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“Do or Die” for a place in the final of the Basketball Austria Cup. On Wednesday night, SKN St. Pölten hosted the Oberwart Gunners in the home betting arena. After a difficult start, the hosts found their way into the game more offensively from the second quarter onwards and took control of this encounter for long periods.
So they finally took a 9-point lead in the final ten minutes before facing a strong team from Oberwart, who turned the game around in the fourth quarter with a 26: 6 points ratio and thus secured the final of the season. Basketball Austria Cup.
SKN St. Pölten Basketball vs. UNGER STEEL Gunners Oberwart
59:70 (17:13, 36:27, 53:44)
Wednesday, 7:00 pm – Bet-at-Home Arena, St. Pölten
After a rocky start for both teams, St. Pölten finds him better in this game in the second quarter. The host starts straight off with a little run and continues to expand his lead. As a result, St. Pölten is already in the lead with 16 points at times. The last two minutes of the first half bring a slight change in momentum. The Gunners respond with a 7-0 streak and reduce the gap to nine points.
After switching sides, the match initially continues evenly. Both teams openly trade blows without gaining significant advantages. Midway through the third section, there are smaller spans on both sides, but these don’t significantly affect the difference. This is the case with the 53:44 tier from the host’s point of view in the fourth quarter. There it goes directly and intensely. In a few minutes, Oberwart catches up and ties. After that, the game is relatively even again. About four minutes before the end, however, the preliminary decision. At 57:57, Oberwart started a 13: 2 race, which finally secured the Burgenlanders the final.
Florian Trmal, St. Pölten player: “We started very well and played tough defense. In the third quarter we slowed down a bit and discarded unfortunate pitches. Oberwart fought very hard in the end. Hats off, congratulations to Oberwart. They played very hard and hit the big shots at the end. “
Zvonimir Cutuk, St. Pölten player: “First I would like to congratulate Oberwart on a good game. We played three quarters well, but not in the last one. Now we have to prepare for the next game. Congratulations again to Oberwart. “
Lawrence Alexander, Player Gunners: “It was a good game and St. Pölten fought hard and led most of the game. Then we started to play better defensively and scored quick points. When that comes together, we are hard to beat. “
Edi Patekar, Player Gunners: “We didn’t implement in the first half what we had been training for all week. We also entered the game too relaxed and without rhythm. Neither on offense nor on defense. In the second half we really managed to play what we wanted on defense and we found the rhythm, we picked up the momentum and ended the game. “
Best pitchers: Trmal 21, Cutuk 10, Jagsch, Oikonomopoulos is 7th. Alexander 20, Patekar 13, Diggs 11.
Presseinfo basketball Austria
12/16/2020
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