“We have a bone to pick with them.” When Harald Stelzer, CFO of OCS Swans Gmunden, talks about UBSC Graz, his face darkens with every word. For good reason.
The Styrians, who will be playing in the basketball placement round in the Raiffeisen Sports Park above Lake Traunsee on Sunday (5:30 p.m.), played badly with the Upper Austrians at the beginning of December. After numerous cases of illness (two of them corona-related) among the Swans, the league gave the green light for a game to be postponed, but the necessary consent from Graz was not received.
Gmunden slipped into a 59:90 home defeat with a skeleton team. “We haven’t forgotten that, it wasn’t in the spirit of fair play,” said Stelzer.
This time, the “basket hunters” from the Salzkammergut have no personnel worries, and after two wins in a row, their self-confidence is also good. Nevertheless, there is a need for improvement. In the most recent 86:76 in St. Pölten, the first quarter (19:27) was suboptimal. “We showed a completely different attitude after the break and came with energy,” reported national player Toni Blazan.
Gydra had to go to the hospital
The Raiffeisen Flyers Wels, who won four times en suite, don’t seem to be able to derail anything at the moment. “Hats off to them, they’re really good right now,” said Stelzer, paying tribute to the respect that the trade fair townspeople have worked hard to earn. In the 80:69 win over leaders Klosterneuburg, top legionnaire Arvydas Gydra was eliminated in the first quarter.
The Lithuanian was hit in the back of the head and was taken to hospital by ambulance for observation. The Flyers, who will be visiting Traiskirchen on Sunday (5:30 p.m.), coped brilliantly with this loss.
“It was an incredible team effort. I’m very proud,” emphasized captain Christian von Fintel.
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