2012–13 British Basketball League season vs. Newcastle Eagles Sheffield Sharks vs. Leicester Riders The 12 BBL clubs were joined by Essex Leopards and Reading Rockets of the English Basketball League and Edinburgh Kings of the Scottish Basketball League to form a straight knock-out competition. Following the withdrawal of East London Royals prior to the start of the competition, Worthing Thunder from the English Basketball League were invited to take their place and play Mersey Tigers in the 1st Round. The first two rounds featured one-off games whilst the Semi-finals took place over two legs. The Final was held at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow and
Basketball in Canada in the NBA is based in Canada, the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors also operate a minor league professional team, the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. Both Raptors franchises are based in the Greater Toronto Area. In addition to the NBA, there are two other professional basketball leagues which have a team based in Canada, the National Basketball League of Canada, and the American Basketball Association. However, a number of Canadian play in the NBA including Andrew Wiggins, Cory Joseph, Dillon Brooks, Dwight Powell, Jamal Murray, Kelly Olynyk, Nik Stauskas, Tristan Thompson, and Trey Lyles. In addition, four Canadians