A long journey to Lower Saxony on Saturday, several failures on the Trier side – and a bitter end for passionately fighting gladiators. This is how the 77:96 (41:44) defeat on Saturday evening at the Artland Dragons, third in the table, can be summarized in a nutshell. It was the first bankruptcy for head coach Jermaine Bucknor. One that turned out to be much too high in the end – with the exception of the final minutes, the people of Trier presented themselves well. More was not possible that evening. The strength was missing, the concentration, in the end then the belief.