Budhanilkantha Municipality Basketball Club beat Nepal Police Club 78-76 in a thrilling match of the Nepal Basketball League on Sunday.

The match could have gone either way given the see-saw nature of the contest played in Golfutar. The Police team opened the first quarter with a three-point lead, scoring 19 against 16 of their hosts. Budhanilkantha came up stronger in the second period scoring a massive 22 points while limiting their opponents to just 11.

Budhanilkantha started the third period with eight points lead (38-30) but were trailing Police by three points going in the fourth and final quarter. The thrid quarter finished at 53-56 as Budhanilkantha netted 15 and Police poured in 26. But Budhanilkanta scored a decisive 25 while letting in 20 to their opponents, winning the match with slimmest of the margins.

Budhanilkantha climbed to second in the standings with 20 points but have just one game left. Unbeaten Times International Club stay atop with 22 points with three matches to play. The Army club are in third with 19 points from 10 games but crucially have four more matches to play. With two games remaining, Police are in fourth with 18 points. Top four teams qualify for playoffs.