Würzburg Baskets win in a gripping overtime and are in the semi -finals!

Würzburg Baskets win in a gripping overtime and are in the semi -finals!

The Würzburg Baskets asserted themselves against the basketball Löwen Braunschweig in the decisive fifth playoff duel and won the game with 97:88 after extra time. With this important victory in the best-of-five series, the team can look forward to moving into the semi-finals, where they will meet Ratiopharm Ulm, who defeated Alba Berlin in the quarterfinals. The Würzburgers ended the main round of the EasyCredit BBL in fifth place and thus show themselves in good shape for the upcoming challenges.

In an exciting and competitive game, the Würzburg Baskets led until half -time and checked the rhythm of the game. The best throwers for the team were Zac Seljaas, who scored 24 points, as well as Jhivvan Jackson and Hannes Steinbach, each contributing 20 points to victory. Steinbach was also significantly involved in the bridge for extension by converting a decisive three -point throw. On the opposing side, Sananda Fru and Arnas Velicka scored 21 and 19 points for Braunschweig, but were unable to win despite a strong comeback in the third quarter.

semi -finals against ratiopharm ulm

In the semi -finals, Würzburg now meets Ratiopharm Ulm, the fourth of the main round. The first two games of this exciting series will be played in Ulm on May 18 and 20. Game three is already scheduled for May 22nd in the Tectake Arena in Würzburg. If the series has not yet been decided, another match will follow on May 24th in Würzburg. This constellation promises high -class basketball and pure excitement for the fans of the team.

After difficult access to the playoffs, when Würzburg lost to Niners Chemnitz with 66:79 in the main round on Sunday, the team can now look back on the performance of the past few weeks. Despite the defeat in Chemnitz, in which the team collected a 18-0 run in the second quarter, head coach Sasa Filipovski and the player Ugrai were optimistic about the overall development in the season.

• Top scorer for Würzburg in the game against Chemnitz: Darius Perry (15 points), Isaiiah Washington (13 points).
• Field throw rate in this game: Würzburg 38%, Chemnitz 48%.
• points in the zone: Würzburg 22, Chemnitz 40.
• points from second chances: Würzburg 8, Chemnitz 13.

The Würzburg Baskets are now going into the upcoming games against Ulm with a lot of confidence and hope to take the momentum from the victorious series against Braunschweig.

Further information about the upcoming challenge against Ratiopharm Ulm can be read in the game reports on Kicker.de , while the current message about the baskets on the official website wuerzburg-baskets.de . The entire development of the quarterfinal series is also documented by pnp.de