The UK Basketball Hub

The Copper Box arena was filled with a capacity crowd as Team GB picked up the win against Puerto Rico in Stratford. Without the likes of Luol Deng, Joel Freeland and Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Great Britain has to include some lesser-known faces in their Eurobasket squad. But the team performed admirably at the Box that rocks, to pick up a 61-55 victory in their first game at the Olympic venue. Lawrence, Sullivan, Johnson, Boateng and Achara all started for the team in Joe Prunty's first game in charge of his new squad. Achara made his 50th appearance for the team and performed well to secure the MVP award with 13 points and 11 rebounds. The first quarter was a tight affair with Lawrence hitting an early 3-pointer and Achara getting two free throws. De Jesus and Belardo replied for Puerto Rico who looked ready to give the GB players a real test ahead of their travels. Puerto Rico led at the end of the first quarter with the scoreline 15-14 in their favour, Lawrence top scor...

The Birmingham Knights will host Manchester Magic on the 25th August in a pre-season game ahead of the new BBL and EBL seasons. Birmingham are joining the BBL for the 2013-14 season and have already been making news signings. The Manchester Magic will be joining the EBL's top flight following consecutive promotions from Division 3. The discussion of the match happened between the Birmingham coach Paul Douglas and Manchester coach Paul Middleton on Twitter - you can see the full conversation below: @allcityball any news on coming to us mate? — Paul Middleton (@p_midd) July 30, 2013 @p_midd sorry we can't make it to you. All our preseason games have been away so far and need some home fixtures — Paul Douglas (@allcityball) July 31, 2013 @allcityball what time would we tip on the 25th? — Paul Middleton (@p_midd) August 1, 2013 @p_midd tip off between 6:30-6:45 — Paul Douglas (@allcityball) August 2, 2013 @allcityball great, we will be there...