More than three quarters could be seen what the Bundesliga basketball players from s.Oliver Würzburg showed in their first test match of the season in Ulm. What was missing to win:
On Tuesday, the League Office of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) published the game plan for the 55th first division season under the hashtag #wirsindready. And luck would have it that the s.Oliver Würzburg basket hunters made their test match debut on this day against the opponent who will also be present at the league opener in the s.Oliver Arena on Saturday, November 7th at 8.30 p.m. becomes.
The impression that the protégés of head coach Denis Wucherer left at their very first season appearance at league competitor ratiopharm Ulm in its brand new training center “Orange Campus” was, for the most part, encouraging. The Würzburg team were at eye level right into the last quarter, even leading with 80:69 six minutes before the end. Only a following 25: 5 run by Ulm finally sealed the 85: 94 (23:23, 50:46, 71:67) defeat. Nonetheless, Wucherer drew a satisfied conclusion: “It was very decent for more than three quarters. You could tell the boys that they were having fun and were finally able to play after three weeks of training.”
It was already the sixth preparation game for the hosts, so it was quite remarkable how well the baskets stood up to the well-rehearsed Ulmern. Again and again they overran the Ulm defense after winning a defensive rebound and thus came to easy points in the fast break game, only at the end, when the Ulm increased the intensity in the defense, the guests stumbled.
“The most important finding from the game is that we can play in the league and that we are on the right track to transform our boys into a team suitable for BBL,” said Wucherer. The best thrower and at the same time the most conspicuous basket player on the floor was the new US playmaker Tayler Persons with 15 points (two threes) and five assists, Brekott Chapman (13/1), Zach Smith (12/1) and Florian Koch also scored (11/1) two-digit.
The second test game is already on the program this Wednesday. At 1 p.m., second division Heidelberg will be visiting. The game will be broadcast live on the Baskets YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iKbciRKoXc
The Baskets season opener at a glance
s.Oliver Würzburg ?? ratiopharm Ulm (Saturday, November 7th, 8.30 p.m.)
Rasta Vechta ?? s.Oliver Würzburg (Friday, November 13th, 8.30 p.m.)
s.Oliver Würzburg ?? Hamburg Towers (Sunday, November 22nd, 3 p.m.)
Brose Bamberg ?? s.Oliver Würzburg (Thursday, December 3rd, 8.30 p.m.)
s.Oliver Würzburg ?? Löwen Braunschweig (Sunday, December 6th, 8.30 p.m.)
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