Frankfurt. Coach Björn Harmsen’s team only kept up with the Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt in the initial phase, then the Frankfurt team set off a three-man fireworks display.
The Jena basketball players are under pressure, they lost on Friday Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt won the first quarter-final game in the BBL promotion round with 74:89 (33:47) and are behind 0-1 in the play-off standings.
The two teams started the first quarter-final game intensely, but also nervously. The Jena captain and former Frankfurter Rasheed Moore marked the first two points for the team Björn Harmsen to 2:1. Alex Herrera shone with a strong block, Jena strong in the rebounds and took a 13:7 lead midway through the first quarter. Joshiko Saibou sets an exclamation mark with a three-pointer, but the BBL relegated team stuck with it and brought it Marco Völler, who made it 16:12 from Jena’s perspective with a three-pointer. The first ten minutes end at 6:20 p.m.
The second quarter was also initially close and competitive, the lead changed, but then it rained threes and the ball landed in the Jena basket six times. Jena got into trouble and fell behind – 33:47 after twenty minutes.
Frankfurt sank 17 three-pointers
Jena didn’t get back into the game even after the substitution and had weaknesses in defense. Frankfurt continues to be successful with threes – 39:60 in the middle of the third quarter. Frankfurt was divided and Jena was left with no answer. Only with a 9:2 run at the end of the third quarter did the Jena team get a little closer to 53:72, but the Frankfurt team continued to sink their threes – in the end it was 17, five Frankfurters scored in double figures.
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The hosts didn’t let up and the Jena team didn’t know how to stop the Skyliners. The question: Will the Jena team manage to show a different face in the home game on Sunday (4:30 p.m.)? Not an easy task for coach Björn Harmsen to rebuild the Jena team.
Flashback: The first one too BBL-Game ever took the Jena team to Frankfurt in October 2007. The newcomer with coach Björn Harmsen paid the lesson, led until the final phase, only to lose 64:68. Medipolis SC Jena had no chance in the first play-off game on Friday.
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2024-05-03 19:37:18
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