2023–24 London Lions season

2023–24 London Lions season
2023–24 London Lions season
Head coach	Petar Božić
Captain	Sam Dekker
Arena	Copper Box Arena
BBL results
Record	10–0 (1.000)
Ladder	1st
EuroCup	Regular season
	Stats at BBL.org.uk
	All statistics correct as of 22 October 2023.
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 London Lions season is the 47th season of the franchise in the British Basketball League (BBL), and their 12th under the banner of London Lions.

This season will be their first under the leadership of their new head coach Petar Božić,^[1]^[2] and their second season in the EuroCup Basketball competition.^[3]^[4]

Roster

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London Lions roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
C	0	Olaseni, Gabriel	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	104 kg (229 lb)
G	1	Taylor, Jordan (I)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
G/F	6	Soluade, Morayo	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	89 kg (196 lb)
F	7	Dekker, Sam (C & I)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	99 kg (218 lb)
F/C	9	Morgan, Conor (I)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
G	10	Nelson, Luke	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
G	11	Queeley, Kareem	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
C	20	Sharma, Josh	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	104 kg (229 lb)
G	22	Phillip, Tarik	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)
F	23	Sandy, Ciaran	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
G	31	Kaboza, Bradley	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	79 kg (174 lb)
F	32	Grantham, Donte (I)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
G	33	Morgan, Matt (I)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)

Head coach

Petar Božić

Assistant coach(es)

Polat Kaya
Robert Youngblood

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(IN) Inactive
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 29 September 2023

Standings

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	London Lions (C)	36	33	3	3376	2935	+441	66	Playoffs
2	Cheshire Phoenix	36	23	13	3334	3148	+186	46
3	Caledonia Gladiators	36	23	13	3152	3044	+108	46
4	Sheffield Sharks	36	19	17	2930	2849	+81	38
5	Leicester Riders	36	18	18	3281	3291	−10	36
6	Newcastle Eagles	36	18	18	3256	3177	+79	36
7	Bristol Flyers	36	16	20	2925	2918	+7	32
8	Surrey Scorchers	36	14	22	2955	3092	−137	28

9	Manchester Giants	36	9	27	2920	3311	−391	18
10	Plymouth City Patriots	36	7	29	2887	3251	−364	14

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions

The BBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the BBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place

2023–24 BBL Championship
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Team ╲ Round
Bristol Flyers	4	4	8	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	6	6	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7
Caledonia Gladiators	3	6	6	6	6	4	3	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Cheshire Phoenix	1	3	5	3	5	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Leicester Riders	10	7	3	2	2	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
London Lions	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Manchester Giants	8	10	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Newcastle Eagles	5	2	2	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	5	6	4	5	4	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5
Plymouth City Patriots	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Sheffield Sharks	6	5	4	5	4	6	6	6	5	3	3	4	5	6	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4
Surrey Scorchers	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: BBL.org.uk

Game log

BBL Championships

2023–24 game log
Total: 10–0 (home: 6–0; road: 4–0)

September: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	16 September	@ Surrey	W 61–83	Olaseni, Phillip (13)	Gabriel Olaseni (10)	C.Morgan, Kaboza (4)	Surrey Sports Park 850	1–0
2	21 September	Caledonia	W 93–65	Gabriel Olaseni (14)	Gabriel Olaseni (10)	Grantham, Soluade (4)	Copper Box Arena 1,431	2–0
3	23 September	@ Manchester	W 76–115	M.Morgan, Nelson (18)	Josh Sharma (6)	Tarik Phillip (8)	National Basketball Performance Centre 800	3–0
4	28 September	Bristol	W 98–84	Matt Morgan (25)	Grantham, Olaseni (7)	three players (5)	Copper Box Arena 1,494	4–0

October: 6–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	1 October	@ Cheshire	W 82–91	Matt Morgan (33)	Matt Morgan (8)	M.Morgan, Olaseni (3)	Cheshire Oaks Arena 200	5–0
6	8 October	Manchester	W 94–89	Matt Morgan (30)	Tarik Phillip (8)	Jordan Taylor (7)	Copper Box Arena 2,545	6–0
7	13 October	Cheshire	W 99–80	Conor Morgan (17)	Conor Morgan (8)	Luke Nelson (10)	Copper Box Arena 1,778	7–0
8	16 October	Newcastle	W 109–104 (OT)	Matt Morgan (30)	Gabriel Olaseni (9)	Luke Nelson (6)	Copper Box Arena 822	8–0
9	20 October	@ Sheffield	W 76–92	Conor Morgan (19)	Ciaran Sandy (9)	M.Morgan, Nelson (5)	Canon Medical Arena n/a	9–0
10	22 October	Surrey	W 82–70	Conor Morgan (17)	Conor Morgan (8)	Grantham, Phillip (6)	Copper Box Arena 3,258	10–0
11	27 October	@ Newcastle					Vertu Motors Arena

November: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
12	3 November	Bristol	Copper Box Arena
13	5 November	@ Plymouth	Plymouth Pavilions
14	10 November	@ Leicester	Leicester Arena
15	19 November	@ Manchester	National Basketball Performance Centre
16	23 November	Newcastle	Copper Box Arena

December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
17	1 December	@ Leicester	Leicester Arena
18	3 December	Caledonia	Copper Box Arena
19	8 December	Plymouth	Copper Box Arena
20	10 December	Leicester	Copper Box Arena
21	15 December	Cheshire	Copper Box Arena
22	17 December	Manchester	Copper Box Arena
23	24 December	Sheffield	Copper Box Arena
24	29 December	@ Caledonia	Playsport Arena

January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
25	1 January	@ Surrey					Surrey Sports Park

February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
26	2 February	@ Newcastle	Vertu Motors Arena
27	4 February	Plymouth	Copper Box Arena
28	8 February	Sheffield	Copper Box Arena
29	17 February	@ Bristol	SGS College Arena

March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
30	3 March	Leicester					Copper Box Arena
31	8 March	@ Caledonia					Playsport Arena

April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
32	5 April	@ Sheffield	Canon Medical Arena
33	7 April	@ Bristol	SGS College Arena
34	12 April	@ Plymouth	Plymouth Pavilions
35	18 April	Surrey	Copper Box Arena
36	21 April	@ Cheshire	Cheshire Oaks Arena

2023–24 season schedule

EuroCup

2023–24 game log
Total: 3–0 (home: 1–0; road: 2–0)

October: 3–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	5 October	Venezia	W 76–69	Donte Grantham (23)	Grantham, Olaseni (7)	Jordan Taylor (7)	Copper Box Arena 1,287	1–0
2	11 October	@ Humburg	W 94–100	Matt Morgan (21)	Conor Morgan (9)	Matt Morgan (6)	Edel-optics.de Arena 1,279	2–0
3	19 October	@ Prometey	W 89–99	Matt Morgan (21)	Donte Grantham (11)	Tarik Phillip (8)	Gran Canaria Arena 2,612	3–0
4	25 October	Paris					Copper Box Arena

November: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

2023–24 eurocup schedule

BBL Trophy

2024 BBL Trophy game log
Total: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
1	4 January	Newcastle	Copper Box Arena
2	7 January	Leicester	Copper Box Arena
3	12 January	@ Manchester	National Basketball Performance Centre
4	19 January	@ Bristol	SGS College Arena

2023–24 trophy schedule

Transactions

Re-signed

Player	Signed

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team

References

^ "London Lions Confirm Petar Božić As New Head Coach". BritishBasketballLeague.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ "London signs head coach Bozic". euroleaguebasketball.net. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ "2023-24 BKT EuroCup: Group A at a glance". euroleaguebasketball.net. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ "British Basketball League clubs prepare for historic 2023/24 European campaign". BritishBasketballLeague.com. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

External links

London Lions (official website)
British Basketball League

[1] "London Lions Confirm Petar Božić As New Head Coach". BritishBasketballLeague.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[2] "London signs head coach Bozic". euroleaguebasketball.net. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[3] "2023-24 BKT EuroCup: Group A at a glance". euroleaguebasketball.net. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[4] "British Basketball League clubs prepare for historic 2023/24 European campaign". BritishBasketballLeague.com. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

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v t e 2023–24 EuroCup
Regular season Playoffs Finals
Champions	Paris Basketball
Runners-up	Mincidelice JL Bourg
Semifinals	Beşiktaş Emlakjet London Lions
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals	Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv Joventut Badalona Prometey U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Eliminated in the Eighthfinals	Aris Gran Canaria ratiopharm Ulm Türk Telekom
Eliminated in the regular season	Group A Group B Budućnost VOLI Cedevita Olimpija Dolomiti Energia Trento Lietkabelis Śląsk Wrocław Umana Reyer Venezia Veolia Towers Hamburg Wolves

Roster

Standings

Ladder

Game log

BBL Championships

EuroCup

BBL Trophy

Transactions

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

See also

References

External links