Alba before the second play-off game: Heart against software – Tagesspiegel

10:36 clock Lars Spannagelhaus

Alba Berlin has decided the first play-off game against Oldenburg with great effort in the final minutes even for themselves. In the second game in Oldenburg, however, the Berlin must not rely solely on the fighting spirit.

Ball loss misthrow, ball loss, ball loss, Blocked throw misthrow, basket, ball loss, ball loss, ball loss, ball loss. It really was not a good final stage which were delivering the Baskets Oldenburg on Sunday in the arena at the Ostbahnhof. The guests had gone with a guide of ten points in the last four minutes of the game, then the Oldenburgers only succeeded in twelve attempts a basket. Alba Berlin put a 17: 2-way final sprint and won the game even with 95:90. “We were the intensity of the Berlin not withstand in the last few minutes,” said Oldenburg coach Mladen Drijencic, his players have the ball sometimes “thrown away”.

In the second match of the “best of five” series in Oldenburg (Wednesday 20.30 clock, live on Sport1) it will be important if the hosts make it this time to remain calm until the end. “It is always the key, as against an aggressive defense to keep his head clear and go through with their own concept” Drijencic said. That was the Oldenburgers for 36 minutes an outstanding success, but then followed Chaos, panic and confusion. Drijencic took that as follows: “. The enemy must not purely in your software”

Alba won the first game on the fighting spirit

From Software, complex programs and sophisticated data processing was in the Berliners very little to see. “We wanted and we wanted, and we did,” said CEO Marco Baldi. “But you have to honestly say that. Tactically we did not play very smart,” At the end it was just the fighting spirit of Alba brought victory. “This game we won with the heart,” said coach Sasa Obradovic. With the Heart Ware, so to speak.

The heart is the Berliners are not enough, however, alone. For this quarter-final opponent is to learn and offensive too dangerous. Drijencic had his team set perfectly on Alba and took advantage of the aggressiveness of the Berlin until the final quarter against them. Again and again eluded the Oldenburger of aggressive Ganzfeld defense and came to simple points. In the final stage, however, it was noticeable that the forces dwindled. “We had the last two or three minutes conditional problems”, Drijencic said. “That’s why it was difficult to keep the concentration.”

Physically likely to be superior to Alba in the second game

For the team of the Bosnian was aggravated by that and with Philipp Neumann Maurice Stuckey two important players injured early that belong to 23 or 24 years, even to the younger professionals in the otherwise rather routine Oldenburger squad. Stuckey is again missing in the second game, the season might already be finished for him: The point guard falls with a ligament injury in his shoulder two or three weeks out. Neumann retired in the first game due to her fall, a concussion and spent a night in the hospital. Whether he can run up on Wednesday night, will be decided until shortly before the game.

Physically Berlin therefore should also in the second game have an advantage. Without a playful but increase it should be tight again. Especially against the zone defense fell to Alba professionals and their coach for a long time absolutely nothing. “We have been reluctant to make decisions,” Obradovic said. The Berlin will now also appear in the attack more confident. “That goes with a 1: 0 in the back better,” says Marco Baldi.

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