2023–24 London Lions season

The 2023–24 London Lions season is the 47th season of the franchise in the British Basketball League (BBL), and their 12th under the banner of London Lions.

This season will be their first under the leadership of their new head coach Petar Božić, and their second season in the EuroCup Basketball competition.

Roster

Standings Ladder

The BBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the BBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

EuroCup ladder

Game log

BBL Championships

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 1 | 16 September | @ Surrey | W 61–83 | Olaseni, Phillip (13) | Gabriel Olaseni (10) | C.Morgan, Kaboza (4) | Surrey Sports Park850 | 1–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 2 | 21 September | Caledonia | W 93–65 | Gabriel Olaseni (14) | Gabriel Olaseni (10) | Grantham, Soluade (4) | Copper Box Arena1,431 | 2–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 3 | 23 September | @ Manchester | W 76–115 | M.Morgan, Nelson (18) | Josh Sharma (6) | Tarik Phillip (8) | National Basketball Performance Centre800 | 3–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 4 | 28 September | Bristol | W 98–84 | Matt Morgan (25) | Grantham, Olaseni (7) | three players (5) | Copper Box Arena1,494 | 4–0

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 5 | 1 October | @ Cheshire | W 82–91 | Matt Morgan (33) | Matt Morgan (8) | M.Morgan, Olaseni (3) | Cheshire Oaks Arena200 | 5–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 6 | 8 October | Manchester | W 94–89 | Matt Morgan (30) | Tarik Phillip (8) | Jordan Taylor (7) | Copper Box Arena2,545 | 6–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 7 | 13 October | Cheshire | W 99–80 | Conor Morgan (17) | Conor Morgan (8) | Luke Nelson (10) | Copper Box Arena1,778 | 7–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 8 | 16 October | Newcastle | W 109–104 (OT) | Matt Morgan (30) | Gabriel Olaseni (9) | Luke Nelson (6) | Copper Box Arena822 | 8–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 9 | 20 October | @ Sheffield | W 76–92 | Conor Morgan (19) | Ciaran Sandy (9) | M.Morgan, Nelson (5) | Canon Medical Arenan/a | 9–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 10 | 22 October | Surrey | W 82–70 | Conor Morgan (17) | Conor Morgan (8) | Grantham, Phillip (6) | Copper Box Arena3,258 | 10–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 11 | 27 October | @ Newcastle | W 86–99 | Conor Morgan (17) | Gabriel Olaseni (10) | Gabriel Olaseni (9) | Vertu Motors Arenan/a | 11–0

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 12 | 3 November | Bristol | W 95–67 | Matt Morgan (19) | Gabriel Olaseni (7) | Morayo Soluade (6) | Copper Box Arena2,300 | 12–0 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 13 | 5 November | @ Plymouth | L 94–70 | Bradley Kaboza (21) | Donte Grantham (7) | Morayo Soluade (4) | Plymouth Pavilionsn/a | 12–1 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 14 | 10 November | @ Leicester | W 95–102 | Donte Grantham (22) | Donte Grantham (11) | Jordan Taylor (5) | Leicester Arenan/a | 13–1 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 15 | 19 November | @ Manchester | W 84–92 | Matt Morgan (32) | Josh Sharma (9) | Matt Morgan (6) | National Basketball Performance Centren/a | 14–1 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 16 | 23 November | Newcastle | L 80–102 | Kareem Queeley (13) | Conor Morgan (6) | Jordan Taylor (7) | Copper Box Arena1,236 | 14–2

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 17 | 1 December | @ Leicester | W 79–89 | Conor Morgan (19) | C.Morgan, Sharma (7) | Jordan Taylor (8) | Leicester Arenan/a | 15–2 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 18 | 3 December | Caledonia | L 94–100 (OT) | Gabriel Olaseni (26) | Conor Morgan (6) | Jordan Taylor (8) | Copper Box Arenan/a | 15–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 19 | 8 December | Plymouth | W 91–84 | Matt Morgan (27) | Ciaran Sandy (8) | Jordan Taylor (5) | Copper Box Arena1,304 | 16–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 20 | 10 December | Leicester | W 100–62 | Conor Morgan (21) | C.Morgan, Sharma (7) | Tarik Phillip (5) | Copper Box Arena1,447 | 17–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 21 | 15 December | Cheshire | W 102–95 | Matt Morgan (28) | Jordan Taylor (5) | Jordan Taylor (9) | Copper Box Arena1,279 | 18–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 22 | 17 December | Manchester | W 99–91 (OT) | Matt Morgan (31) | Matt Morgan (11) | Jordan Taylor (7) | Copper Box Arena1,731 | 19–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 23 | 24 December | Sheffield | W 83–64 | Conor Morgan (15) | Conor Morgan (10) | Jordan Taylor (5) | Copper Box Arena2,223 | 20–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 24 | 29 December | @ Caledonia | W 79–87 | Gabriel Olaseni (18) | Conor Morgan (11) | Jordan Taylor (8) | Playsport Arena1,600 | 21–3

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 25 | 1 January | @ Surrey | W 80–85 | Gabriel Olaseni (25) | C.Morgan, Olaseni (8) | Luke Nelson (9) | Surrey Sports Parkn/a | 22–3

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 26 | 2 February | @ Newcastle | W 87–105 | Donte Grantham (18) | Donte Grantham (8) | Nwaba, Queeley (5) | Vertu Motors Arena2,700 | 23–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 27 | 4 February | Plymouth | W 105–84 | Matt Morgan (19) | Kareem Queeley (6) | Tarik Phillip (7) | Copper Box Arenan/a | 24–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 28 | 8 February | Sheffield | W 84–73 | Donte Grantham (20) | Donte Grantham (10) | Gabriel Olaseni (5) | Copper Box Arenan/a | 25–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 29 | 11 February | @ Sheffield | W 79–89 | Conor Morgan (20) | Tarik Phillip (9) | three players (5) | Canon Medical Arenan/a | 26–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 30 | 17 February | @ Bristol | W 93–101 | Matt Morgan (31) | Conor Morgan (11) | Tarik Phillip (6) | SGS College Arena750 | 27–3

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 31 | 3 March | Leicester | W 105–89 | Sam Dekker (17) | Gabriel Olaseni (6) | Donte Grantham (6) | Copper Box Arena4,231 | 28–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 32 | 8 March | @ Caledonia | W 76–82 | Matt Morgan (22) | Gabriel Olaseni (19) | Matt Morgan (5) | Playsport Arena1,600 | 29–3 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#BBCAFF"|All-Star Game

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 33 | 7 April | @ Bristol | W 71–86 | Gabriel Olaseni (21) | Gabriel Olaseni (10) | M.Morgan, Phillip (5) | SGS College Arena750 | 30–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 34 | 12 April | @ Plymouth | W 57–93 | Conor Morgan (20) | Josh Sharma (11) | Tarik Phillip (7) | Plymouth Pavilionsn/a | 31–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 35 | 18 April | Surrey | W 97–85 | Matt Morgan (24) | Josh Sharma (7) | M.Morgan, Phillip (5) | Copper Box Arena2,243 | 32–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 36 | 21 April | @ Cheshire | W 92–105 | Matt Morgan (30) | David Nwaba (9) | Matt Morgan (5) | Cheshire Oaks Arenan/a | 33–3

EuroCup

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 1 | 4 October | Venezia | W 76–69 | Donte Grantham (23) | Grantham, Olaseni (7) | Jordan Taylor (7) | Copper Box Arena1,287 | 1–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 2 | 10 October | @ Humburg | W 94–100 | Matt Morgan (21) | Conor Morgan (9) | Matt Morgan (6) | Edel-optics.de Arena1,279 | 2–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 3 | 18 October | @ Prometey | W 89–99 | Matt Morgan (21) | Donte Grantham (11) | Tarik Phillip (8) | Arena Riga1,357 | 3–0 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 4 | 24 October | Paris | L 102–106 (2OT) | Matt Morgan (26) | Gabriel Olaseni (11) | Tarik Phillip (9) | Copper Box Arena6,152 | 3–1

|-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 5 | 2 November | Hapoel Tel Aviv | L 90–98 | Matt Morgan (22) | Donte Grantham (12) | Jordan Taylor (8) | Copper Box Arena85 | 3–2 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 6 | 8 November | @ Joventut Badalona | W 76–87 | Gabriel Olaseni (21) | Gabriel Olaseni (9) | Olaseni, Phillip (5) | Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona2,979 | 4–2 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 7 | 15 November | @ Beşiktaş | W 80–83 | Gabriel Olaseni (24) | Matt Morgan (8) | Matt Morgan (7) | Akatlar Arena2,882 | 5–2 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 8 | 22 November | Cedevita Olimpija | W 101–95 | Matt Morgan (24) | Gabriel Olaseni (12) | Jordan Taylor (8) | Copper Box Arena3,298 | 6–2 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 9 | 28 November | @ Wolves | W 87–101 | Conor Morgan (22) | Donte Grantham (8) | Jordan Taylor (5) | Avia Solutions Group Arena3,724 | 7–2

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 10 | 5 December | @ Venezia | W 91–95 | Gabriel Olaseni (23) | Gabriel Olaseni (12) | C.Morgan, Taylor (4) | Palasport Taliercio2,636 | 8–2 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 11 | 13 December | Humburg | L 81–83 | Gabriel Olaseni (24) | Gabriel Olaseni (9) | Luke Nelson (5) | Copper Box Arena1,764 | 8–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 12 | 20 December | Prometey | W 89–88 | Gabriel Olaseni (19) | Gabriel Olaseni (10) | Matt Morgan (7) | Copper Box Arena3,378 | 9–3 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 13 | 26 December | @ Paris | L 94–77 | Matt Morgan (18) | Gabriel Olaseni (7) | Jordan Taylor (4) | Halle Georges Carpentier2,764 | 9–4

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 14 | 9 January | @ Hapoel Tel Aviv | W 96–100 | David Nwaba (17) | Gabriel Olaseni (10) | Tarik Phillip (7) | Aleksandar Nikolić Hallclosed event | 10–4 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 15 | 17 January | Joventut Badalona | L 80–82 | Matt Morgan (20) | David Nwaba (8) | Conor Morgan (5) | Copper Box Arena2,163 | 10–5 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 16 | 24 January | Beşiktaş | W 93–72 | Matt Morgan (20) | Grantham, Olaseni (6) | Matt Morgan (4) | Copper Box Arena1,357 | 11–5 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 17 | 31 January | @ Cedevita Olimpija | W 85–92 | Matt Morgan (26) | Gabriel Olaseni (7) | Matt Morgan (6) | Arena Stožice2,317 | 12–5

|-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 18 | 7 February | Wolves | L 80–85 | M.Morgan, Nwaba (16) | Gabriel Olaseni (8) | Matt Morgan (4) | Copper Box Arena4,119 | 12–6

EuroCup Playoffs

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 1 | 6 March | Türk Telekom | W 100–77 | David Nwaba (19) | Gabriel Olaseni (8) | Tarik Phillip (5) | Copper Box Arena3,141 | 1–0

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 1 | 13 March | @ U-BT Cluj-Napoca | W 79–91 | Sam Dekker (21) | David Nwaba (8) | Donte Grantham (4) | Bt-Arena10,000 | 1–0

|-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 1 | 26 March | @ Paris | L 99–86 | David Nwaba (24) | Olaseni, Nwaba (5) | Tarik Phillip (8) | Adidas Arena5,425 | 0–1 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 2 | 29 March | Paris | L 85–93 | Matt Morgan (25) | David Nwaba (9) | David Nwaba (4) | Copper Box Arena5,486 | 0–2

BBL Trophy

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 1 | 4 January | Newcastle | W 99–77 | C.Morgan, Nelson (20) | C.Morgan, Sandy (9) | Gabriel Olaseni (9) | Copper Box Arenan/a | 1–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 2 | 7 January | Leicester | W 89–74 | Donte Grantham (16) | Ciaran Sandy (11) | Tarik Phillip (9) | Copper Box Arena2,960 | 2–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 3 | 12 January | @ Manchester | W 75–106 | Matt Morgan (22) | Tarik Phillip (7) | Tarik Phillip (7) | National Basketball Performance Centren/a | 3–0 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 4 | 19 January | @ Bristol | L 94–72 | Bradley Kaboza (18) | three players (6) | Donte Grantham (5) | SGS College Arenan/a | 3–1 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 5 | 27 January | Caledonia | W 85–75 | Josh Sharma (19) | Gabriel Olaseni (15) | Matt Morgan (4) | Arena Birminghamn/a | 4–1 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 6 | 28 January | Cheshire | L 82–98 | David Nwaba (18) | Donte Grantham (9) | Donte Grantham (3) | Arena Birminghamn/a | 4–2

BBL Playoffs

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 1 | 28 April | Surrey | W 80–65 | Gabriel Olaseni (16) | Gabriel Olaseni (7) | Matt Morgan (7) | Copper Box Arenan/a | 1–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 2 | 3 May | @ Surrey | W 96–105 | Matt Morgan (22) | Gabriel Olaseni (8) | Jordan Taylor (7) | Surrey Sports Parkn/a | 2–0

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 3 | 10 May | @ Newcastle | W 75–106 | David Nwaba (19) | Gabriel Olaseni (11) | Tarik Phillip (8) | Vertu Motors Arena | 1–0 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 4 | 12 May | Newcastle | W 94–81 | M.Morgan, Nwaba (18) | Donte Grantham (11) | M.Morgan, Phillip (5) | Copper Box Arena1,740 | 2–0

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 5 | 19 May | Cheshire | W 88–85 | Sam Dekker (17) | Sam Dekker (10)