SHAWNEE, OK – For the third consecutive year, the Potawatomi Fire have advanced to the West Regional Finals putting them just four wins away from achieving The Basketball League’s first ever three-peat.
The Fire have reached this point after cruising to a 4-0 postseason record. The Fire swept Enid in the Central Division Finals before taking down the Logansport Iron Horses last weekend for the Midwest Conference crown.
The Fire have used a relentless offense and suffocating defense to get to this round. Through the playoffs, the Fire are averaging 150.3 points per game on 56.0% shooting from the field while holding their opponents to just 96.5 points per game and limiting their opponents to just 40.5% shooting from the field. Additionally, the Fire have won every game by at least 24 points.
The Fire will now take on the Great Falls Electric (21-3 Reg. Season, 4-0 Playoffs) in a Best of 3 series. These two teams are similar in their style of play on both ends of the court. Great Falls leads TBL in scoring at 129.4 points per game while the Fire are second at 128.9 ppg. Defensively, the Fire are holding teams to just 95.2 points per game on 41.4% shooting while Great Falls is holding their opponents to 109.4 ppg on 44.4% shooting from the field.
Beyond the numbers, one big storyline throughout this series is the fact that three current Great Falls players (K.D. Moore, Lyle Hexom, and T.J. Maston) all won championships with the Fire. Hexom won a title with the Fire in 2023 while Moore and Maston won titles in 2023 and 2024.
This should be an entertaining series with good games and quality basketball expected from both teams. The schedule for the series is as follows:
Game 1: Thursday, 6/12/25, 8 PM Central, McLaughling Center in Great Falls, Montana
Game 2: Sunday, 6/15/25, 7 PM Central, FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma
Game 3: Monday, 6/16/25, 7 PM Central, FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma
To purchase to tickets to Game 2 or 3 visit potawatomifire.com/tickets or call the FireLake Arena box office at 405-273-1637. You can watch a live stream of the game at tbltv.tv or listen live on KGFF Radio (100.9 FM/1450 AM).
For more information on the West Regional Finals and the Potawatomi Fire, follow the Fire on Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
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ABOUT THE POTAWATOMI FIRE
The Potawatomi Fire are the first professional basketball team owned by a Native American tribe (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) in Oklahoma. The Fire compete in the Central Conference of The Basketball League (TBL), a men’s professional basketball league, with roughly 40 teams across the U.S. and Canada. The Fire play their home games at FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Through their first three years, the Fire have established themselves as the premier franchise in TBL. Along with winning the TBL championship in 2023 and 2024, the Fire organization was named the 2022 winner of the Jim Koch Award as TBL’s Best Ran Business. The dance team of the Fire, the Fire Girls, were named TBL’s 2022 Best Dance Team and Central Conference Best Dance Team in 2023 and 2024.