BuzzerBeater Forums

Good luck tonight Zander, I really wish my shape was a little stronger, it's very tight and promises to be a close one. I'm not sure I'll make it on as I've got some work on, so all the best!

FINALS DAY
After 9 rounds of walkovers, EBBL teams being knocked out by lower opposition, multiple games decided by a single possession and a division III team reaching the quarter finals for the first time in four seasons, it all boiled down to the showdown between two fantastic EBBL sides in A Dogs and Tide of Fire.
The first quarter began with Tide of Fire dominating affairs thanks to the brilliance of Luke Innes and Jeremy MacAusland. The second quarter was a different story with both teams competing every shot, ball and rebound leading to the second quarter being tied at 24 each, meaning Tide of Fire went in at half time by a score of 59-46. In the second half there were glimpses where A Dogs had looked to claw his way back to a single digit margin, largely down to Rudolph Esposto and Loris Caddeo. The final quarter saw Tide of Fire see out the game scoring 32 points to A Dogs 29 and winning his first National Tournament by a score of 112-95 so congratulations goes out to LA-Vecx on this fantastic achievement.

FINALS MVP
There were three candidates from Tide of Fire competing for the right to be crowned finals MVP, these were Luke Innes, Jeremy MacAusland and Adair Baiano but for me, the award goes to the man who shot 80% from the field scoring 29 points, gobbled up 12 rebounds and dished out 5 assists, so congratulations go out to Luke Innes on a remarkable performance.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the thread this season, I look forward to doing it again for next season's tournament.
Question is: Will Vecx rule England for the next couple of seasons or will a new champion be born?


Last edited by js8 at 7/2/2015 4:57:15 PM

Thanks for these amazing write-ups mate, they really made the tournament a great community event.

No worries mate, lets hope we can encourage more of the community to get involved in the coming seasons. Congratulations, once again, on winning the tournament, fully deserved.

First of all, js you really made the tournament for me this year with the write ups after each round, a credit to you. Sorry I couldn't get online for the final in game chat, but the first quarter seemed to kill me off despite some attempts to get some runs going to cut the deficit later on in the game. 2-3 zone though and I still couldn't get anywhere near Innes and Big Mac so congratulations to you Vecx you really deserved it this season and I'm sure you'll be up there going for the double. Been a good run again this season for me in the cup and looking forward to another next season!

First of all, js you really made the tournament for me this year with the write ups after each round, a credit to you.

Very nice words, thank you very much. I will be doing it next season, so I look forward to you reading and contributing to next seasons thread. Congratulations on your cup run and getting to the final.

Last edited by js8 at 7/3/2015 12:49:04 PM

Don't think it was quite as close as you suggested but still a cup final is a cup final! Congratulations mate :)
And how my game shapes have gone nothing below respectable is ridiculous, I played 3 competitive games with pretty much every starter!!!