Bristol Flyers narrowly missed out on their first British Basketball League (BBL) play-off final after almost completing an extraordinary comeback over defending champions Leicester Riders.
In a thrilling two-legged semi-final, which was decided on aggregate points scored over both games, the Flyers found themselves down by as many as 26 points early in the first game at home on Friday night in Bristol.
Amid an electric atmosphere at SGS College Arena, generated by a ‘pink wall’ of fervent Flyers fans - decked out in complementary play-off t-shirts - the team produced a display of grit and determination typifying their record-breaking season, to reduce the deficit to just seven and the Riders ahead by a nose, 84-77, heading into game two on Sunday.
