2024–25 Super League Basketball season

2024–25 SLB season
2024–25 SLB season
League	Super League Basketball
Sport	Basketball
Duration	27 September 2024 – 27 April 2025
Teams	9
TV partners	Great Britain: DAZN; Online: YouTube;
SLB Championship
League champions	London Lions (1st title)
Runners-up	Leicester Riders
Season MVP	Aaryn Rai (London)
SLB Tournaments
Trophy champions	Newcastle Eagles (1st title)
Trophy runners-up	Bristol Flyers
Cup champions	Sheffield Sharks (1st title)
Cup runners-up	Surrey 89ers
SLB Playoffs
Champions	Leicester Riders (1st title)
Runners-up	Newcastle Eagles
Finals MVP	Jaylin Hunter (Leicester)
SLB seasons
	← 2023–24 (BBL) 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 SLB season is the inaugural season of Super League Basketball (SLB). The season features nine teams from across England and Scotland.^[1]^[2]

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Duration27 September 2024 – 27 April 2025

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Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Founded
Bristol Flyers	Bristol	SGS College Arena	750	2006
Caledonia Gladiators	East Kilbride	Playsport Arena	1,800	1998
Cheshire Phoenix	Ellesmere Port	Cheshire Oaks Arena	1,400	1984
Leicester Riders	Leicester	Mattioli Arena	2,400	1967
London Lions	London (Stratford)	Copper Box Arena	6,000	1977
Manchester Basketball	Manchester	National Basketball Centre	2,000	2024
Newcastle Eagles	Newcastle	Vertu Motors Arena	2,800	1976
Sheffield Sharks	Sheffield	Canon Medical Arena	2,500	1991
Surrey 89ers	Guildford	Surrey Sports Park	970	2024

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	London Lions (C)	32	24	8	2740	2448	+292	48	Playoffs
2	Leicester Riders	32	23	9	2796	2552	+244	46
3	Sheffield Sharks	32	22	10	2613	2487	+126	44
4	Manchester Basketball	32	15	17	2755	2777	−22	30
5	Newcastle Eagles	32	14	18	2664	2749	−85	28
6	Cheshire Phoenix	32	14	18	2884	2963	−79	28
7	Bristol Flyers	32	13	19	2493	2596	−103	26
8	Surrey 89ers	32	12	20	2616	2714	−98	24

9	Caledonia Gladiators	32	7	25	2460	2735	−275	14

Home \ Away	BRI	CAL	CHE	LEI	LON	MAN	NEW	SHE	SUR
Bristol Flyers	—	81–62	84–88	63–74	75–78	92–85	98–94	67–74	73–82
—	86–73	81–93	68–67	78–88	76–62	67–85	71–64	87–86
Caledonia Gladiators	66–58	—	98–101	66–88	79–67	76–100	71–94	86–89	68–77
68–57	—	94–96	93–88	53–84	85–91	76–90	83–87	90–81
Cheshire Phoenix	92–86	87–69	—	86–88	93–97	101–94	106–103	87–86	112–78
94–122	89–75	—	78–91	90–105	80–87	99–89	65–87	95–104
Leicester Riders	83–74	85–74	110–87	—	84–75	99–86	89–65	79–82	91–81
94–59	98–78	94–90	—	80–71	89–76	99–81	100–95	91–84
London Lions	75–67	98–76	94–76	91–71	—	78–73	89–79	92–68	83–87
77–69	96–51	90–78	97–80	—	88–90	79–68	80–77	80–69
Manchester Basketball	91–80	90–89	106–86	74–87	93–99	—	85–89	70–80	85–76
92–97	93–91	99–86	100–93	72–108	—	86–79	76–72	104–88
Newcastle Eagles	68–86	86–81	94–88	93–90	74–67	69–100	—	84–92	81–77
84–55	67–83	110–101	91–106	80–91	89–80	—	80–67	81–88
Sheffield Sharks	102–90	86–71	87–85	79–61	60–77	83–75	80–73	—	93–85
88–69	74–81	101–82	77–76	90–82	93–74	90–79	—	82–77
Surrey 89ers	84–88	92–83	89–99	66–82	80–84	86–79	96–70	61–63	—
83–89	79–71	71–94	72–89	88–80	93–87	87–95	69–65	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	NEW	SHE	CAL	MAN
1	Cheshire Phoenix	8	6	2	745	656	+89	12	Semifinals	—	90–82	100–102	95–74	116–85
2	Newcastle Eagles	8	5	3	634	641	−7	10	Semifinals	69–90	—	78–73	93–88	77–89

3	Sheffield Sharks	8	4	4	671	665	+6	8		79–84	82–84	—	84–75	89–77
4	Caledonia Gladiators	8	3	5	659	682	−23	6		86–81	66–71	80–94	—	99–77
5	Manchester Basketball	8	2	6	644	709	−65	4		79–89	63–80	87–68	87–91	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	LEI	BRI	LON	SUR
1	Leicester Riders	6	6	0	537	449	+88	12	Semifinals	—	91–69	76–62	89–76
2	Bristol Flyers	6	3	3	521	505	+16	6	Semifinals	101–105	—	108–85	86–79

3	London Lions	6	2	4	455	494	−39	4		66–89	76–65	—	81–69
4	Surrey 89ers	6	1	5	455	520	−65	2		75–87	69–92	87–85	—

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cheshire Phoenix	185–200	Bristol Flyers	83–92	102–108
Leicester Riders	174–178	Newcastle Eagles	91–95	83–83

26 January 2025	Newcastle Eagles	97–78	Bristol Flyers	Birmingham, United Kingdom
15:30	Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 21–12, 21–19, 24–28
DAZN	Pts: Knight 22 Rebs: Allen-Eikens, Ward-Hibbert 8 Asts: Okauru 6	boxscore report	Pts: Lewis 18 Rebs: Lewis, Louis 6 Asts: Louis 7	Arena: Arena Birmingham Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Eduard Udyanskyy, Iain Macdonald, Stephen Ferriss

Home team	Score	Away team
Essex Rebels	70–84	Bristol Flyers
St Mirren	60–113	London Lions
Falkirk Fury	61–130	Leicester Riders
Nottingham Hoods	67–108	Cheshire Phoenix
Derby Trailblazers	88–93	Surrey 89ers
Reading Rockets	72–84	Sheffield Sharks
Newcastle Eagles	87–90	Caledonia Gladiators
Hemel Storm	73–93	Manchester Basketball

Home team	Score	Away team
Sheffield Sharks	92–78	Cheshire Phoenix
London Lions	86–95	Surrey 89ers
Bristol Flyers	71–58	Caledonia Gladiators
Manchester Basketball	77–83	Leicester Riders

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bristol Flyers	127–154	Sheffield Sharks	64–88	63–66
Surrey 89ers	183–179	Leicester Riders	93–93	90–86

9 March 2025	Sheffield Sharks	105–97	Surrey 89ers	Nottingham, United Kingdom
15:30	Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 26–28, 32–21, 24–25
DAZN	Pts: McGill, Nixon 24 Rebs: Clay 9 Asts: Nixon 5	boxscore report	Pts: James 26 Rebs: Adelekun 10 Asts: Ray 6	Arena: Nottingham Arena Attendance: not available Referees: Joe Hodgson, Chris Dodds, Jonpaul Heron

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Playoff Final

1	London Lions	81	86	167

8	Surrey 89ers	76	69	145
					1	London Lions	71	75	146

					5	Newcastle Eagles	77	77	154
4	Manchester Basketball	71	87	158

5	Newcastle Eagles	78	84	162
										2	Leicester Riders	105

										5	Newcastle Eagles	74
2	Leicester Riders	78	86	164

7	Bristol Flyers	55	80	135
					2	Leicester Riders	75	97	172

					3	Sheffield Sharks	85	77	162
3	Sheffield Sharks	79	99	178

6	Cheshire Phoenix	89	82	171

18 May 2025	Leicester Riders	105–74	Newcastle Eagles	London, United Kingdom
16:30	Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 25–26, 30–21, 22–11
DAZN	Pts: Hunter, Jackson 23 Rebs: Thompson 17 Asts: Johnson 7	boxscore report	Pts: Pulliam 22 Rebs: Ward-Hibbert 10 Asts: Pulliam 4	Arena: The O2 Arena Attendance: 13,041 Referees: Kate Unsworth, Joshua Bowe, Rob Hickman

#	Player	Team
PG	Aaryn Rai	London Lions
SG	Prentiss Nixon	Sheffield Sharks
SF	Mike Okauru	Newcastle Eagles
PF	Zach Jackson	Leicester Riders
C	Charles Thompson	Leicester Riders

#	Player	Team
PG	Aaryn Rai	London Lions
SG	Jaiden Delaire	London Lions
SF	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Newcastle Eagles
PF	Patrick Whelan	Caledonia Gladiators
C	Riley Abercrombie	Leicester Riders

Team	Competition	Progress
Caledonia Gladiators	Champions League	Qualifying round
Caledonia Gladiators	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
Bristol Flyers	ENBL	Regular season
Newcastle Eagles		Runners up

#	Player	Team
PG	Larry Austin Jr.	Cheshire Phoenix
SG	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Newcastle Eagles
SF	Alen Hadžibegović	London Lions
PF	Charles Thompson	Leicester Riders
C	Dame Adelekun	Surrey 89ers

Arenas and locations

Standings

Results

North Group

South Group

Semifinals

Trophy Final

Summary

Wildcard teams

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Cup Final

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) London Lions vs. (8) Surrey 89ers

(2) Leicester Riders vs. (7) Bristol Flyers

(3) Sheffield Sharks vs. (6) Cheshire Phoenix

(4) Manchester Basketball vs. (5) Newcastle Eagles

Semifinals

(1) London Lions vs. (5) Newcastle Eagles

(2) Leicester Riders vs. (3) Sheffield Sharks

Playoff Final

(2) Leicester Riders vs. (5) Newcastle Eagles

2024–25 SLB Team of the Year

2024–25 SLB All-British Team of the Year

2024–25 SLB Defensive Team of the Year

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