Ten years of Towers – five years of the first league! On Friday, Hamburg’s basketball players start their anniversary season at the MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (8 p.m., live Dyn). “It’s a big celebration on a match day,” announces boss Marvin Willoughby (45). One thing is clear, however: the party won’t be quite as big at the start…
Because the towers have never won against fearful opponents Ludwigsburg in nine attempts! “It starts with one of the toughest away games in the BBL,” says coach Benka Barloschky (35) before the 650-kilometer bus tour.
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Nevertheless, the club veteran is convinced that the horror series is not in the heads of the professionals (seven new ones): “Because we have thrown the team through the dice and they are largely new players, they have nothing to do with the eternal balance sheet. We don’t discuss that either, because it has absolutely nothing to do with them.”
That’s why Barloschky makes it clear: “We’re going into the game naively and want to win.”
The MHP giants also play aggressively, hard and with constant defensive pressure under coach Josh King (38). Then there are the heated fans. In response, Barloschky demands: “It’s important to keep calm and remember that it’s about the basic things. We have to stay with ourselves and not start doing anything crazy.”
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Like in the third quarter of the cup victory over second division Dresden (88:85), in which the Towers gave away a commanding lead (24 ball losses). Barloschky: “The key against pressure is always the same: you have to be incredibly fit in the basics, keep your concentration high for over 40 minutes, walk long distances, be physical.”
After the final training and a lunch together, twelve towers board the bus on Thursday. Who has to go into the stands as the seventh foreigner on Friday will be decided at short notice.
2023-09-27 16:52:13
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