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2020–21 BBL season
LeagueBritish Basketball League
Season2020–21
Dates31 October 2020 – 30 April 2021
3–16 May 2021 (playoffs)
Games played165 (regular season)
13 (playoffs)
Teams11
TV partner(s)Great Britain:
Online:
Regular season
League championsLeicester Riders (5th title)
BBL CupNewcastle Eagles (6th title)
BBL TrophyLondon Lions (1st title)
Season MVPUnited States Geno Crandall (Riders)
Playoffs
ChampionsNewcastle Eagles (7th title)
  Runners-upLondon Lions
Finals MVPUnited States Cortez Edwards (Eagles)
Statistical leaders
Points United States Rahmon Fletcher (Eagles) 19.2
Rebounds United Kingdom David Ulph (Giants) 9.2
Assists United States Rahmon Fletcher (Eagles) 9.3
Efficiency United Kingdom David Ulph (Giants) 65%
Records
Highest scoring225 points
Riders 116–109 Giants
(5 February 2021)
Winning streak12 games
London Lions
(31 March – 30 April 2021)
Losing streak10 games
Glasgow Rocks
(28 March – 25 April 2021)
BBL seasons
All statistics correct as of 30 April 2021.

The 2020–21 BBL season was the 34th season of the British Basketball League, the top British professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1987. The season featured 11 teams from across England and Scotland.

Teams

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Locations of the 2020–21 BBL teams

Arenas and locations

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Team Location Arena Capacity
Bristol Flyers Bristol SGS WISE Arena
750
Cheshire Phoenix Ellesmere Port Cheshire Oaks Arena
1,400
Glasgow Rocks Glasgow Emirates Arena
6,500
Leicester Riders Leicester Morningside Arena
2,400
London Lions London Copper Box
6,000
Manchester Giants Manchester National Basketball Centre
2,000
Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Eagles Community Arena
3,000
Plymouth Raiders Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions
1,500
Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Ponds Forge
1,000
Surrey Scorchers Guildford Surrey Sports Park
1,000
Worcester Wolves Worcester University of Worcester Arena
2,000

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Main jersey sponsor
Bristol Flyers Greece Andreas Kapoulas England Daniel Edozie XLedger
Cheshire Phoenix England Ben Thomas United States Jalen Hayes Hillyer McKeown
Glasgow Rocks Scotland Gareth Murray Scotland Jonny Bunyan Carling
Leicester Riders United States Rob Paternostro United States Darien Nelson-Henry Jelson Homes
London Lions England Vince Macaulay England Joe Ikhinmwin
Manchester Giants England Lloyd Gardner England Jack Hudson
Newcastle Eagles England Ian MacLeod United States Rahmon Fletcher GiveToLocal
Plymouth Raiders England Paul James England Ashley Hamilton MLA College
Sheffield Sharks United States Atiba Lyons Canada Mike Tuck B.Braun
Surrey Scorchers Zimbabwe Creon Raftopoulos England Tayo Ogedengbe Gidden Place
Worcester Wolves England Matthew Newby Netherlands Maarten Bouwknecht University of Worcester

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Glasgow Rocks France Vincent Lavandier Mutual consent [1] 1 July 2020 Pre-season Scotland Gareth Murray[2] 16 July 2020
Manchester Giants England Danny Byrne Left [3] 2 March 2021 9th (6-11) England Lloyd Gardner [4] 15 March 2021

BBL Cup

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Qualification Stage

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Group 1

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Plymouth Raiders 6 5 1 471 384 +87 10 Quarter-finals
2 Surrey Scorchers 6 3 3 336 340 −4 6
3 Bristol Flyers 6 2 4 269 309 −40 4
4 Worcester Wolves 6 2 4 410 453 −43 4
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2020. Source: BBC Sport
31 October 2020 Surrey Scorchers 20–0 Bristol Flyers Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
19:00
N/A boxscore
report 		Attendance: N/A
7 November 2020 Bristol Flyers 0–20 Surrey Scorchers SGS College Arena, Bristol
19:30
N/A boxscore
report 		Attendance: N/A
13 November 2020 Bristol Flyers 54–69 Plymouth Raiders SGS College Arena, Bristol
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 11–16, 12–22, 12–16
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
14 November 2020 Worcester Wolves 86–85 Surrey Scorchers Worcester Arena, Worcester
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 16–21, 21–22, 20–24
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
15 November 2020 Plymouth Raiders 96–60 Worcester Wolves Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 25–17, 26–19, 29–15
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
18 November 2020 Plymouth Raiders 65–78 Bristol Flyers Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 17–13, 18–20, 16–24
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
20 November 2020 Surrey Scorchers 73–84 Plymouth Raiders Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 15–29, 21–20, 16–22
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
21 November 2020 Bristol Flyers 64–68 Worcester Wolves SGS College Arena, Bristol
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 4–20, 22–9, 10–23
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
22 November 2020 Plymouth Raiders 98–62 Surrey Scorchers Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 24–13, 33–13, 24–21
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
27 November 2020 Worcester Wolves 57–59 Plymouth Raiders Worcester Arena, Worcester
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 21–17, 12–14, 8–13
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
28 November 2020 Surrey Scorchers 76–72 Worcester Wolves Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 13–17, 17–16, 31–22
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
2 December 2020 Worcester Wolves 66–73 Bristol Flyers Worcester Arena, Worcester
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 13–13, 12–17, 26–18
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester Giants 4 3 1 372 297 +75 6 Quarter-finals
2 Glasgow Rocks 4 3 1 320 304 +16 6
3 Cheshire Phoenix 4 0 4 292 383 −91 0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2020. Source: BBC Sport
8 November 2020 Cheshire Phoenix 92–98 Manchester Giants Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 21–23, 17–27, 33–22
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
15 November 2020 Glasgow Rocks 93–63 Cheshire Phoenix Emirates Arena, Glasgow
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 22–20, 25–17, 25–14
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
19 November 2020 Manchester Giants 106–64 Cheshire Phoenix National Basketball Centre, Manchester
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 33–9, 24–14, 18–28, 31–13
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
22 November 2020 Cheshire Phoenix 73–86 Glasgow Rocks Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 17–14, 26–26, 15–21
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
27 November 2020 Manchester Giants 95–58 Glasgow Rocks National Basketball Centre, Manchester
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 25–15, 27–13, 18–14
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
29 November 2020 Glasgow Rocks 83–73 Manchester Giants Emirates Arena, Glasgow
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 30–21, 16–13, 22–23, 15–16
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Newcastle Eagles 6 4 2 539 526 +13 8 Quarter-finals
2 Leicester Riders 6 3 3 516 509 +7 6
3 London Lions 6 3 3 501 497 +4 6
4 Sheffield Sharks 6 2 4 458 482 −24 4
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2020. Source: BBC Sport
1 November 2020 London Lions 79–890(OT) Newcastle Eagles Copper Box Arena, London
14:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 19–19, 19–16, 22–23, Overtime: 2–12
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
6 November 2020 Sheffield Sharks 70–61 London Lions Ponds Forge, Sheffield
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 16–20, 11–7, 25–15
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
8 November 2020 Leicester Riders 96–102 Newcastle Eagles Morningside Arena, Leicester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 30–29, 27–28, 21–20, 18–25
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
13 November 2020 London Lions 88–73 Sheffield Sharks Copper Box Arena, London
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 26–18, 17–27, 16–10
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
13 November 2020 Newcastle Eagles 82–88 Leicester Riders Eagles Community Arena, Newcastle
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 18–23, 24–18, 20–27
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
15 November 2020 Leicester Riders 97–76 London Lions Morningside Arena, Leicester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 27–20, 22–18, 22–27
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
17 November 2020 Newcastle Eagles 97–87 Sheffield Sharks Eagles Community Arena, Newcastle
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 23–14, 28–26, 22–32
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
20 November 2020 Sheffield Sharks 64–85 Leicester Riders Ponds Forge, Sheffield
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 14–21, 12–19, 21–21
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
20 November 2020 Newcastle Eagles 79–99 London Lions Eagles Community Arena, Newcastle
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 24–20, 14–22, 18–30
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
22 November 2020 London Lions 98–89 Leicester Riders Copper Box Arena, London
14:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 20–28, 32–27, 21–22
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
29 November 2020 Sheffield Sharks 77–90 Newcastle Eagles Ponds Forge, Sheffield
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 12–23, 20–23, 19–24
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]
7 December 2020 Leicester Riders 61–87 Sheffield Sharks Morningside Arena, Leicester
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 17–24, 21–19, 9–20
BBL TV boxscore
report 		Attendance: 0[a]

Quarter-finals

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16 December 2020 Plymouth Raiders 80–850(OT) London Lions Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 16–11, 26–27, 18–16, Overtime: 4–9
BBL TV Pts: Hamilton 27
Rebs: Hamilton, Ibeh 7
Asts: Dusha, Sentance 3 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Williams 20
Rebs: Parker 8
Asts: Liggins, Robinson 6 		Attendance: 0[a]
16 December 2020 Manchester Giants 87–84 Surrey Scorchers National Basketball Centre, Manchester
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–29, 27–18, 24–11, 20–26
BBL TV Pts: Hexom 22
Rebs: Hexom 16
Asts: Zak Powell 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: McLemore 21
Rebs: Cashaw, White 8
Asts: Cashaw 8 		Attendance: 0[a]
16 December 2020 Newcastle Eagles 72–64 Bristol Flyers Eagles Community Arena, Newcastle
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 22–11, 17–12, 16–25
BBL TV Pts: Maxwell 22
Rebs: Edwards 11
Asts: Edwards 8 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Copeland 14
Rebs: Edozie 12
Asts: Edozie 6 		Attendance: 0[a]
16 December 2020 Leicester Riders 93–59 Glasgow Rocks Morningside Arena, Leicester
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 31–16, 25–15, 17–18
BBL TV Pts: Johnson 20
Rebs: Falzon, Johnson 7
Asts: Washington 11 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Jacdonmi 17
Rebs: Jacdonmi 9
Asts: Mpondo 6 		Attendance: 44[a]

Semi-finals

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12 January 2021 Leicester Riders 71–76 Newcastle Eagles Morningside Arena, Leicester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 22–23, 24–25, 11–14
BBL TV Pts: Crandall 17
Rebs: Lee 12
Asts: Crandall 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Maxwell 19
Rebs: Edwards 9
Asts: Fletcher 7 		Attendance: 44
12 January 2021 London Lions[A] 20–0 Manchester Giants National Basketball Centre, Manchester
20:00
BBL TV boxscore Attendance: N/A
  • Notes
  1. ^
    A Due to a number of players having to self-isolate due to COVID-19, Manchester Giants were unable to fulfil the fixture against London Lions. London Lions were given an automatic bye to the final.[5]

Final

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24 January 2021 London Lions 77–84 Newcastle Eagles Morningside Arena, Leicester
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 17–25, 22–16, 20–22
Sky Sports Pts: Williams 19
Rebs: Ware 9
Asts: Robinson 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Fletcher 21
Rebs: Gordon 15
Asts: Fletcher 8 		Attendance: 15

BBL Championship

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Main article: 2020–21 BBL Championship

The BBL Championship returned to the three-game series format used prior to the 2019–20 season, for a 30-game regular season. There were 21 Rounds between 3 December 2020 and 30 April 2021.[6][7]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Leicester Riders (C) 30 24 6 2580 2303 +277 48 Playoffs
2 London Lions 30 23 7 2702 2441 +261 46
3 Plymouth Raiders 30 21 9 2511 2307 +204 42
4 Newcastle Eagles 30 18 12 2576 2543 +33 36
5 Sheffield Sharks 30 15 15 2403 2338 +65 30
6 Worcester Wolves 30 14 16 2349 2456 −107 28
7 Cheshire Phoenix 30 14 16 2357 2407 −50 28
8 Bristol Flyers 30 12 18 2346 2373 −27 24
9 Surrey Scorchers 30 10 20 2446 2615 −169 20
10 Manchester Giants 30 10 20 2514 2601 −87 20
11 Glasgow Rocks 30 4 26 2214 2614 −400 8
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2021. Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions

Ladder progression

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  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top eight.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Bristol Flyers 7 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Cheshire Phoenix 6 11 11 10 8 9 8 9 8 8 7 5 6 6 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 7
Glasgow Rocks 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Leicester Riders 3 1 3 3 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
London Lions 8 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 2 2 2 2
Manchester Giants 1 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 6 8 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 10
Newcastle Eagles 5 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4
Plymouth Raiders 2 7 7 7 7 7 9 7 5 4 4 6 5 3 5 5 3 2 3 3 3 3
Sheffield Sharks 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 7 5 5 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5
Surrey Scorchers 11 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 9
Worcester Wolves 9 8 8 8 10 8 6 6 6 7 6 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6

BBL Trophy

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The BBL Trophy retained the same, 16-team bracket format as introduced for the 2018–19 season. The eleven BBL teams were joined in the first round draw by five invited teams; Solent Kestrels, Derby Trailblazers, Thames Valley Cavaliers, Hemel Storm and Reading Rockets, all from the English Basketball League.[8][9]

First round

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13 January 2021 Glasgow Rocks[A] 20–0 Reading Rockets Emirates Arena, Glasgow
report Attendance: N/A
22 January 2021 Sheffield Sharks 63–69 Plymouth Raiders Ponds Forge, Sheffield
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 10–18, 14–21, 21–11
BBL TV Pts: Hemsley 17
Rebs: Hemsley, Lillard 6
Asts: Hemsley 3 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Neighbour 19
Rebs: Hamilton 10
Asts: McGill 6 		Attendance: 1
2 February 2021 Bristol Flyers 73–74 Newcastle Eagles SGS College Arena, Bristol
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 30–13, 11–22, 18–23, 14–16
Flyers TV Pts: Wilcher 15
Rebs: Lockett 9
Asts: Okereafor 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Fletcher 17
Rebs: Edwards 11
Asts: Fletcher 7 		Attendance: 1
5 February 2021 Surrey Scorchers 101–100 Thames Valley Cavaliers Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–28, 29–25, 20–22, 25–25
BBL TV Pts: Hildreth 22
Rebs: Ogedengbe 7
Asts: Cashaw, Hicks, Ogedengbe 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Johnson 32
Rebs: Sylla 13
Asts: Johnson 9 		Attendance: 1
7 February 2021 Cheshire Phoenix 77–63 Hemel Storm Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 29–13, 17–20, 12–14
BBL TV Pts: Hayes 23
Rebs: Hayes 13
Asts: Ross 9 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Poleon 23
Rebs: Poleon 17
Asts: Noel 4 		Attendance: 1
7 February 2021 Derby Trailblazers 73–101 Solent Kestrels Nottingham Wildcats Arena, Nottingham
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 22–25, 18–33, 18–17
BBL TV Pts: Smith 21
Rebs: Bowman 12
Asts: Bowman 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Charles 30
Rebs: Charles 10
Asts: Smith 12 		Attendance: 3
10 February 2021 Worcester Wolves 102–96 Manchester Giants Worcester Arena, Worcester
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 30–30, 28–20, 24–26
YouTube Pts: Bouwknecht 23
Rebs: Kimble, Lawson, Williams, 7
Asts: Anderson 8 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Whelan 25
Rebs: Brady 13
Asts: Cassell Jr. 7 		Attendance: 6
11 February 2021 London Lions 76–71 Leicester Riders Copper Box Arena, London
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 17–16, 21–16, 25–19
BBL TV Pts: Robinson, Williams 15
Rebs: Alihodžić 12
Asts: Liggins 12 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Johnson 16
Rebs: Nelson-Henry 14
Asts: Crandall, Nelson-Henry 3 		Attendance: 2
Notes
  1. ^
    A Glasgow Rocks' match against Reading Rockets was cancelled after Reading were unable to fulfil the tie due to travel-related Covid-19 concerns. Glasgow were awarded a bye to the next stage of the competition.[10]

Quarter-finals

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14 February 2021 Cheshire Phoenix 62–67 Glasgow Rocks Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 15–8, 9–23, 17–18
BBL TV Pts: Lull 20
Rebs: Gordon 12
Asts: Ross 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Keeling 19
Rebs: Keeling 10
Asts: Van Sauers 5 		Attendance: 10
19 February 2021 Surrey Scorchers 82–73 Solent Kestrels Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 19–10, 23–22, 16–19
BBL TV Pts: Richards 15
Rebs: James 14
Asts: Raftopoulos 4 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Jackman 20
Rebs: Jackman 9
Asts: Smith 4 		Attendance: 0
22 February 2021 London Lions 101–85 Newcastle Eagles Copper Box Arena, London
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 28–18, 28–23, 22–18
BBL TV Pts: Liggins 24
Rebs: Parker 9
Asts: Liggins 9 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Edwards 16
Rebs: Edwards 9
Asts: Fletcher 12 		Attendance: 0
24 February 2021 Worcester Wolves 66–75 Plymouth Raiders Worcester Arena, Worcester
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 11–19, 25–20, 19–16, 11–20
YouTube Pts: Williams 23
Rebs: Williams 13
Asts: Williams 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: McGill 18
Rebs: Ochereobia 7
Asts: Hamilton 4 		Attendance: 0

Semi-finals

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7 March 2021 London Lions 90–66
(Series: London leads, 90–66 on aggregate) 		Glasgow Rocks Copper Box Arena, London
14:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 21–14, 18–18, 28–20
BBL TV Pts: Liggins 28
Rebs: Tawiah 7
Asts: Williams 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Delph 16
Rebs: Delph 8
Asts: Keeling 5 		Attendance: 25
10 March 2021 Glasgow Rocks 89–108
(Series: London wins, 198–155 on aggregate) 		London Lions Emirates Arena, Glasgow
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 27–23, 22–29, 25–29
BBL TV Pts: Keeling 17
Rebs: Delph 9
Asts: Van Sauers 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Williams 26
Rebs: Tawiah 7
Asts: Ware 6 		Attendance: 4
12 March 2021 Plymouth Raiders 96–89
(Series: Plymouth leads, 96–89 on aggregate) 		Surrey Scorchers Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 26–20, 26–22, 23–22
BBL TV Pts: McGill 31
Rebs: Ochereobia 6
Asts: Neighbour 3 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Hicks 27
Rebs: Richards 9
Asts: Hicks 7 		Attendance: 0
14 March 2021 Surrey Scorchers 83–112
(Series: Plymouth wins, 208–172 on aggregate) 		Plymouth Raiders Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–30, 15–22, 32–28, 15–32
BBL TV Pts: Hicks 22
Rebs: James 11
Asts: Hicks 10 		boxscore
report 		Pts: McGill 32
Rebs: Neighbour 10
Asts: Morsell, Porter-Bunton 4 		Attendance: 1

Final

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21 March 2021 London Lions 88–82 Plymouth Raiders Worcester Arena, Worcester
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 24–21, 15–23, 21–21
Sky Sports Pts: Williams 20
Rebs: Liggins 7
Asts: Liggins 8 		boxscore
report 		Pts: McGill 31
Rebs: Neighbour 11
Asts: Dusha 5 		Attendance: 0

Playoffs

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After changes were made to the 2020–21 Championship structure, the Playoffs returned to the two-legged aggregate series format used prior to the 2019–20 season.[11][12]

Quarter-finals

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(1) Leicester Riders vs. (8) Bristol Flyers

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3 May 2021 Leicester Riders 85–56
(Series: Leicester leads, 85–56 on aggregate) 		Bristol Flyers Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 16–14, 32–15, 20–11
Sky Sports Pts: Crandall 21
Rebs: Lee 7
Asts: Crandall 10 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Lockett 16
Rebs: Lockett 9
Asts: Lockett 7 		Attendance: 0
5 May 2021 Leicester Riders 92–79
(Series: Leicester wins, 177–135 on aggregate) 		Bristol Flyers Worcester Arena, Worcester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 30–20, 24–24, 19–14
Sky Sports Pts: Lee 17
Rebs: Walker 9
Asts: Crandall 11 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Mockford 19
Rebs: Lockett 9
Asts: Lockett, Wilcher 5 		Attendance: 0

(2) London Lions vs. (7) Cheshire Phoenix

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3 May 2021 London Lions 73–66
(Series: London leads, 73–66 on aggregate) 		Cheshire Phoenix Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 17–24, 13–15, 22–17
Sky Sports Pts: Williams 22
Rebs: Okoroh 9
Asts: Liggins 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Ross 13
Rebs: Gordon, Hayes, Lull 6
Asts: Ross 6 		Attendance: 0
5 May 2021 London Lions 95–60
(Series: London wins, 168–126 on aggregate) 		Cheshire Phoenix Worcester Arena, Worcester
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 30–15, 30–16, 24–9, 11–20
Sky Sports Pts: Williams 17
Rebs: Okoroh 8
Asts: Robinson 9 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Bryan-Amaning 17
Rebs: Hayes 8
Asts: Ross 7 		Attendance: 0

(4) Newcastle Eagles vs. (5) Sheffield Sharks

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4 May 2021 Newcastle Eagles 79–77
(Series: Newcastle leads, 79–77 on aggregate) 		Sheffield Sharks Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 30–20, 18–19, 9–18
Sky Sports Pts: Gordon 20
Rebs: Edwards, Gordon 7
Asts: Fletcher 9 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Hemsley 21
Rebs: Ratinho 9
Asts: Lewis 6 		Attendance: 0
6 May 2021 Newcastle Eagles 81–81
(Series: Newcastle wins, 160–158 on aggregate) 		Sheffield Sharks Worcester Arena, Worcester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 16–15, 18–18, 25–20
Sky Sports Pts: Gordon 25
Rebs: Gordon 9
Asts: Fletcher 9 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Nichols
Rebs: Hemsley 9
Asts: Lillard 5 		Attendance: 0

(3) Plymouth Raiders vs. (6) Worcester Wolves

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4 May 2021 Plymouth Raiders 84–82
(Series: Plymouth leads, 84–82 on aggregate) 		Worcester Wolves Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 14–30, 32–18, 20–22, 18–12
Sky Sports Pts: McGill 28
Rebs: Beisty 7
Asts: Beisty 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Burns 18
Rebs: Williams 10
Asts: Williams 7 		Attendance: 0
6 May 2021 Plymouth Raiders 96–81
(Series: Plymouth wins, 180–163 on aggregate) 		Worcester Wolves Worcester Arena, Worcester
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 28–14, 25–22, 28–24
Sky Sports Pts: McGill 29
Rebs: Hamilton 12
Asts: McGill 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Anderson 21
Rebs: Williams 14
Asts: Anderson, Bouwknecht 4 		Attendance: 0

Semi-finals

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(1) Leicester Riders vs. (4) Newcastle Eagles

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11 May 2021 Leicester Riders 77–76
(Series: Leicester leads, 77–76 on aggregate) 		Newcastle Eagles Morningside Arena, Leicester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 36–18, 13–20, 19–14, 9–24
Sky Sports Pts: Crandall 20
Rebs: Lee 14
Asts: Crandall 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Fletcher 34
Rebs: Edwards 11
Asts: Fletcher 6 		Attendance: 22
13 May 2021 Leicester Riders 69–88
(Series: Newcastle wins, 164–146 on aggregate) 		Newcastle Eagles Morningside Arena, Leicester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 19–11, 12–25, 18–23
Sky Sports Pts: Nelson-Henry 13
Rebs: Nelson-Henry 11
Asts: Crandall 9 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Fletcher 27
Rebs: Gordon 10
Asts: Fletcher 10 		Attendance: 0

(2) London Lions vs. (3) Plymouth Raiders

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11 May 2021 London Lions 80–92
(Series: Plymouth leads, 92–80 on aggregate) 		Plymouth Raiders Morningside Arena, Leicester
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 18–28, 23–14, 23–32
Sky Sports Pts: Liggins 16
Rebs: Liggins 10
Asts: Liggins 12 		boxscore
report 		Pts: McGill 28
Rebs: Hamilton 11
Asts: Dusha, McGill 7 		Attendance: 22
13 May 2021 London Lions 100–80
(Series: London wins, 180–172 on aggregate) 		Plymouth Raiders Morningside Arena, Leicester
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 33–23, 12–19, 28–21, 27–17
Sky Sports Pts: Liggins 23
Rebs: Walker, Williams 5
Asts: Robinson 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: McGill 25
Rebs: Ochereobia 8
Asts: Dusha 7 		Attendance: 0

Final

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(2) London Lions vs. (4) Newcastle Eagles

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16 May 2021 London Lions 66–68 Newcastle Eagles Morningside Arena, Leicester
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 11–18, 20–20, 11–18
Sky Sports Pts: Parker 27
Rebs: Parker 12
Asts: Liggins 8 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Edwards 22
Rebs: Edwards 13
Asts: Fletcher 10 		Attendance: 0

Awards

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2020–21 BBL Team of the Year

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# Player Team
PG Rahmon Fletcher Newcastle Eagles
SG Geno Crandall Leicester Riders
SF Dirk Williams London Lions
PF DeAndre Liggins London Lions
C Darien Nelson-Henry Leicester Riders

Source: 2020–21 Molten BBL Team of the Year

2020–21 BBL All-British Team of the Year

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# Player Team
PG Conner Washington Leicester Riders
SG Justin Robinson London Lions
SF Ashley Hamilton Plymouth Raiders
PF Jordan Williams Worcester Wolves
C David Ulph Manchester Giants

Source: 2020–21 BBL All-British Team of the Year

2020–21 BBL Defensive Team of the Year

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# Player Team
PG Cortez Edwards Newcastle Eagles
SG DeAndre Liggins London Lions
SF Jamell Anderson Leicester Riders
PF William Lee Leicester Riders
C Prince Ibeh Plymouth Raiders

Source: 2020–21 BBL Defensive Team of the Year

British clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
London Lions Champions League First qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Regular season

*Note: FIBA has withdrawn the London Lions from the FIBA Europe Cup Regular-season due to COVID-19 disruptions. All games of the London Lions will be forfeited.[16]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

References

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  1. ^ "Club Statement - Vincent Lavandier". July 2020.
  2. ^ "Rocks appoint Gareth Murray as player-coach". 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Club Statement: Danny Byrne".
  4. ^ "Lloyd Gardner to Join Giants".
  5. ^ "LONDON INTO CUP FINAL AS GIANTS FORCED OUT". MVP247. MVP247. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. ^ "BBL Cancel Campaign".
  7. ^ "Remainder 2020-21 fixtures and dates confirmed". 23 November 2020.
  8. ^ "BBL Trophy First Round draw complete, ties assigned". bbl.org.uk. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Trophy Standings".
  10. ^ "ROCKS GIVEN BBL TROPHY BYE AFTER READING WITHDRAW". glasgowrocks.co.uk. glasgowrocks.co.uk. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  11. ^ "BBL announces cancellation of 2019–20 season & format changes for next year". June 2020.
  12. ^ "May Madness The 2021 Play-Offs". 20 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Crandall Wins Player of the Year". bbl.or.uk. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Cortez Edwards Wins Play-off Final MVP". bbl.or.uk. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Paternostro Wins Sixth Coach of the Year Award". bbl.or.uk. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  16. ^ "London Lions ruled out from FIBA Europe Cup Regular-season due to COVID-19 disruptions". fiba.basketball. 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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