Enable JavaScript in your browser to access brose. It took a little over a minute for the two teams to hone their sights in front of 2, spectators in the s. Oliver Arena. Then Strahinja Micovic made a lay-up to open the scoring in a quarter in which s.
After the first two missed shots, Jordan Hulls, Skyler Bowlin, Florian Koch and Rytis Pipiras drained six threes on the next eight efforts and failed just once from its two-point attempts up to the end of the first period.
The visitors from Central Germany were far less accurate from outside and so — after an evenly poised opening spell in the 6th minute — the club from Lower Franconia was able to produce a run of 12 points without reply in the space of just under three minutes to open up a clear gap for the first time — a lead it would not relinquish thereafter. One interesting aspect: Denis Wucherer did not make a substitution until the 7th minute — and then swapped all five players.
That did not throw his team off its stride in offense in this spell: Jordan Hulls notched up the next eight points in a row to make it in the 8th minute. In my half-time talk, I said what was working and what we had to do: To keep the pace high and move the ball well. Instead, we actually did everything to give our opponents a chance.
After the break, s. That was compounded by a poor haul from the foul line: The home side drained just seven free throws out of 15 attempts The visitors resumed their comeback in the fourth period: s. However, Victor Rudd and Cameron Wells then seized the initiative in crunch time: The two Americans produced an run that made it and helped seal the second home win of the season for the club from Franconia.
