Wels captain from Fintel: “It is not acceptable”

Graz/Oberwart. Today (7 p.m.) the Flyers Wels are under pressure in the “Raiffeisen duel” with UBSC Graz in the play-off quarter-final series (best of 5) after the 81:82 home defeat at the start. Captain Christian von Fintel, who was the top scorer in Game 1 with 16 points, definitely needs an improvement.

“We have to watch out for the ball, it is not acceptable to let our opponents make easy throws because of our mistakes,” emphasized the soon-to-be 34-year-old. Nerves also play a role: On Saturday, only 38 percent of the free throws found the opposing net – that’s clearly not enough.

League top scorer Zach Cooks is available to the Styrians after his elbow strike against Elvir Jakupovic (punished with an unsportsmanlike foul). There is no block “because nothing was overlooked,” it said in the justification.

Already at 6 p.m. (live broadcast on ORF Sport+) the reigning champion OCS Swans Gmunden will be taking on the Oberwart Gunners with a 1-0 lead, whose proud series of eleven victories en suite on Sunday with the 78:96 at Traunsee is torn.

It goes without saying that the Upper Austrians, who last lost in Oberwart on November 19, 2022 and then celebrated three away wins in a row there, want to improve. “The 1-0 win in the series doesn’t mean anything. But we’re on the right track,” said Swans player Jakob Lohr.