Rostock (dpa / mv) – The Rostock Seawolves have played three games in the basketball Bundesliga, they have won three times and are in third place in the table. Only Telekom Baskets Bonn and FC Bayern Munich are better, while defending champion Alba Berlin, who has also won three times, has provisionally sorted himself behind the team of head coach Christian Held.
But not only the look at the table is surprising. Rostock’s performances so far, such as the 110:95 win after two extra hours against bottom club Löwen Braunschweig on Tuesday, had a high entertainment value and were again not for the faint of heart. The fact that it was the highest win of the season for his team in front of 3020 spectators in the town hall did not prevent Held from giving a critical assessment. “Brunswick was the more aggressive team today and for the most part also the better team. We gave up 20 offensive rebounds – that’s far too much. Braunschweig used that to their advantage.”
The Rostockers had it in their hands to decide the game in their favor in regular time. But in the last second, Braunschweig’s Robin Amaize managed to score the goal to make it 86:86. In the first five-minute overtime, Rostock’s JeQuan Lewis failed to make everything clear. His middle-distance shot failed, so the score remained at 90:90. Another five extra minutes followed, during which the Seawolves finally pulled off a 20-5 gala and secured their third win.
“In the end it was important for us again that we stayed together,” emphasized Held, who also had special praise for Gabriel de Oliveira. “He played great today and was there for us when we needed him.” Despite the success, Held made it clear: “We have to work on our mistakes and play better in the next game.” It will be clear on Sunday (3:00 p.m.) whether this will succeed. Then the Seawolves are guests at BG Göttingen.
