Frankfurt Skyliners collapse in the end
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The basketball players of the Frankfurt Skyliners lose their opening game against Braunschweig with 76:89.
Diego Ocampo demanded patience with his team before the basketball Bundesliga (BBL) season started. The head coach of the Frankfurt Skyliners will probably have to bring some patience to get the Hessians to where he wants them. That was not only due to the result, but above all to the appearance in the last five minutes of the game against the Löwen Braunschweig on Sunday afternoon. “I’m sad because we’ve given up something in the last five minutes,” said the Spaniard after the 76:89 (38:35) in front of 1200 fans in the ballroom. Of course, his players were also tired, but he still expected a concentrated performance. There were also 21 sales. “In the closing stages we lost the ball several times without pressure in the opposing half,” Ocampo complained.
The 45-year-old spoke to his team in the dressing room for a long time after the defeat. It should have been a clear mistake without putting his young team on the sidelines. Because the Skyliners are missing three players, and they only got their new shooting guard Brancou Badio on Thursday, who scored 14 points on his BBL debut. “That changed everything,” explained Ocampo. The roles, the playing times and the automatisms are therefore missing. “We need time,” said Ocampo. However, the Skyliners have to go to Master Alba Berlin on Tuesday (7 p.m.). A quick and hopeless endeavor.
Schoormann gave the all-clear
Ocampo had to do without Brooks DeBischopp, who has been absent for two weeks due to a cruciate ligament strain and has to be out for two or three more weeks. Len Schoormann gave a little all-clear. His pubic inflammation is not as bad as feared. He is expected back in training in two to three weeks. Initially, it was assumed that there would be a compulsory break of three to four months. Test player Zaccheus Darko-Kelly only sat in a T-shirt on the sidelines. I don’t want to give Hessen a contract for the time being, because Badio is already the first post-contract. So there are only three spots for newcomers.
The game was balanced from the first minute, no team could really pull away and none could shine playfully. The Skyliners hit a high percentage at first, but lost the ball too often from the first minute. In addition, Lukas Wank took himself out of the game with early fouls and only had 4:28 minutes of playing time in the end. His playmaker counterpart Donovan Donaldson also did not get along well in his first game, scoring six points and losing the ball four times.
In the second half, the Skyliners continued to decline. Captain Quantez Robertson kept his team in the game with 29 points and closed the gap to 74:77 just five minutes from time. Then, however, the team broke up.