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…
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SHAWNEE, OKLA — Things were looking desperate for the Potawatomi Fire. They trailed by nine points as they started the fourth quarter, only to see the Seattle Super Hawks expand that margin in the first few minutes of the final frame. The Fire were staring down their first loss of the year at home and…
SEATTLE, WASH — The Potawatomi Fire overcame several different types of adversity on Friday night, many that they hadn’t seen in the 2023 season. Behind a huge 37-point night from the reigning Defensive Player of the Year Lyle Hexom, and triple-doubles (or nearly so) from the 2022 TBL MVP Deshawn Munson and 2023 MVP candidate Chuck…
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…
SHAWNEE, OKLA — As game two of the Central Conference Finals progressed on a rollercoaster of momentum, and the opportunity to finish off the defending champion Shreveport Mavericks was going up and down, it was the top guys for the Potawatomi Fire who stepped up, just as they have all season long. Whether it was…
SHREVEPORT, LA. –The first half of game one of the best-of-three Central Conference Championship round of TBL Playoffs, between the Potawatomi Fire and the Shreveport Mavericks was exactly what you might expect. Up and down the floor with each team doing what they do best — the Fire moved the ball and got it inside…
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— Sometimes you forget how talented the Potawatomi Fire are. Balanced wins were commonplace throughout the regular season, with 6, 7, 8, even 9 or 10 players scoring in double figures in a Fire win. And then there are nights like Saturday’s game against the rival Enid Outlaws. The Fire starting lineup excelled, delivering…
ENID, OKLA — After watching their 14-point lead dwindle in the late stages of the fourth quarter, the Potawatomi Fire held on and escaped Enid with a 103-101 victory in an intense game one of the best-of-three second round series. Chuck Guy and Deshawn Munson led the way for the Fire as the two All-Stars…