The Burning River Buckets were a

professional basketball In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance. Professionalism in sport has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger a ...

team based in

Willoughby, Ohio Willoughby is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States, along the Chagrin River. The population was 23,959 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A suburb of Cleveland, it is part of the Greater Cleveland, Cleveland metropol ...

, from 2021 to 2024. The team was a member of the

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major professional basketball league that operated for nine seasons from 1967 to 1976. The upstart ABA operated in direct competition with the more established National Basketball Association thr ...

. In their second season, the Burning River Buckets captured the 2023 ABA championship, being declared co-champions with the

Indiana Lyons Indiana Lyons are a basketball team based in Danville, Indiana. The team has been a member of the American Basketball Association (ABA) since 2017. In their sixth season, the Lyons captured the 2023 ABA championship, being declared co-champions ...

Season-by-season record

References

2021 establishments in Ohio 2024 disestablishments in Ohio Basketball teams established in 2021 Basketball teams disestablished in 2024 Basketball teams in Ohio Defunct American Basketball Association (2000–present) teams Lake County, Ohio

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Team statistics
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