It was probably the last big basketball party in Hamburg for the time being. And 2,500 fans in the “sold out” Inselpark said goodbye to both teams while standing and applauded.
Although the Hamburg series against Master Alba Berlin was torn. After four wins they conceded the second home defeat of the season at 80:88 (46:41) at the start of the new year against the Euro League representative.
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“It was a good basketball game,” said Towers coach Pedro Calles. In fact, in a duel, the towers were on a par with the best defensive formations for three quarters.
“In the first half our balance between offensive and defensive was good, in the second half our offensive got weaker the longer the game lasted,” said Calles.
Jaylon Brown was the most accurate with 25 points.
Symptomatic is the performance of top scorer Caleb Homesley, who made all of his 15 points in the first half and only sank four of 19 throws out of the field …
“We made too many mistakes. That goes for the offensive and the defensive ”, sighed captain Max DiLeo. “You can’t give up a moment against a team like Berlin. When we didn’t play our best basketball, they immediately took advantage of it. “
It’s already on Wednesday against Bamberg (7 p.m., Magenta Sport). Before how many fans is still open. Should fewer than 1000 be admitted, it should be more cost-effective to forego spectators.
Meisner nevertheless understands: “We are part of society and there is a problem at the moment that is bigger than basketball.”
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