La Ola and confetti in Oldenburg. The EWE Baskets are rolling in time for the season finale. In the northern derby against Veolia Towers Hamburg they won their fifth win in a row with 107:92 (59:53). And work your way to the direct play-off places in the Easycredit Basketball Bundesliga.
Coach Pedro Calles (40) was once Benka Barloschky’s (36) teacher in Hamburg for two years. Now he showed his former student the limits again. Oldenburg won with speed, extremely high energy and Geno Crandall (27)!
also read
The former scandal professional set a personal BBL best with 34 points. Crandall (hit 7 of 9 three-pointers) exploded in the second quarter and scored 19 (!) points. “Someone has to call the fire department,” laughed colleague Artur Konontsuk (23) at halftime.
Teammate too hot! Oldenburg professional calls for the fire department!
“When a few throws go in, you start to feel it,” said the builder. “We just keep going. With the same mentality. We come to training every day and prepare ourselves.”
But there was also a setback…
After a season with constant injury concerns, the Oldenburg team had just calmed down a bit when it came to the next setback: Center Norris Agbakoko (24) has torn a muscle bundle in his calf – the end of the season!
Crailsheim concedes the derby defeat. Williams single-handedly leads Ulm to victory
Source: DYN MEDIA 28.04.2024
But the big players at the Towers were also wobbling: Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann (34/muscular problems) could not be used. Then Aleksander Dziewa (26) also dropped out. The Pole collided knee on knee with colleague Leif Möller (20) in the 14th minute, limped off the floor – and only came back sporadically…
Also interesting
Advertisement
Also interesting
Advertisement
Oldenburg was ahead with 42:30. Because Crandall was completely hot. Nevertheless, Hamburg stayed in the game until halftime. Reason: The EWE Baskets send them to the free throw line 21 times due to fouls. In the third quarter, however, the guests had to let go under the constant pressure (91:71/30.). At the same time, Oldenburg avoided fouls.
Hamburg has to continue to worry about participation in the play-ins. Top scorer Aljami Durham (22 points): “We gave the game away in the third quarter.” Already on Tuesday against the relegation-threatened Crailsheim Merlins (6.30 p.m., live Dyn). Durham: “It’s about 40 minutes. We have to show what we showed in the first half throughout the entire season.”
2024-04-28 17:58:41
#BBL #Oldenburgs #Geno #Crandall #record #Hamburg #Towers #Sports
