Sterling Davis will draw on his greatest moment in basketball to help inspire him for the British League final four.

Bears tackle Newcastle Eagles at Birmingham's NIA a week on Saturday after negotiating a tough play-off opener with London Towers.

The winners of that semi then face league champions Sheffield or dark horses Scottish Rocks in the final.

For Davis, voted fans' player-of-the-year for a second successive season, there is the chance of grabbing a second play-off winner's medal in less than a year.

Along with Randy Duck, he was part of the Oklahoma Storm team which won the USBL play-offs last summer.

Davis hit the winning basket in the semi-final and would love a repeat against the Eagles.

He said: "That game was a highlight for me. My father was there and he hadn't had a chance to see me play in a long time so I had a good time doing that.

"I think about it every now and then. It was basically the only championship I've won in my life so it was pretty fun and hopefully I can do it again.

"I made the all-tournament team as well. I got in foul trouble in the final and I didn't play as many minutes as I wanted to but we got the win.

"I know how it feels to win a championship. It's a great feeling and I will try to share what I know about what it takes to do that with the rest of my team."

Davis loved the intensity of that 89-82 defeat of Towers, even though he was sent flying through the advertising boards by Kendrick Warren's flailing arm at one stage.

He joked: "I knew he didn't mean to do it but I tried to milk it as much as I could and see if the referees were giving me any sort of benefit.

"The game was a battle more than anything. The refs let a lot of stuff go and I like physical games like that.

"It was a fun game and I'm just glad we were able to pull it out.

"It just shows a little character about us to fight through the hits and stuff like that."

Davis expects similar intensity from the Eagles though it could hardly be more physical than some of the stuff dished out in practice yesterday as Bears proved they were champing at the bit.

The players will happily give and take a few knocks at this stage of the year with play-off glory potentially 80 minutes away.

Davis admits though he is looking forward to a rest in the summer rather than re-signing for Oklahoma.

And then? No one quite knows, though Bears would love to have him back.

Davis, relieved at his own request of the burden of wearing No. 23 ("That's Michael Jordan's number. I never wanted to wear that number in my life") is willing to consider a third season in Sussex.

He said: "Me and Nick (Nurse) haven't even talked and I haven't spoken to my agent or any other teams.

"I don't even know what I have on the table.

"I like Brighton, I really do. If we can come to some terms we can agree on I would love to play again here but I always keep my options open.

"You can't always get stuck in one place when there are opportunities out there for you."

There will be plenty of offers, no doubt about that, and they could come from any part of the globe.

For now though Davis can think only of a giant-sized multi-use arena inside Birmingham's one-way system and possibly his final Bears performance.

A re-make of Oklahoma would do very nicely.