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After the successful regular season, the LOPOCA Panthers Fürstenfeld are the clear favorite in the Playoff opening series against BBU Salzburg. The pirates left no doubt about this from the start.
Although it didn’t always go completely offensive, the Styrian defense was absolutely “post-season ready”. With 68:52 the Fürstenfelder secured a safe victory. The Salzburg team, who had a pitch-black day from the three-point and free-throw line, acted as fierce as usual and showed that they can be reckoned with in game two despite their underdog role.
LOPOCA Panthers Fürstenfeld (2) vs. BBU Salzburg (7)
68:52 (19:10, 35:24, 54:38)
Sunday, 5 p.m. – City Hall Fürstenfeld
Pit Stahl, Head Coach Fürstenfeld: “Real playoff basketball today, both teams aggressive, both defended well, hence the low score. But we managed to keep Salzburg at 52 points and that was the basis for the clear home success. “
Christoph Nagler, player Fürstenfeld: “It was a real playoff game, a tough fight, certainly not nice to watch. Unfortunately, we didn’t find our way into the game at all, at times we made too many turnovers. Every time we defended well, started running, passed the ball, it looked good. We have to do that for 40 minutes in the next game, because Salzburg will do everything in their power to win game two. “
Dusko Stojakovic, Chairman Salzburg: “Congratulations to Fürstenfeld, you really played very well. Despite a short rotation, we fought well. But if you throw free throws around 50 percent and then ten percent of the three, then you can’t win in Fürstenfeld. “
Best Scorer: David Akibo 13, Georg Wolf 11, Lukas Hahn and Marko Vranjkovic 10 or Guillermo Daza 15, Rusmir Grosic and Luka Milovac each 9, Raphael Miksch 7.
Presseinfo Basketball Austria
28.03.2021
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