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At half-time in The BBL Play-Off Quarter Final, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have an 11-point lead to defend in the second half against the Bristol Flyers, writes Jeff King. The difference is, this being play-off basketball that second half will be four quarters and forty minutes long and on the road this afternoon at the…
Earlier this week Newcastle Eagles’ owner Paul Blake suggested it was time to shake up the BBL playoffs and reintroduce a three-game series at the quarter-final stage. In the wake of this demoralising 11-point defeat on Tyneside, one match might seem more than enough for a well-beaten Bristol Flyers. It is difficult to imagine the…
The slate has been wiped clean and it’s a whole new ball game for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as they head in to the BBL End of Season Play-Offs, writes Jeff King. After a largely disappointing and frustrating regular season, the Eagles have one last chance to lift some silverware. Finishing third in the standings…
As the BBL Championship campaign came to a close last weekend and the top eight teams including our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle all set their sights on the 2018 Play-Offs silverware there was one more competition which had its entrants locked into place. In the early stages of the 2018-19 season the league rounds will…
Paul Blake is pressing BBL bosses to look again at the league’s lop-sided playoff structure in a bid to better reward the top four finishers. The former league chairman favours a return to the three-game series to decide the quarter-finals and semi-finals. And Blake revealed tentative talks have already taken place at the top level…
In the penultimate line up of the 2017-18 BBL campaign and our very own Jaysean Paige has become the season winner for the most starting appearances is the All-Star Five. Darius Defoe also appears playing off the bench. Congratulations Jaysean and well done DD. Here’s the full pick of players from the league this week:…
Newcastle Eagles face Bristol Flyers in a mouthwatering repeat of last season’s playoff quarter-final following a day of intense drama in the BBL. Yesterday’s final round of regular season fixtures threw up a raft of different permutations with Fabulous Flournoy’s men tipping off against Surrey still in with a shout of second spot. But defeat…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle take the long road trip to Surrey today for this afternoon’s final BBL Championship clash of the regular season with the possibility of the runners-up spot in the table still alive, writes Jeff King. Newcastle need to win, and hope London Lions slip up at Cheshire Phoenix later in the day to…