USK kept pace with Opava, even the thirty-point Šiřina did not help the home team – ČT sport – Czech Television
Nymburk decided the opening duel of the playoffs on Sunday at the turn of the third and fourth quarters, this time even later. In the third part, the Warriors led by up to 14 points and held the minimum lead seven and a half minutes before the end before reaching a score with Jerrick Hard of 69:67. Then the 17-time home champions did not let go of the lead.
“Děčín showed a really good defense when we struggled in the attack and did not even change open missiles. We did not even make raids in the basket. The opponent really checked us. But we could have done it for ourselves,” said Nymburk coach Aleksander Sekulič. The hero of the ending was Harding, who scored 15 of his 19 points in the last quarter, and Petr Benda.
On the other hand, the USK basketball players lost in Opava for the last time in the middle of the opening part, and since then they have built up an identity and narrowly defended it. Captain Jakub Šiřina’s thirty-point performance did not help the home team either.
“A well-deserved win of the guests who scored 17 triples with a success rate of 54.8 percent. With such a success, we can hardly lose. In the end, we made some bad decisions in defense and we prepared to compare the score. Today we jumped better, but they destroyed us. losses, “said Sirina.
USK appreciated the fact that it does not go to the domestic industry empty-handed. “I have to praise our player for the performance. From the beginning we played an aggressive defense and shot great from the perimeter. Opava caught up, but in the end we deservedly won,” said great coach Joshua King.