JENNINGS, MO —It’s down to two. Two teams are left standing. Two wins to claim The Basketball League championship. The Potawatomi Fire (21-3 season, 6-0 playoffs) will meet the St. Louis Griffins (16-8, 7-2) in the TBL National Championship Finals. The Fire and Griffins will square off in a best-of-three series beginning Friday night in…
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SHAWNEE, OKLA / ST. LOUIS, MO — It’s down to two. Two teams are left standing. Two wins to claim a TBL championship. The Potawatomi Fire (21-3 regular season, 6-0 playoffs) will meet the St. Louis Griffins (16-8, 7-2 playoffs) in the TBL National Championship. The Fire and Griffins will square off in a best-of-three…
SEATTLE, WASH. — There are just four teams remaining in TBL, and just four wins are needed by any of those clubs to claim the TBL Championship. Two of TBL’s top teams all season long will battle it out late Friday night on the west coast to get one of those wins. The Potawatomi Fire,…
SHAWNEE, OKLA — Two of TBL’s top teams all season will meet in the regional finals for the right to play for the TBL National Championship. The Potawatomi Fire (21-3 regular season) will meet the Seattle SuperHawks (22-4) in a best-of-three series beginning Friday night in Seattle. Game one will be Friday, June 16 in…
SHREVEPORT, LA. — Hello Mavericks, our old friends. We’ve come to play you again. The Potawatomi Fire and Shreveport Mavericks renew their intense rivalry in the best-of-three Central Conference Championship round of The Basketball League Playoffs. Game one of what promises to be a knock-down-drag-out series will be Thursday, June 8 at 7 p.m. from…
SHAWNEE, OKLA— The Central Conference Champion Fire will open their TBL playoff run on Thursday night, June 1, when they visit their in-state rival Enid. Tipoff for game one of the second round best-of-three playoff series against the Outlaws will be 7 p.m. from the Stride Bank Center in Enid. Live stats for game one…
SHAWNEE, OKLA — In year one of this in-state rivalry, it was the Enid Outlaws taking five of six regular season meetings from the Potawatomi Fire. In year two, it’s the Fire with the upper hand, taking three or four regular season meetings from the Outlaws. Led by last year’s TBL MVP Deshawn Munson as…
SHAWNEE, OKLA — The Potawatomi Fire jumped out to a big first quarter lead of 41-18, and never looked back as they cruised to a 130–102 victory over the Pearland (Texas) Warriors. Deshawn Munson led the Fire with 20 points and 15 rebounds, on 10 of 14 shooting. The Fire had nine of their 11…
ENID, OKLA — Coming off just their second loss of the season, the Fire looked to be more assertive. This was especially true for their All-Stars, namely Deshawn Munson. After a few less-than-typical contests from the reigning TBL MVP, Munson and coach Mark Dannhoff had a meeting. The coach asked the player to play at…
SHAWNEE, OKLA — It took the Potawatomi Fire 40 days to top their record-setting home opener. On March 17, the Fire set seven team records with a mauling of the Rockwall 7ers. They broke many of those marks Tuesday with an absolute domination of the Oklahoma Panthers, winning 155-86. In what was originally scheduled to…