In the fourth competitive game of the season, Ludwigsburg’s basketball players suffered their first defeat. It didn’t look like that at all during the break.
It is currently an animal affair to watch the Ludwigsburg basketball players. A week ago the team in the Champions League nibbled on the bears from Denmark, on Saturday the lions in the Bundesliga, but on Wednesday they lost their teeth at the sea wolves of Rostock – and surprisingly so. Because after a seemingly safe 64:52 half-time lead, it was 95:102 at the end, the first defeat of the season was perfect.
The promoted coach lived up to his name and stayed calm. Christian Held said: “I’m impressed by our performance after the break, but not surprised.” In any case, the Rostockers suddenly took on the physical style of play of the giants and were successful. Especially since Ludwigsburg was no longer so easy to get their points, especially from a distance, while the Seawolves sank almost 50 percent of the “threes”. Ludwigsburg was still ahead 85:81 (34th), but then the experienced Isaiah Whitehead of all people went under some technical errors, the ordering hand was missing. “In the second half we totally missed the defensive,” said giant coach Josh King, “we couldn’t stop players like Tyler Nelson (20 points, note) and especially Derrick Alston (29).”
The best giant was Prentiss Hubb (18) ahead of Jhonathan Dunn, who scored 14 of his 16 points before the break and promised: “Next time we’ll do it better.” So on Saturday in the DBB Cup in Hamburg?
