The Flyers stormed into the playoffs

The first milestone has been reached. After today’s 73:60 (32:32) home win over the former series champion Kapfenberg Bulls, the Raiffeisen Flyers Wels can no longer be pushed out of the top six.

The people of Messestadt qualified in the fourth to last round of the regular season for the placement round and are thus firmly in the play-off quarter-finals of the basketball super league. The inferior Styrians will probably not be spared going into the bone mill qualifying round.

Man of the evening was US legionnaire Donovan Smith, who played his way into the display with 25 points and 14 rebounds. The Welser didn’t let themselves be upset by the lost first quarter (14:18), with the fans and the necessary self-confidence behind them, the trend was reversed.

“I’m proud of the team, we knew the stakes were high and we rose to the challenge. We’re happy,” said Flyers captain Christian von Fintel.

Clear conditions even before the break

As expected, the OCS Swans Gmunden showed no weaknesses, without the sick US legionnaires Zach Charles and Dominic Green, they kept the upper hand against newly promoted Fürstenfeld Panthers with 93:71 (56:30).

Toni Blazan (22 points, six rebounds) and Urald King (21 points, nine rebounds) stood out from a strong collective.

The “Korbjäger” from Traunsee set the pace from the first second and set the course for victory in the local Raiffeisen Sportpark in the first section (28:14).

“After half-time we lost concentration a bit, before the break we scored very well again,” said CFO Harald Stelzer, who was happy about Anton Mirolybov’s comeback on the bench.

“The coach is in a very good mood,” reported Stelzer about the Finn, who had to undergo another cancer operation.

Gmunden is second in the table, with defending champions BC Vienna at the top.