In the first leg, the wiha Panthers suffered their highest defeat of the season at 60:85. The first duel between the two teams was mainly characterized by the strong defensive performance of the Thuringians in the second half. But the wiha Panthers have also improved enormously on the defensive in recent weeks. On Saturday there will be a duel between the two best defensive teams of the ProA in the Jenaer Sparkassen-Arena – the Thuringians only allow 74.36 points per game, the Panthers 78.5.
After the offensive did not go smoothly in the last two games of Schwenninger, the game in Jena will be a real acid test. Panthers coach Alen Velcic is optimistic that his team will be more determined in attack: “On Saturday the best will play against the second-best defensive team. We are much further in our development than we were in the first leg. We expect an open and defensive game. I am firmly convinced that the knot will burst again on the offensive if we are more self-confident. “
In the previous year, the Schwenningen team achieved an acclaimed 97:89 away win in Jena in the last game before the end of the season. Just last weekend, the Kirchheim Knights, who ended a four-game winning streak for Frank Menz’s team with an 87:79 win, offered practical lessons on how to win third in the table.
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