Rostock (dpa / mv) – The disappointment of the Rostock Seawolves with the 73:80 in the basketball Bundesliga against the playoff candidate Baskets Oldenburg was limited. After the game in the Stadthalle on Sunday in front of 3720 spectators and the second league game within three days, head coach Christian Held said: “It was very difficult for us to play on Friday and then play against a rested team on Sunday. Nevertheless, I’m happy with it the development of our team.”
Held described the victory of the guests as deserved, although it was still 56:56 at the end of the third quarter. The interim result was also due to a strong rebound performance into the second quarter, because only in the 13th minute was an Oldenburger successful with his team’s 16th three-point attempt. With the previous misses, the Rostockers had mostly succeeded in conquering the ball that bounced off the ring. But that’s not the only reason why Held stated “that we did a good job defensively”.
It was unfortunate for the Seawolves that JeQuan Lewis hobbled off the field after only 26 seconds after colliding with an Oldenburg player. Although the playmaker returned a few minutes later, he looked battered. “He fought his way through,” Held then praised the American, who was finally eliminated after his fifth foul about a minute before the end and had only scored four points up to that point. In the 91:81 victory at the Veolia Towers Hamburg last Friday, there were 14 of them.
After losing their first home game of the second half of the season, the Seawolves have dropped to tenth place. But Held made it clear that you don’t look at the table. “I understand that this is an interesting topic for fans to talk about. But what it has to be about for us is the day-to-day work. Because these are things that we can control.”
