BBL Trophy Final celebrations – The Twitter Edition

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Yesterday saw the Sheffield Sharks win the BBL Trophy by beating the Leicester Riders, 71-69 in front of a full Emirates Arena in Glasgow. The nail-biting victory by the Sharks was only their second-ever Trophy win and came without leading scorer, Micah Williams, who was ruled out through injury.

BJ Holmes was awarded the MVP thanks to his game-high 25 points on 5/7 three point shooting.

Following the on-court celebrations, players, clubs and fans took to Twitter to express their feelings on what was a magnificent day for Sheffield but a disappointment for the Leicester Riders, who started the day as favourites as they sought to win their second piece of silverware of the season but just fell short.

Sheffield Sharks:

The Sheffield Sharks announce the win, as the buzzer sounds:

Sheffield Wednesday, the Football League Championship side, wasted no time in congratulating their fellow professional side:

Former 2011 BBL Cup MVP winner and Shark guard, Steve Dagostino, tweeted his support:

Another former Shark gave props to the guys:

Sheffield’s Andrew Bridge figured last night was going to be a big one and so told his Twitter followers he’d have to get back to them:

Zach Gachette was hyped about the whole occasion:

Leicester Riders:

The Riders praised the Sharks for their hard work in the win:

Leicester-born ex-pro baller, Andy Betts, had encouraging words for the guys in defeat:

Sharks Director, Steve Shore, was impressed by Paternostro’s class in defeat:

Paternostro had words of thanks to their travelling fans:

Riders captain, Barry Lamble, documented his post-Finals status from Trophy Final loser-to-service station winner, beautifully in this trio of tweets:

And finally, Demon FM did a solid job capturing the raising of the Trophy and the on-looking runners-up: