Revenge is a dish best served on the final shot of the game, with the ball in the hands of your best player.

The Niagara River Lions ended the Canadian Elite Basketball League regular season with five losses that included setbacks to the Scarborough Shooting Stars and the Calgary Surge.

On Friday night, they tipped off the playoffs by edging — you guessed it — Scarborough 93-91 in the Eastern Conference final and defeated the — wouldn’t you know — Calgary 79-73 two nights later for their second championship in as many years.

In both victories, Khalil Ahmad, the spring-summer pro league’s undisputed King of Target Time, netted the game-winner. Against the Shooting Stars, it was a highlight-reel three, with the nail-biter down to the next score; versus the Surge, two free throws after bei

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