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Happy Firebirds Friday! The Firebirds began their next playoff series on their road to the Lilly, as they host game the Frederick Flying Cows at 7pm tonight. Before we go over all the details and key stories heading into the series, lets hear a word from today’s sponsor:

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Table of Contents

• Firebirds Host Game 1 TODAY at 7PM

• Key Stories Heading into the Series

• Series Schedule vs Frederick Flying Cows

Firebirds Host Game 1 TODAY at 7PM

The Raleigh Firebirds will be taking on the Frederick Flying Cows in game 1 of the Southeastern Conference Championship! Come show out and show support for the Firebirds in their efforts to advance to the next round of the playoffs!

📅 Game 1: Thursday, June 6th at 7:00 PM
📍 Location: St. Augustine's University
🏠 Address: 1315 Oakwood Ave, Raleigh, NC

🎟️ Get your Game 1 Playoff Tickets here : www.raleighfirebirds.net 

We need all the Firebirds fans in attendance tonight to help us soar to victory! Please bring the noise and come assist the Firebirds in taking game 1 of the series 🔥 🔥 

Key Stories Heading into the Series

Let’s take a look at some key stories heading into our series against the Frederick Flying Cows.

Offensive Shootout

This series will host two of the statistically best scoring teams in the TBL. The Raleigh Firebirds average 123.6 points per game, 3rd best in the TBL, and the Frederick Flying Cows average 119.8 points per game, 6th best in the TBL. We should be in for some high scoring affairs with these two high power offenses colliding 🔥 🔥 

Battle for the Boards

Both of these teams have one of the best rebounders in the TBL respectively, Mason Harrell of the Raleigh Firebirds and Javon Adams of the Frederick Flying Cows. They are both top 10 in average rebounds per game in the TBL, with Mason Harrell being 8th (10.0 per game) and Javon Adams being 4th (11.4 per game). The Flying Cows are statistically a better rebounding team, as they average 47.7 rebounds per game, 2nd best in the TBL, whereas the Firebirds average 43.7 rebounds a game, 13th in the TBL.

Series Schedule vs Frederick Flying Cows

After hosting game 1 of their 3 game series against the Frederick Flying Cows, The Raleigh Firebirds will hit the road to play game 2 and game 3 (if needed) of the series in Frederick, Maryland.

Game 2: Sunday 6/8 at 5 PM

Game 3: (if needed): Monday 6/9 at 7 PM

The Firebirds are returning to Frederick after closing their regular season in the same arena a couple weeks prior. This time the result will be different and the Firebirds will come away with a win!😤

Go Firebirds!🔥 🐦‍🔥

Make sure to stay tuned for Monday’s edition, as we will get you up to date with everything that went down this weekend in the Firebirds playoff series.

Until then,

-Nicky