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London Lions mengalahkan Leicester Riders di final Piala WBBL dan BBL pada hari Minggu
The Lions meraih kemenangan besar 95-42 atas Leicester Riders di final Piala WBBL pada pertandingan pertama di Utilita Arena di Birmingham.
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan memacu London dengan 19 poin dan setelah memulai dengan diam-diam, talenta lokal Holly Winterburn menambahkan 16 poin, yang membuatnya mendapatkan penghargaan MVP Piala karena setiap pemain Lions naik ke papan skor.
Oliana Squires dari Riders adalah pencetak gol terbanyak dalam permainan dengan 23 poin.
Kapten Lions Shanice Beckford-Norton memuji upaya pertahanan timnya. Dia berkata: “Kami tahu apa yang bisa kami lakukan secara defensif, dan kami hanya perlu menyalakannya hari ini. Begitu kami melakukannya, tidak ada yang menghentikan kami setelah itu.”
Itu adalah Beckford-Norton yang, pada permainan di luar batas dengan enam detik tersisa di kuarter pertama, mengelupas layar di sisi kanan, dan berhenti dari tempatnya untuk memasukkan jumper jarak menengah untuk menempatkannya. Lions unggul 24-15.
Lions ‘Katsiaryna Snytsina menunjukkan dia bisa melakukan lebih dari tiga tembakan dan menyeberang jalur untuk mencetak gol lapangan dua poin pertamanya dari permainan untuk membuka kuarter kedua.
Squires menolak untuk mundur dari pertahanan fisik Lions dan terus mencari jalan ke tepi, dan dia menggunakan langkah pertama yang cepat untuk melepaskan tembakan di bawah ring.
Tapi fisik London yang terus berlanjut menahan para Penunggang. Mereka membangun keunggulan 20 poin dengan dua menit tersisa di babak pertama.
Mengambil di mana mereka tinggalkan, Lions memaksa Riders untuk menggunakan semua 24 detik dari waktu pembukaan mereka di babak kedua.
Winterburn hanya mencetak tiga poin di babak pertama tetapi keluar untuk babak kedua dengan tujuan dan menyerang tepi – mengguncang beknya dengan langkah Euro untuk memasukkan bola. Dia kemudian membuka di sekeliling untuk mencetak tiga dari umpan Azania Stewart.
Snytsina melanjutkan tembakannya dari jarak jauh, dan membuat Lions unggul 28 poin dengan enam menit tersisa di kuarter ketiga sebelum pemain Leicester Ashley Arlen kehilangan drive baseline. London membuat selisih 30 poin dengan sepasang lemparan bebas dari Ty Murray semenit kemudian.
Tekanan penuh dari Lions menghabiskan waktu tembakan para Penunggang dan memaksa mereka melakukan percobaan tiga angka yang bertahan dengan baik. Rebound panjang jatuh ke Leslie Vorpahl dari Lions, yang mendorong kecepatan, dan menemukan Chantel Charles memotong di sisi kanannya untuk melakukan lay-up yang mudah untuk meningkatkan keunggulan menjadi 38 pada akhir frame ketiga.
Setelah jeda, para Penunggang melakukan pertahanan zona yang menghentikan Lions. Squires kemudian mencetak angka tiga untuk mengangkat harapan Leicester dengan sembilan menit tersisa.
Sisi London meningkatkan intensitas pertahanan mereka untuk melakukan serangan beruntun, dan Winterburn melanjutkan permainan liciknya untuk mendapatkan tembakan terbuka pada permainan di luar batas, diikuti dengan lay-up fast-break untuk diamankan Lions. keunggulan 40 poin dengan lima menit tersisa.
Dekker membintangi kemenangan final BBL Cup
London Lions juga memenangkan Piala BBL dengan kemenangan 79-71 atas Leicester Riders di game kedua di Utilita Arena.
Saat mereka terlihat nyaman memasuki kuarter terakhir, Riders, pemenang Piala musim lalu, membombardir London saat mereka melakukan perlawanan.
Sam Dekker memantapkan Lions, mencetak enam poin pertama kuarter keempat untuk timnya saat dia membimbing mereka menuju kemenangan.
Dekker juga meraih penghargaan MVP dengan 22 poin tertinggi dalam game dan sembilan rebound.
“Ini adalah langkah pertama bagi kami,” katanya kemudian. “Ini penting tapi kami harus tetap konsisten sekarang. Kami akan merayakannya karena kami ingin memenangkan ini dan kami telah mencapainya. Perasaan yang luar biasa.”
Dekker menambahkan: “Bagi saya, bermain di Rusia, Turki, saya telah bermain di beberapa tempat yang hebat dan final ini pasti ada di sana dalam hal atmosfer dan intensitas. Ini bagus untuk bola basket di Inggris dan saya senang menjadi bagian darinya. dia.”
“Itu menyenangkan bagi kami,” kata pelatih Lions Ryan Schmidt.
“Kami berbicara sejak hari pertama tentang apa yang kami lakukan tidak mudah dan kami memiliki tim baru, bermain di EuroCup, Anda lihat daftar yang telah kami kumpulkan, ekspektasi tinggi sejak awal.”
Schmidt menambahkan: “Setiap kali Anda memiliki kesempatan untuk memenangkan kejuaraan, itu istimewa. Itu tidak terjadi sepanjang waktu dan angkat topi ke Leicester, kami tidak memiliki apa-apa selain menghormati orang-orang ini.”
Zach Jackson memacu Riders dengan 16 poin.
Dari tip pembukaan, Leicester tampak berada di bawah kulit para pemain Lions dan melakukan pelanggaran awal dari Dekker dan Luke Nelson di menit pertama.
Enam poin awal dari Kimbal Mackenzie membuat Riders terus berdetak tetapi London berhasil menjaga keunggulan mereka, menggunakan rotasi skor seimbang yang dipimpin oleh Aaron Best, yang melakukan pukulan fade-away dari sudut untuk memberi timnya keunggulan 13-8.
Secara ofensif, Lions melangkah maju untuk memimpin 21-16 setelah satu kuarter.
Di babak awal set kedua, London memastikan keunggulan dua digit pertama mereka berkat Ovie Soko. Ketika Kosta Koufos memulihkan keunggulan 10 poin mereka menjadi 28-18, pelatih Riders Rob Paternostro meminta timeout.
Skor back-to-back dari Dekker mendorong keunggulan Lions menjadi 37-26 hingga Mackenzie kembali merespons Leicester.
Namun, saat waktu hampir habis untuk mengakhiri babak pertama, Jordan Taylor melakukan pukulan fade-away untuk memberi Lions keunggulan 41-32.
Patrick Whelan mempersempit jarak untuk Leicester menjadi 41-34 pada awal kuarter ketiga, saat ia menyerap kontak untuk memasukkannya ke gawang, namun Dekker membalas dengan lemparan tiga angka keempatnya dalam kontes tersebut.
The Riders mengurangi defisit menjadi 56-46 berkat triple dari Zach Jackson. Tapi London tanpa henti, dengan Soko di jantung segalanya di kedua ujungnya, memberi mereka keunggulan 14 poin menuju kuarter terakhir.
Namun Leicester memulai kuarter terakhir dengan skor 10-0. Dekker kemudian mencetak enam poin pertama Lions.
Pada akhirnya, Lions yang memanfaatkan peluang mereka untuk meraih kemenangan dan mengangkat trofi pertama musim ini.
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