Frankfurt Skyliners beat Göttingen easily with 81:63 and are happy about the good development.
It’s just a snapshot. But at least the Frankfurt Skyliners can look at the table of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) with a smile on Monday. They are in eighth place with 10:12 points, which entitles them to the playoffs. “We are on a positive path,” said Sebastian Gleim after the 81:63 (36:38) success on Sunday in the ball sports hall against the BG Göttingen. It was the second win in a row and the fifth in the past seven games.
“It was the first time we won a game at both ends of the field,” said Gleim. Offensive and defensive. After a rough first quarter, the Skyliners laid the foundation for this right after half-time. In the third quarter they came out of the cabin with more energy. “We helped extremely well, rebounded extremely well and were in a good rhythm offensively,” said Gleim. The result was 25: 9 in the third 30 minutes. The standout man was once again Matt Mobley, who scored 19 of his 30 points in the third quarter. With an average of 20.4 points, he is the third best scorer in the BBL. Michael Kessens scored twelve, Jon Axel Gudmundsson eleven and Rasheed Moore ten points.
After the game marathon with five games in 14 days, the training week was good for the Skyliners. “We have found a very good rhythm when it comes to training and collaboration,” says Gleim. But there are still percentages everywhere that can be extracted from every player.
Quantez Robertson, Matt Mobley and Michael Kessens have made the greatest progress in the past few weeks. Robertson collected eleven rebounds against Göttingen and has lost significant weight compared to the start of the season. Mobley is livelier again, and Kessens has worked on his mobility and has become an important support. “We have to be more consistent,” says Kessens. In the end there were some fluctuations, against Göttingen it was now 30 decent minutes.
The Skyliners also made mental progress yesterday. The first quarter reminded Gleim of the performance in Giessen, where the Skyliners lost 73:74. Against Göttingen there was too much grumbling with the referees, so there was a lack of concentration. From the second quarter it was much better.
On Sunday the Skyliners will continue in their next home game (3 p.m.) against Würzburg. Maybe Bruno Vrcic will be back in the squad. The 20-year-old trained again this week after his shoulder joint dislocation and a two-month absence. In the game of the second team in the third-class Pro B on Saturday he got a horse kiss and was spared. After all, Richard Freudenberg throws back after his foot operation, when he can get back into team training is uncertain. “We have a foursome and a threesome. It wouldn’t be bad if we had another one, ”said Gleim.
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