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Stars, fans revved up for Continental Basketball League final four showdown

The countdown for the final four playoffs of the Continental Basketball League (CBL) has hit midway with players, dancers and singers gearing up for what is expected to be the biggest basketball carnival on the continent in recent times.

The playoffs, which is the final stage of the May Madness, has been confirmed to hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.This final stage was preceded by the All-Stars game, which also featured three-point shootout and slam dunks.

The countdown for the final four playoffs of the Continental Basketball League (CBL) has hit midway with players, dancers and singers gearing up for what is expected to be the biggest basketball carnival on the continent in recent times. The CBL features players from the USA, Senegal, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Cameroun, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Chad and Ghana/Bahamas.

The playoffs, which is the final stage of the May Madness, has been confirmed to hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.This final stage was preceded by the All-Stars game, which also featured three-point shootout and slam dunks. Mayes Jordln from the USA won the three-pointer after beating fellow Americans Mark Hill, Israel Faulcon and Jared Grady. The Lagos City Stars guard also pushed aside Thierry Gomis from Cameroun, who plays for Yaoundé Giants.

The hall was electrified by the slam dunk contest won by Thomas Doug of the City Stars also. It was an emotional night for Thomas, who lost his brother on the day the game was played.

The West Team coached by Ayo Bakare defeated the Central Team 119-113 coached Godfrey Dosseh of the Abidjan Raiders.American Thomas George of the Eko Kings was the MVP of the stars game. It was his time receiving such an individual award.

He said, “I just wanted to put in my best for a game like this and I finished as the MVP. I am really excited because it is the first time I will be so honoured in a competition at this level and I believe it will help me quite a lot for the playoffs.”

The playoffs will tip off tomorrow with the match between Abidjan Raiders and Yaoundé Giants at 4:00pm local time. The next match of the same day will be between Eko Kings and Lagos City Stars at 7:00pm. The winners will play the final match the following day by 5pm.Five games were played over three days in Cameroun with Eko Kings coached by Bakare maintaining their unbeaten run.

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