The Niagara River Lions are Canadian Elite Basketball League champions — finally.

It all comes down to this as the two top teams in the Canadian Elite Basketball League will clash for the championship Sunday night in Montreal.

In the Niagara River Lions’ locker room after the East final, there was singing and dancing.

Mitch Creek’s 27-point performance helped the Vancouver Bandits stave off a late Calgary Surge rally on Friday for an 89-87 win at Verdun Auditorium.

The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced the winners of the 2024 CEBL Awards and the All-CEBL Teams at an event at Le Centre Sheraton Montréal on Wednesday evening. The Vancouver Bandits had three winners, including guard Tazé Moore who took home top honours as Most Valuable Player, while guard Koby McEwen was named Canadian Player of the Year and Kyle Julius earned Coach of the Year honours

The Calgary Surge waltzed into Edmonton and ended the Stingers season for the second year in a row, securing a 78-69 victory at EXPO Centre on Sunday night to book their ticket to Championship Weekend.

It was the type of performance worthy of the two-time Clutch Player of the Year. Khalil Ahmad scored 13 straight points in Target Score Time as the Niagara River Lions came back to beat the Ottawa BlackJacks 94-91 in the East semifinal at the Meridian Centre on Sunday.

The fourth and final spot in Championship Weekend will once again be decided by the CEBL’s Battle of Alberta. The Edmonton Stingers (13-7) are hosting the Calgary Surge (11-9) tonight at 6 p.m. MT / 8 p.m. ET at the Edmonton EXPO Centre on TSN.

For weeks now, it’s seemed a foregone conclusion that the Niagara River Lions would host the Eastern Conference Semifinal. That they’d be facing the Ottawa BlackJacks in that game was unexpected. Yet here we are.

Despite seeing a first half 18-point lead evaporate down the stretch, the Calgary Surge held on for an 84-82 win over the Winnipeg Sea Bears in the Western Conference Play-In game on Friday.

The Ottawa BlackJacks played smothering defence and used a second-half surge to defeat the Scarborough Shooting Stars, 90-73, Friday night at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre to advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinal.

The CEBL playoffs have arrived and the Western Conference side off things starts with a matchup between the No. 3 seed Calgary Surge (11-9) and No. 4 seed Winnipeg Sea Bears (9-11) in a Play-In game on Friday.

Keevan Veinot flirted with a triple double, tallying 25 points, nine rebounds and nine assists as the Ottawa BlackJacks (9-11) closed out their 2024 CEBL regular season with a 116-104 win over the Brampton Honey Badgers (6-14) Monday at The Arena at TD Place.

The Montreal Alliance are showing signs of life after a mostly bland regular season. And the timing couldn't be better for the hosts of the Canadian Elite Basketball League's Championship Weekend.

The Niagara River Lions marked Fan Appreciation Night at the Meridian Centre on Saturday with a 109-97 win over the visiting Ottawa BlackJacks.

The Vancouver Bandits are Championship Weekend-bound. Led by Marcus Carr’s 22 points, the Bandits (14-5) secured tops in the Western Conference, and a bye to Championship Weekend in Montreal, with a 104-90 victory over the Scarborough Shooting Stars (11-8) Friday night at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

Guillaume Payen-Boucard’s 21 points helped the Montreal Alliance (5-14) snap their four-game losing skid with an 89-72 win over the Saskatchewan Rattlers (6-14) on Friday night.

Mitch Creek’s 33 points helped the Vancouver Bandits (13-5) to a 108-83 road victory over the Brampton Honey Badgers (6-13) on Thursday night.

Despite trailing by as many as eight points in Target Score Time, the Ottawa BlackJacks (8-10) came back to pick up a 98-92 win over the Saskatchewan Rattlers (6-13) on Thursday night.

In the fourth quarter of the Canadian men’s basketball team’s exhibition against the U.S. in Las Vegas, Phil Scrubb passed the ball to brother Thomas in the corner.

Once down 13 points, the Winnipeg Sea Bears came back to beat the Calgary Surge 111-104 on Tuesday to clinch the conference’s final post-season spot in front of 11,051 rowdy home fans at Canada Life Centre – the second largest crowd in CEBL history.

The Winnipeg Sea Bears (8-9) came away victorious Saturday following a nail-biter against the Saskatchewan Rattlers (6-12) to extend their lead for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

The Shooting Stars tied their single-game franchise scoring record in a 106-90 win over the Brampton Honey Badgers at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre on Saturday, sending their GTA rivals home with a fourth straight loss.

The Ottawa BlackJacks (7-10) set a new franchise single-game scoring record en route to a 122-113 win over the East-leading Niagara River Lions (13-6) on Saturday night.

The Calgary Surge are headed back to the post-season. A 90-80 home victory over the Montreal Alliance at the WinSport Event Centre on Friday secured the second-year club’s spot in the playoffs.

The Vancouver Bandits (12-5) feel right at home in the Langley Events Centre, knocking off the Winnipeg Sea Bears (7-9) 103-92 to earn their ninth victory in their own building this season.

The Saskatchewan Rattlers were dealt another blow to their fading playoff hopes on Thursday. A 91-87 loss to the Edmonton Stingers at home at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon means the Rattlers now sit at 6-11 and remain 1.5 games back of the Winnipeg Sea Bears (7-10) for the final post-season spot in the Western Conference.

The Scarborough Shooting Stars became the third team in the Eastern Conference to clinch a 2024 playoff berth after beating the Ottawa BlackJacks 92-79 on Thursday night.