\n With the tie already in London\u2019s favour following Friday\u2019s 19-point first-leg win, the Lions showed composure and resilience to finish the job on the road \u2014 capped by a late Amin Adamu floater with 12 seconds remaining, before forcing a miss from Joe Anderson at the buzzer.\n<\/p>\n
\n Johnathan Williams led the Lions with 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting, dominating the paint during a pivotal third-quarter surge.\n<\/p>\n
\n Chasson Randle provided timely shot-making with 16 points, including a buzzer-beating three to close the third quarter, while Tarik Phillip added 11 points, six rebounds, and five assists to steady London down the stretch.\n<\/p>\n
\n Adamu finished with the decisive basket, and London again leaned on balanced contributions to close out the tie.\n<\/p>\n
\n Bristol made the early running, riding a hot start and strong defensive pressure to build a 24\u201313 first-quarter lead.\n<\/p>\n
\n William Yoakum scored eight early points as the Flyers forced turnovers and disrupted London\u2019s rhythm, taking a 37\u201326 advantage into halftime as the Lions struggled offensively.\n<\/p>\n
\n London flipped the script after the break.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u00a0The third quarter proved decisive as Johnathan Williams sparked a momentum shift, throwing down three straight dunks to ignite a comeback.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Aaryn Rai added a three and quick follow-up scores to trim the deficit, before Williams rejected Yoakum at the rim and finished again inside to make it a one-point game. Randle\u2019s late surge \u2014 including a buzzer-beating triple \u2014 pushed the Lions into the fourth with a 58\u201357 lead.\n<\/p>\n
\n The final period became a test of toughness and execution.\n<\/p>\n
\n London generated second-chance opportunities through offensive rebounds and extended the margin to five behind Adamu and Phillip, before Bristol clawed back.\n<\/p>\n
\n Joe Anderson\u2019s late layup briefly gave the Flyers the lead inside the final minute, but Adamu responded, muscling into the lane and converting a calm floater to reclaim the advantage. Anderson\u2019s step-back attempt at the other end fell short, sealing the win.\n<\/p>\n
\n With the victory, the Lions advance to the SLB Trophy Final, where they will face either the Newcastle Eagles or Cheshire Phoenix, who meet later this afternoon.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Trophy Final will take place on Sunday, February 1, at the Utilita Arena, Birmingham, tipping off at 3.30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the tie already in London\u2019s favour following Friday\u2019s 19-point first-leg win, the Lions showed composure and resilience…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-675226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115842086487845974","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}