Before we get to the knockout results, we're currently in the final round of our fantasy regular season and there are a bunch of big games happening as we speak. Let's take a look at some of them here...

Also, remember there are new promotion/relegation rules for this season. These can be found HERE

Here are some of the key matchups happening this week
Premier League
@nicksnow vs @Rad_E_Cool
Rad finds himself in a position where a win will keep his slim playoffs chances alive, whereas a big loss will see him in the relegation zone! BOX SCORE

Division 1
@Mick Webb vs @Chris Whitey
Both teams are fighting for a spot in the playoffs, with 5 teams still a chance for the last two spots in the 6. BOX SCORE

@Lethal vs @KAT4MVP
If Kat4MVP wins this game they lock up a promotion spot by finishing the regular season with the best win-loss record, whereas Lethal would give themselves a big chance for promotion with a win but would still need to rely on some other results to go their way too. BOX SCORE

@Steve vs @dabombers
The stakes are high for dabombers in this one! If he wins he makes the playoffs, but if he loses he is almost certain to be relegated! HUGE game... BOX SCORE

Division 2
There are currently 6 teams on an 8-7 record, placed 3rd to 8th on the ladder, so only 4 of them will make it to the playoffs; and 4 of the 6 are playing each other this week, in these two games:
@Jasmine vs @The Royals ... BOX SCORE
@Esther vs @insider ... BOX SCORE

Good luck to everyone!

Knockout Cup - Round 3 results
Now onto the Cup!
We had the quarter finals last week with the four winners progressing to the semi finals next week.
For those that missed it, I realised that I made a mistake with the fixtures and we now need to play the remaining two rounds of the cup during two of the rounds I initially wanted to avoid - the bye week of the league playoffs and the league grand finals week. Now the Cup grand final will be on the same week as the league grand finals. It's not so bad, but we will set it up better next season.

Round 3 - Quarter Finals - Matchup 15
G28: HEAVER PL - 1263.3 v Lethal D1 - 1049.4
G29: stowie PL - 1539.9 v James84 D2 - 1044.2
G30: Steve D1 - 1366.3 v karlos D2 - 1633.1
G31: Lano24 D2 - 1222.2 v anthak PL - 1515.7

The highest score for the week went to @karlos with 1633.1
The highest scoring loser was @Steve , scoring 1366.3
The lowest scoring winner was @HEAVER with 1263.3
The lowest score for the week was by @James84 with 1044.2
The smallest margin was when @HEAVER beat @Lethal by 213.9 pts.
The largest margin was wen @stowie beat @James84 by 495.7 pts.

The Semi Final draw for next week is as follows:
Round 4 - Semi Finals - Playoff Round 1
G32: @HEAVER PL https://fantasy.espn.com/basketball/team?leagueId=23530&teamId=13 v @stowie PL https://fantasy.espn.com/basketball/team?leagueId=23530&seasonId=2023&teamId=21
G33: @karlos D2 https://fantasy.espn.com/basketball/team?leagueId=10201&teamId=2 v @anthak PL https://fantasy.espn.com/basketball/team?leagueId=23530&seasonId=2023&teamId=1

Karlos is doing Div 2 proud! With the other three semi finalists all from the premier league. Interestingly Heaver and Stowie are playing against each other in the league this week, as a warmup to their Cup semi final next week!

Congrats to the 4 semi finalists!