2021–22 British Basketball League season

2021–22 BBL season
LeagueBritish Basketball League
Season2021–22
Dates24 September 2021 – 24 April 2022
28 April – 15 May 2022 (playoffs)
Games played135
Teams10
TV partner(s)Great Britain:
Online:
Regular season
League championsLeicester Riders (6th title)
BBL CupLeicester Riders (3rd title)
BBL TrophyCheshire Phoenix (5th title)
Season MVPUnited States Geno Crandall (Leicester)
Playoffs
ChampionsLeicester Riders (6th title)
  Runners-upLondon Lions
Finals MVPUnited States Geno Crandall (Leicester)
Statistical leaders
Points United States Isaiah Reese (London) 19.3
Rebounds United Kingdom Michael Ochereobia (Cheshire) 7.9
Assists United States Rahmon Fletcher (Newcastle) 10.6
Efficiency United States Darien Nelson-Henry (Leicester) 64%
BBL seasons

The 2021–22 BBL season was the 35th season of the British Basketball League, the top British professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1987. The season featured 10 teams from across England and Scotland.

Teams

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Locations of the 2021–22 BBL teams

Arenas and locations

Team Location Arena Capacity
Bristol Flyers Bristol SGS College Arena
750
Cheshire Phoenix Ellesmere Port Cheshire Oaks Arena
1,400
Glasgow Rocks Glasgow Emirates Arena
1,650
Leicester Riders Leicester Morningside Arena
2,400
London Lions London Copper Box Arena
6,000
Manchester Giants Manchester National Basketball Centre
2,000
Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Vertu Motors Arena
3,000
Plymouth City Patriots Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions
1,500
Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Ponds Forge
1,000
Surrey Scorchers Guildford Surrey Sports Park
1,000
  • On 30 July 2021, it was announced by the league that the city of Plymouth would have a franchise for the 2021–22 season.[5][6]
  • On 9 August 2021, Plymouth City Patriots were announced to join the British Basketball League for the 2021–22 season, led by local businessman Carl Heslop.[7] The new organisation could not secure the transfer of the naming and branding rights of the Plymouth Raiders from Plymouth Raiders 1983 Ltd, the previous owners. The Patriots played their home games at the Plymouth Pavilions for one season only.[8]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Main jersey sponsor
Bristol Flyers Greece Andreas Kapoulas England Josh Rogers Xledger
Cheshire Phoenix England Ben Thomas England Teddy Okereafor RentASpace
Glasgow Rocks Scotland Gareth Murray Scotland Jonny Bunyan Glen Luss
Leicester Riders United States Rob Paternostro United States Darien Nelson-Henry Jelson Homes
London Lions England Nikhil Lawry England Justin Robinson
Manchester Giants England Lloyd Gardner England Dan Clark
Newcastle Eagles England Ian McLeod United States Rahmon Fletcher GiveToLocal
Plymouth City Patriots England Paul James Albania Elvisi Dusha
Sheffield Sharks United States Atiba Lyons Canada Mike Tuck B. Braun
Surrey Scorchers Zimbabwe Creon Raftopoulos England Tayo Ogedengbe Gidden Place

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Plymouth City Patriots New team Pre-season England Paul James 10 August 2021[9]
London Lions England Vince Macaulay Released 19 January 2022 8th (3–2) England James Vear 19 January 2022[10]
London Lions England James Vear Personal reasons 30 March 2022 5th (10–7) England Nikhil Lawry 30 March 2022[11]

BBL Cup

The 2021–22 BBL Cup featured all 10 teams, split into 2 geographical groups, North and South. Each team played each other twice (once home, once away) with the top 4 teams in each group progressing to the quarter-finals. Single-legged quarter-finals and two-legged semi-finals matches determined the two finalists who contested the Cup final at Arena Birmingham.[12]

Qualification Stage

North Group

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester Giants 8 6 2 711 634 +77 12 Quarter-finals
2 Glasgow Rocks 8 5 3 690 663 +27 10
3 Cheshire Phoenix 8 4 4 639 666 −27 8
4 Sheffield Sharks 8 4 4 622 618 +4 8
5 Newcastle Eagles 8 1 7 639 720 −81 2
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2021. Source: BBC Sport
24 September 2021 Newcastle Eagles 72–82 Glasgow Rocks Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 18–16, 15–25, 21–18
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 2,500
24 September 2021 Sheffield Sharks 64–71 Cheshire Phoenix Ponds Forge, Sheffield
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 27–11, 16–16, 9–22
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
26 September 2021 Glasgow Rocks 69–79 Sheffield Sharks Emirates Arena, Glasgow
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 18–22, 17–18, 16–23
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
26 September 2021 Cheshire Phoenix 72–78(OT) Manchester Giants Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 15–15, 11–15, 20–18, Overtime: 7–13
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 600
1 October 2021 Glasgow Rocks 107–82 Manchester Giants Emirates Arena, Glasgow
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 21–23, 23–17, 36–25
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 400
1 October 2021 Newcastle Eagles 82–85 Sheffield Sharks Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 20–28, 25–16, 18–20
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 2,200
3 October 2021 Manchester Giants 92–86 Newcastle Eagles National Basketball Centre, Manchester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 27–29, 27–17, 22–18
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 500
3 October 2021 Cheshire Phoenix 84–77 Glasgow Rocks Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 21–25, 21–21, 18–16
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 638
8 October 2021 Sheffield Sharks 68–85 Manchester Giants Ponds Forge, Sheffield
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 20–23, 12–25, 18–21
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 200
8 October 2021 Newcastle Eagles 94–74 Cheshire Phoenix Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 18–18, 18–23, 31–19
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 2,100
10 October 2021 Manchester Giants 83–90 Glasgow Rocks National Basketball Centre, Manchester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 24–26, 20–20, 19–23
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 100
10 October 2021 Cheshire Phoenix 85–78 Sheffield Sharks Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 14–13, 26–23, 31–21
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
15 October 2021 Sheffield Sharks 85–64 Newcastle Eagles Ponds Forge, Sheffield
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 18–16, 25–24, 23–9
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
15 October 2021 Manchester Giants 91–61 Cheshire Phoenix National Basketball Centre, Manchester
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 31–12, 25–11, 19–17
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
17 October 2021 Glasgow Rocks 92–84 Newcastle Eagles Emirates Arena, Glasgow
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 31–13, 14–28, 22–15
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 400
19 October 2021 Manchester Giants 89–77 Sheffield Sharks National Basketball Centre, Manchester
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 18–24, 24–14, 30–22
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 300
22 October 2021 Glasgow Rocks 100–93 Cheshire Phoenix Emirates Arena, Glasgow
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 25–30, 25–23, 31–22
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 200
22 October 2021 Newcastle Eagles 73–111 Manchester Giants Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 16–25, 17–26, 20–30
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 2,800
24 October 2021 Sheffield Sharks 86–73 Glasgow Rocks Ponds Forge, Sheffield
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 14–20, 25–14, 25–22
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 150
24 October 2021 Cheshire Phoenix 99–84 Newcastle Eagles Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 25–16, 31–29, 20–25
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 808

South Group

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 London Lions 8 7 1 722 622 +100 14 Quarter-finals
2 Leicester Riders 8 6 2 715 616 +99 12
3 Bristol Flyers 8 4 4 649 653 −4 8
4 Surrey Scorchers 8 3 5 639 654 −15 6
5 Plymouth City Patriots 8 0 8 513 693 −180 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2021. Source: BBC Sport
24 September 2021 Surrey Scorchers 85–86 London Lions Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 22–21, 29–21, 14–24
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 250
24 September 2021 Leicester Riders 84–85 Bristol Flyers Morningside Arena, Leicester
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 19–25, 26–24, 16–22
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 1,000
25 September 2021 Bristol Flyers 84–75 Plymouth City Patriots SGS College Arena, Bristol
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 32–30, 25–12, 10–18, 17–15
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 350
26 September 2021 London Lions 90–61 Plymouth City Patriots Copper Box Arena, London
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 23–14, 18–20, 26–13
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 700
26 September 2021 Leicester Riders 96–80 Surrey Scorchers Morningside Arena, Leicester
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 34–24, 22–21, 30–20, 10–15
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 100
2 October 2021 Surrey Scorchers 65–57 Plymouth City Patriots Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 22–18, 8–15, 15–7
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 400
2 October 2021 Bristol Flyers 80–90 London Lions SGS College Arena, Bristol
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 15–28, 22–15, 27–22
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
8 October 2021 Bristol Flyers 67–75 Leicester Riders SGS College Arena, Bristol
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 20–19, 19–21, 12–15
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 385
8 October 2021 London Lions 88–73 Surrey Scorchers Copper Box Arena, London
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 23–15, 11–21, 25–23
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
10 October 2021 Plymouth City Patriots 58–109 Leicester Riders Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 15–29, 12–26, 16–28
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
10 October 2021 London Lions 94–85 Bristol Flyers Copper Box Arena, London
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 15–23, 29–16, 31–24
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 400
16 October 2021 Surrey Scorchers 89–94 Leicester Riders Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 20–32, 27–25, 25–21
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 300
17 October 2021 Plymouth City Patriots 62–101 London Lions Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 16–20, 16–27, 14–24
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
20 October 2021 Plymouth City Patriots 69–82 Bristol Flyers Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 16–17, 17–24, 22–28
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 250
22 October 2021 Leicester Riders 93–76 London Lions Morningside Arena, Leicester
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 19–28, 29–22, 25–12
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
23 October 2021 Bristol Flyers 81–82 Surrey Scorchers SGS College Arena, Bristol
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 17–11, 22–24, 16–25
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
24 October 2021 Leicester Riders 81–64 Plymouth City Patriots Morningside Arena, Leicester
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 16–9, 24–24, 17–13
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
27 October 2021 Plymouth City Patriots 67–81 Surrey Scorchers Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 20–29, 15–20, 14–10
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
30 October 2021 Surrey Scorchers 84–85 Bristol Flyers Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 17–17, 24–24, 26–20
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 400
7 November 2021 Leicester Riders 83–97 London Lions Morningside Arena, Leicester
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 22–31, 19–14, 17–24
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 666

Quarter-finals

13 November 2021 London Lions 100–68 Sheffield Sharks Copper Box Arena, London
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 24–18, 27–9, 27–25
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 500
13 November 2021 Leicester Riders 85–84 Cheshire Phoenix Morningside Arena, Leicester
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 23–16, 15–20, 26–20
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 666
14 November 2021 Glasgow Rocks 95–90(OT) Bristol Flyers Emirates Arena, Glasgow
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 23–18, 21–21, 22–23, Overtime: 9–4
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 100
14 November 2021 Manchester Giants 95–92 Surrey Scorchers National Basketball Centre, Manchester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–30, 25–17, 16–18, 27–27
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 100

Semi-finals

10 December 2021 London Lions 96–99
(Series: Leicester leads, 99–96 on aggregate) 		Leicester Riders Copper Box Arena, London
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–31, 23–24, 21–33, 27–11
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
30 December 2021 Leicester Riders 79–74
(Series: Leicester wins, 178–170 on aggregate) 		London Lions Morningside Arena, Leicester
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 26–14, 15–23, 12–17
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 666
12 December 2021 Glasgow Rocks 102–92
(Series: Glasgow leads, 102–92 on aggregate) 		Manchester Giants Emirates Arena, Glasgow
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 23–30, 29–21, 25–22
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 250
15 December 2021 Manchester Giants 92–79
(Series: Manchester wins, 184–181 on aggregate) 		Glasgow Rocks National Basketball Centre, Manchester
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 25–22, 17–26, 23–10
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available

Cup final

30 January 2022 Leicester Riders 83–69 Manchester Giants Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 30–8, 15–23, 23–18
Sky Sports Pts: Crandall 26
Rebs: Walker 7
Asts: Crandall 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Armstrong 18
Rebs: Clark 12
Asts: Armstrong 4 		Attendance: 2,000

BBL Championship

Main article: 2021–22 BBL Championship

The BBL Championship retained the three-game series format from the previous season, for a 27-game regular season, played across 24 Rounds between 29 October 2021 to 24 April 2022.[12][13]

On 6 April 2022, Leicester Riders were crowned league champions and won their 6th BBL Championship title.[14][15]

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Leicester Riders (C) 27 25 2 2458 1934 +524 50 Playoffs
2 Sheffield Sharks 27 17 10 2054 2005 +49 34
3 London Lions 27 16 11 2276 2165 +111 32
4 Bristol Flyers 27 14 13 2185 2097 +88 28
5 Manchester Giants 27 14 13 2351 2309 +42 28
6 Cheshire Phoenix 27 13 14 2272 2280 −8 26
7 Glasgow Rocks 27 12 15 2415 2471 −56 24
8 Plymouth City Patriots 27 12 15 2176 2319 −143 24
9 Newcastle Eagles 27 10 17 2313 2422 −109 20
10 Surrey Scorchers 27 2 25 1959 2457 −498 4
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2022. Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions


Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top eight.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
2021–22 BBL Championship
Team
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Bristol Flyers – 6 6 7 7 6 4 4 4 5 3 3 5 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 5 4
Cheshire Phoenix 4 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 6 5 4 4 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6
Glasgow Rocks – 8 8 4 5 7 7 5 5 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 6 7 7
Leicester Riders 2 5 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
London Lions – 4 4 2 4 5 6 7 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 2 4 4 3
Manchester Giants 3 3 1 1 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 5
Newcastle Eagles 5 2 3 5 6 3 5 6 6 7 5 7 7 5 5 5 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
Plymouth City Patriots – 9 9 10 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 8 8
Sheffield Sharks 1 1 2 6 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 2
Surrey Scorchers – 7 7 9 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10


BBL Trophy

The BBL Trophy retained the same, 16-team bracket format as introduced for the 2018–19 season. The ten BBL teams were joined in the first round draw by six invited teams; Solent Kestrels, Derby Trailblazers, Thames Valley Cavaliers and Hemel Storm, from the English Basketball League. Falkirk Fury from the Scottish Basketball Championship and Basketball Wales are the only additional teams outside of England.[16]

First round

7 January 2022 Bristol Flyers 71–68 Leicester Riders SGS College Arena, Bristol
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 22–24, 21–10, 12–24
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 770
7 January 2022 Surrey Scorchers 93–98 Derby Trailblazers Surrey Sports Park, Guildford
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–32, 17–28, 18–18, 31–20
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 700
7 January 2022 Glasgow Rocks 91–82 Solent Kestrels Emirates Arena, Glasgow
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 25–22, 14–14, 30–31
YouTube boxscore
report 		Attendance: 100
9 January 2022 Plymouth City Patriots 113–66 Basketball Wales Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 34–18, 36–11, 29–16, 14–21
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
9 January 2022 Sheffield Sharks 77–90 Manchester Giants Ponds Forge, Sheffield
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 27–30, 10–21, 20–18
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 500
9 January 2022 Cheshire Phoenix 123–64 Falkirk Fury Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 30–20, 28–11, 38–16, 27–17
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 600
14 January 2022 Newcastle Eagles 70–84 London Lions Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 11–36, 24–14, 17–22, 18–12
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 2,400
30 January 2022 Thames Valley Cavaliers 86–78 Hemel Storm Uxbridge College, West London
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 20–26, 18–22, 27–17
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 100

Quarter-finals

26 January 2022 Plymouth City Patriots 77–88 Cheshire Phoenix Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 17–30, 19–19, 26–17
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
4 February 2022 Derby Trailblazers 70–90 Bristol Flyers Clarence Wiggins Sports Centre, Derby
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 18–20, 17–19, 12–30
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
4 February 2022 Thames Valley Cavaliers 91–97(OT) Glasgow Rocks Uxbridge College, West London
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 14–20, 23–22, 29–19, Overtime: 9–15
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 60
6 February 2022 Manchester Giants 79–90 London Lions National Basketball Centre, Manchester
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 15–26, 25–19, 25–17
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 1,000

Semi-finals

Bristol Flyers v London Lions

19 February 2022 Bristol Flyers 61–81
(Series: London leads, 81–61 on aggregate) 		London Lions SGS College Arena, Bristol
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 16–17, 14–15, 14–27
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
9 March 2022 London Lions 85–81
(Series: London wins, 166–142 on aggregate) 		Bristol Flyers Copper Box Arena, London
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 23–15, 24–27, 19–18
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 500

Glasgow Rocks v Cheshire Phoenix

2 March 2022 Glasgow Rocks 102–90
(Series: Glasgow leads, 102–90 on aggregate) 		Cheshire Phoenix Emirates Arenaa, Glasgow
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 27–23, 26–22, 22–25
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 200
6 March 2022 Cheshire Phoenix 115–72
(Series: Cheshire wins, 205–174 on aggregate) 		Glasgow Rocks Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 27–19, 34–16, 35–18
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 1,000

Trophy final

20 March 2022 London Lions 68–82 Cheshire Phoenix Emirates Arena, Glasgow
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 19–18, 20–21, 13–21
Sky Sports Pts: D.Williams 24
Rebs: Tawiah 6
Asts: Kaboza, Robinson 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Austin 23
Rebs: Austin 10
Asts: Okereafor 5 		Attendance: 5,900

Playoffs

The BBL Playoffs returned to the two-legged aggregate series format used prior to the 2020–21 season.[17] The BBL Playoff Final was played at The O2 Arena, London for the sixth time and saw Leicester Riders defeat London Lions.[18][19]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
1 Leicester Riders 86 88 174
8 Plymouth City Patriots 71 87 158
1 Leicester Riders 105 104 209
7 Glasgow Rocks 84 78 162
2 Sheffield Sharks 83 72 155
7 Glasgow Rocks 76 96 172
1 Leicester Riders 78
3 London Lions 75
3 London Lions 85 95 180
6 Cheshire Phoenix 69 97 166
3 London Lions 85 91 176
4 Bristol Flyers 83 73 156
4 Bristol Flyers 79 94 173
5 Manchester Giants 91 80 171

Quarter-finals

(1) Leicester Riders vs. (8) Plymouth City Patriots

29 April 2022 Plymouth City Patriots 71–86
(Series: Leicester leads, 86–71 on aggregate) 		Leicester Riders Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 19–27, 18–25, 17–22
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
1 May 2022 Leicester Riders 88–87
(Series: Leicester wins, 174–158 on aggregate) 		Plymouth City Patriots Morningside Arena, Leicester
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 19–19, 21–18, 25–24
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 1,000

(2) Sheffield Sharks vs. (7) Glasgow Rocks

29 April 2022 Glasgow Rocks 76–83
(Series: Sheffield leads, 83–76 on aggregate) 		Sheffield Sharks Emirates Arena, Glasgow
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 25–15, 17–23, 18–23
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 760
1 May 2022 Sheffield Sharks 72–96
(Series: Glasgow wins, 172–155 on aggregate) 		Glasgow Rocks Ponds Forge, Sheffield
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–29, 18–25, 23–16, 7–26
Sky Sports boxscore
report 		Attendance: 100

(3) London Lions vs. (6) Cheshire Phoenix

29 April 2022 London Lions 85–69
(Series: London leads, 85–69 on aggregate) 		Cheshire Phoenix Copper Box Arena, London
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 20–17, 28–17, 18–12
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available
1 May 2022 Cheshire Phoenix 97–95
(Series: London wins, 180–166 on aggregate) 		London Lions Cheshire Oaks Arena, Ellesmere Port
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 35–16, 13–27, 17–30
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 800

(4) Bristol Flyers vs. (5) Manchester Giants

28 April 2022 Manchester Giants 91–79
(Series: Manchester leads, 91–79 on aggregate) 		Bristol Flyers National Basketball Centre, Manchester
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 28–20, 21–20, 16–18
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 200
30 April 2022 Bristol Flyers 94–80
(Series: Bristol wins, 173–171 on aggregate) 		Manchester Giants SGS College Arena, Bristol
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 23–16, 21–20, 24–20
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: not available

Semi-finals

(1) Leicester Riders vs. (7) Glasgow Rocks

7 May 2022 Glasgow Rocks 84–105
(Series: Leicester leads, 105–84 on aggregate) 		Leicester Riders Emirates Arena, Glasgow
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 31–18, 21–34, 15–28
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 400
9 May 2022 Leicester Riders 104–78
(Series: Leicester wins, 209–162 on aggregate) 		Glasgow Rocks Morningside Arena, Leicester
19:45 Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 17–21, 26–23, 32–17
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 666

(3) London Lions vs. (4) Bristol Flyers

6 May 2022 Bristol Flyers 83–85
(Series: London leads, 85–83 on aggregate) 		London Lions SGS College Arena, Bristol
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 14–24, 21–20, 23–26
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 770
8 May 2022 London Lions 91–73
(Series: London wins, 176–156 on aggregate) 		Bristol Flyers Copper Box Arena, London
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 23–20, 14–13, 31–18
BBL Player boxscore
report 		Attendance: 1,800

Playoff final

(1) Leicester Riders vs. (3) London Lions

15 May 2022 Leicester Riders 78–75 London Lions The O2 Arena, London
16:15 Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 23–10, 11–26, 21–10
Sky Sports Pts: Crandall 23
Rebs: Walker 8
Asts: Crandall 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Reese 29
Rebs: Tawiah 14
Asts: Reese 7 		Attendance: 15,824

Awards

2021–22 BBL Team of the Year

# Player Team
PG Geno Crandall Leicester Riders
SG Isaiah Reese London Lions
SF Patrick Whelan Leicester Riders
PF Daniel Clark Manchester Giants
C Darien Nelson-Henry Leicester Riders

Source: 2021–22 Molten BBL Team of the Year

2021–22 BBL All-British Team of the Year

# Player Team
PG Teddy Okereafor Cheshire Phoenix
SG Rowell Graham-Bell Plymouth City Patriots
SF Patrick Whelan Leicester Riders
PF Daniel Clark Manchester Giants
C Mike Ochereobia Cheshire Phoenix

Source: 2021–22 BBL All-British Team of the Year

2021–22 BBL Defensive Team of the Year

# Player Team
PG Larry Austin Jr. Cheshire Phoenix
SG Jordan Harris Glasgow Rocks
SF Julian Washburn London Lions
PF Jamell Anderson Manchester Giants
C Kylor Kelley London Lions

Source: 2021–22 BBL Defensive Team of the Year

British clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
London Lions Champions League First qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Second round

References

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  7. ^ "New chapter for Plymouth as Patriots join BBL". bbl.org.uk. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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  9. ^ "Patriots announce first major signing". bbl.org.uk. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  10. ^ "The London Lions today announce that coach Vince Macaulay will be moving on from his 11-year tenure as Head Coach at the club". thelondonlions.com. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  11. ^ "CHANGE OF INTERIM COACHING STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT". thelondonlions.com. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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  22. ^ "Molten Ed Percival BBL Coach of the Year". bbl.or.uk. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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