Quadruple Dreams vs Home Court Glory

What a game to look forward to today! Here's the story in brief:

London Lions arrive as the tournament's standout team — already SLB Trophy winners and sitting top of the Championship. With the Cup title, a quadruple would remain firmly on track for the Lions, who have already lifted the SLB Trophy this season. Their Cup run was comfortable at the quarter-final stage — a commanding 94–68 win over Newcastle, with six players reaching double figures — though they were made to work harder in the semi-final, needing their first-leg cushion to survive an 84–76 loss in the second leg at Cheshire.

Manchester Basketball have arguably been the more convincing Cup side. Pjay Smith dominated the semi-final first leg against Surrey, going off for 26 points and 7 assists with an index rating of 30. Their men's team defeated Surrey 89ers over two legs to set up today's historic final.

The head-to-head this season is perfectly level — London won 82–74 in Manchester in February, then MCR turned the tables with a narrow 72–71 win at the Copper Box in March. A genuine coin-flip going into today.

This final makes British basketball history as the first SLB Final ever to be hosted at Manchester's AO Arena — which also gives Manchester a de facto home-crowd advantage. The atmostphere in th ehouse will be electrifying.

Tip-off is at 4:30 PM GMT. You can stream it free via DAZN app or by following the link below

https://www.dazn.com/en-GB/fixture/ContentId:1cji1ma3fz3lt13q0yvfoc26l8/1cji1ma3fz3lt13q0yvfoc26l8