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BRISTOL IN PLAYOFFS AS LEAGUE ENDS

Bristol Flyers have capped a brilliant maiden top-flight season by snatching the eighth and final BBL Playoff berth.

Andreas Kapoulas’ side booked a quarter-final showdown with Newcastle Eagles with a 79-54 win over Leeds Force and will host the league champions in the first leg on Thursday before the return at Sports Central 24 hours later.

Glasgow Rocks clinched fifth place with a 100-85 drubbing of Plymouth Raiders to tee up a showdown against Cheshire Phoenix with Sterling Davis’ men hosting the first leg on Friday before heading to Chester on Sunday.

And after winning six of their last seven games, Tayo Ogedengbe – who bagged 34 points and 9 rebounds in Devon – believes the Scots are rolling.

“We’re going in with some momentum,” he said. “We had a seven-game winning streak and now this is four in a row. I don’t think finishing fifth reflects how good we are as a team. Over the second half of the season, we’ve been right up there.”

Elsewhere, London Lions ended up sixth and set up a last-eight tie with Worcester Wolves by coasting past Manchester Giants 96-78 while Sheffield Sharks came seventh following a 75-68 loss to Cheshire.

Sharks will meet Leicester Riders whose 116-84 drubbing of short-handed Newcastle ensured they would finish only two points adrift of the Eagles at the top of the table.

Playoffs, quarter-finals: Newcastle v Bristol, Leicester v Sheffield, Worcester v London, Cheshire v Glasgow

Final standings 2014-15

PL W L Pts
1 Newcastle 36 31 5 62
2 Leicester 36 30 6 60
3 Worcester 36 28 8 54
4 Cheshire 36 26 10 52
5 Glasgow 36 21 15 42
6 London 36 21 15 42
7 Sheffield 36 19 17 38
8 Bristol 36 13 23 26
9 Manchester 36 12 24 24
10 Plymouth 36 11 25 22
11 Leeds 36 9 27 18
12 Durham 36 8 28 16
13 Surrey 36 5 31 10

(top 8 qualify for play-offs)

 

 

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