The Rostock Seawolves have stopped their negative trend in the Basketball Bundesliga. After the win against the Hamburg Towers, Rostock's coach Christian Held not only praised the players on the field.
Rostock (dpa / mv) - Christian Held was relieved after the hard-fought success of the Rostock Seawolves against the Veolia Towers Hamburg. Not only because his team had prevented the sixth defeat in a row in the basketball league. After the 82:76 (40:42) on Sunday evening, the head coach of the promoted team was particularly satisfied with the improvement in performance of his team in the BBL premiere duel against the northern rival. "Today our defense and rebounds were much better than in the last few games. I think we learned from the last few games and made some changes," he said.
Held not only praised the pros he used against the Towers. "We had an excellent training intensity last week, especially from the players who didn't play today or even change their clothes," said the 34-year-old. "The fight was there by everyone."
In front of a crowd of 4,095, the Seawolves also benefited from the return of Nijal Pearson, who had missed three games due to a family bereavement. In the final phase against Hamburg, the American made a significant contribution to Mecklenburg's victory with two three-pointers. Up to that point, the game had been almost even.
"It was difficult for us to find an attacking rhythm because Hamburg also defended very well," emphasized Held. Guest coach Raoul Korner saw it the same way and attributed his team's defeat to his team's poor evaluation of chances. "Ultimately, we're having huge problems getting the ball in the basket at the moment. We have to be pretty error-free defensively to compensate for our bad chances," said the Austrian.
With a balanced record of five wins and five defeats, Rostock are ninth in the table, Hamburg are eleventh after five unsuccessful games in a row with four wins and six losses.
