Pertemps Bullets Birmingham defeated Natural Flow Newcastle Eagles 80-75 in the first of
Easter Saturday's BBL Championship Round One games at the Skydome Arena in Coventry booking a quarter-final tie against Leopards. 

Eagles began the brightest, starting and finishing the first quarter with 9-2 bursts.

Although Newcastle led by as many as ten points in the second quarter at 31-21, Bullets rallied to tie the game at 41-41 at half-time and to set up an exciting second half. 

Brant Bailey - scorer of a game-best 26 points -inspired Bullets in the early stages of the third quarter, scoring the first seven points of the period to help Bullets to a 48-41 advantage. 

Bailey continued to impress, as Bullets took a 63-58 advantage into the final quarter. That last quarter proved tense and close, but when TJ Walker - Eagles's leading light with 22 points - missed a three pointer with only 18 seconds left which would have tied the game, Bailey was able to make the result safe to end Newcastle's season on a low note.