Basketball
April Season Enders
28 April 2008
The line-up for the Final Four of the BBL Championship play-offs was completed on Sunday afternoon after the Guildford Heat made it through thanks to an 81-72 victory over the Everton Tigers at the Spectrum. Mike Martin was the star man for the Heat with an impressive performance of 25 points and 10 rebounds. The Heat will be joined by the League champions Newcastle Eagles, BBL Cup winners Marshall MK Lions and the Kularoos Plymouth Raiders at the NIA, Birmingham over the weekend of the 3-4 May 2008.
The Lions became the first side to progress after a 105-93 victory over the SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks on Wednesday evening. The Eagles defeated the Worcester Wolves 105-96 on Friday night, while the Raiders picked up a 91-73 victory over the Sheffield Sharks on Saturday night.
The semi-final line-up will be as follows: -
Newcastle Eagles v Marshall MK Lions (3.30pm)
Guildford Heat v Kularoos Plymouth Raiders (6pm)
BBL Championship Play-off Quarter Final
Guildford Heat 81 (29,39,56) (Martin 25, Gilbert 23, Harrison 12)
Everton Tigers 72 (20,39,57) (Davis 15, Midgley 14, Herriman 13)
Guildford Heat became the final team to progress through to the semi-finals of the BBL Championship play-offs thanks to an 81-72 victory over the Everton Tigers at the Spectrum on Sunday afternoon. The Heat started strongly netting the opening seven points of the game. They increased their lead off the back of a 16-4 burst towards the end of the opening period to take the score out to 26-13. The second quarter saw Mike Martin open the scoring with a three-pointer for the Heat, but the Tigers rattled off a 19-5 tear to take the lead at 34-39 with a minute remaining in the half. Baskets from Daniel Gilbert and a three from James Jones for the Heat tied the game at 39-39 at the half. The second half saw the Heat open with a 10-3 run to take the score out to 49-42, but the Tigers responded immediately with a 13-5 burst to take a one-point lead at 54-55. The visitors held on to the slender lead at 56-57 going into the final stanza. In the final quarter, the Tigers continued to hold a slender lead at 62-64. The Heat broke the game open with a 19-6 tear, including ten points from Martin, took the score out to 81-70 with twenty seconds remaining. A Tony Robertson dunk as time expired for the Tigers was not enough to prevent the Heat qualifying for the Final Four. Martin led all scorers in the game with 25 points, as well as 10 rebounds. Calvin Davis led the Tigers scoring with 15.
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