll be cheering on Leicester - I want a real team to beat the chequebook! And they have, after all, been clearly the best team all season.
The trick with London will be to shut down Reese. It can be done, even when he’s in the mood. I’d be seriously tempted to play deny-ball on him, and with Washington & Jackson (among others) Riders have the defensive tools to do that. Will be interesting to see what happens on Sunday.
As an aside, play-offs much more relaxing when your team hasn’t qualified - but give me the stress any day!
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Post by sonjel on May 9, 2022 22:58:20 GMT
Sweet Caroline oh oh oh
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined oh oh oh
To believe they never would |
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Post by spacejammer on May 9, 2022 23:04:22 GMT
Is it 7 30 or 7 45 tonight? Email from the club including both times!! Tip off is at 7:45pm, coverage starts 7:15pm. It’s to accommodate Sky’s schedule, which has live netball beforehand that couldn’t guarantee a 7pm finish. Well brave effort by the Rocks but sadly to much to do and were undermanned compared to Leicester going into this. I think Sky did a good job and cashed in on this as a bonus match in order to market the Playoff Final this weekend. That plus in the schedule of live sport it didn't seem like their was much on tonight in other sports anyway other then one EFL league one playoff football match. Afterall depending on what happens in the off season this could potentially be the last few BBL games we see on Sky unless they renew the contract. So they probably wanted to make the most of it and get the league as much support and exposure in order to encourage Sky to sign another deal and possibly a longer one as well. Hopefully fingers crossed this works out. |
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Post by dexter on May 10, 2022 4:01:52 GMT
Yeah hopefully Sky and BBL will extend their broadcast deal. Viewing figures are probably a bit low but I think Sky believes in basketball and they are playing the long game. The final should get decent viewing figures. And in London Lions and Leicester Riders we have two strong teams that should be competitive in Europe next season. It seems that things are building.
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Post by massiveridersfan on May 10, 2022 9:28:56 GMT
Valiant effort by Rocks when it must have been so dispiriting to make the journey for the second leg knowing you're 21 adrift. We were complacent at times but I think that changed in the second half and we stepped up on defence. We'll need to be at our best going into the playoff final. Fitting finale to the season.
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