Reece Williams reacts to the BBL Cup final yesterday between London Lions and Newcastle Eagles, in which the Eagles won 84-77 in a nail-biting affair. Newcastle Eagles won the BBL Cup the fourth time in seven years as they beat London Lions 84-77 in the final in Leicester. Rahmon Fletcher led Newcastle's scoring with 21 points and Evan Maxwell and Justin Gordon added 17 points each. Dirk Williams had 19 points and Justin Robinson 17 for the Lions, who had six positive Covid tests in the run-up to the game. As a result, the 2019 Cup winners had only seven players available. They were missing former NBA player Deandre Liggins, but had four regular starters and a Great Britain international still available. The Lions have also had to forfeit their place in the Fiba Europe Cup, which would have seen them playing in a bubble group in Poland, this week. In the first BBL final since last March's Trophy final in Glasgow, London led for periods in the early stages. Trailing 46-35 at the interval, they remained in contention despite trailing for the whole of the third quarter. Newcastle's errors at the start of the final quarter allowed London to briefly take a 76-69 lead with four minutes 28 seconds remaining, thanks to threes from Justin Robinson, Orlando Parker (twice) and Kevin Ware. Lions only scored one more point - as Newcastle's response tied the game at 76-76 on a three from Gordon, later named Most Valuable Player. SUBSCRIBE TO US - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0gC1AhOj05FB-RO782OvlQ?sub_confirmation=1 TotalSport is a multi-sport content creation hub which offers both ingenuity and insight into the sporting world. We have interviewed the likes of David Garrido, Derek Rae, professional footballers and sports people from across the industries. Business email - totalsportyt@gmail.com CHECK OUT FIRST TIME FINISH! - https://www.firsttimefinish.co.uk FOLLOW US - TOTALSPORT - https://www.twitter.com/t0talsport CHRIS - https://www.twitter.com/chrisstonadge HAS - https://www.twitter.com/TheHasKarim JACOB - https://www.twitter.com/j_tanswell MARYAM - https://www.twitter.com/mnaz98 CONOR - https://www.twitter.com/dunfordconor RHIANNA - https://www.twitter.com/rhi_daviesx REECE - https://www.twitter.com/99RW_Journalism EAGLES EDGE IT! BBL CUP FINAL REACTION EAGLES EDGE IT! BBL CUP FINAL REACTION EAGLES EDGE IT! BBL CUP FINAL REACTION totalsport,bbl cup final 2020,bbl cup final 2020 tv coverage,bbl cup,bbl cup reaction,bbl cup final reaction,newcastle eagles,british basketball,newcastle eagles vs london lions,london lions live,london lions highlights,london lions vs newcastle eagles,london lions vs newcastle eagles today