PICTURE: The dream of the quarterfinals in Ostrava has faded. Rival? Three at the last second
/ PHOTO GALLERY / It’s over! NH Ostrava basketball players lost Monday’s dramatic match of the 2nd preliminary round of the play-off of the highest competition with USK Praha 89:91 with a three in the last second and the season ended for them. The team from the capital advanced to the quarterfinals after winning 2: 0 in matches.
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The second match of the playoff preliminary round, NH Ostrava – USK Prague, April 11, 2022 in Ostrava. In the picture, Manny Ubilla tries to end the home.
| Photo: Diary / Lukáš Kaboň
“We were better than the USK in the second match, but we lost again. We tried to put it under the basket again instead of another solution. In the end, the guests gave a lucky three and won. It’s a pity, the season is ending for us, “said Ostrava coach Adam Choleva.
The new smelter reached a ten-point peak during the fourth quarter, but did not manage the conclusion and is ending this year.
The home team could once again rely on Issac Vann. The American winger already scored 28 points during Saturday’s 84:88 defeat at Folimance, and 30 of them on the home deck in the Tatran hall.
In the second half, the quarterback Manny Ubilla also woke up, collecting 23 points, but even that was not enough to win in the end.
PICTURE: Ostrava fought in Prague, but the first point in the fight for the quarterfinals was taken by the USK
Ostrava was still leading in the 33rd minute in the sold-out Tatran 80:70, but then it completely dropped out of the role, did not give a basket for five minutes, suddenly lost 80:85, and yet it still reached after comparing the series, it fell. A second before the end, USK sent Mangas into the quarterfinals, transformed by a trio.
“Unfortunately we have the end of the season. We played great, the ending will still hurt us. In the end, we let USK shoot and it cost us a match. Thank you to the fans, there was a great atmosphere in full Tatran, “concluded the captain of Ostrava Petr Bohačík.
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2nd round of the men’s basketball league playoff (Monday, April 11, 2022):
NH Ostrava – USK Praha 89:91 (28:24, 50:43, 76:70)
Body of Ostrava: Vann 30, Ubilla 23, Antonio 13, Heinzl 9, P. Bohačík 7, Radukič 4, Šmíd 3. Most USK points: Mangas 30, West 17, Štěrba 12, Švec 11. TH: 27/20 – 25/18. Threes: 7:11. Rebounds: 33:31. Fouls: 22:24. Viewers: 1000 Final state of the series: 0: 2.