A real announcement from the Gladiators: With the 91:88 away win at Phoenix Hagen, sixth in the table, the Trier Gladiators are back in the fight for the playoffs – and with emphasis. Because the convincing performance in the last minutes of the game – after a ten-point deficit in the meantime – should have really pleased coach Jermaine Bucknor. It was a fight, passion, maybe a lucky throw – but in the end a convincing victory for the Trier team, who can now go into the next away game in Tübingen with self-confidence. The best Trier shooter was Dylan Painter with 20 points.