Clear dampers for Speyer: Play-off defeat against Iserlohn!

Clear dampers for Speyer: Play-off defeat against Iserlohn!

In the play-off start of the second basketball Bundesliga ProB, the Ahorn Camp Baskets Speyer had to accept a narrow defeat. The team of coach Carl Mbassa lost 70:82 in the home north hall against Iserlohn Kangaroos. This round of 16 turned out to be challenging, because it was the meeting of the fourth of the southern group with the fifth from the north.

At the beginning of the game, Speyer was initially behind and faced a gap of 14:22. But the team showed considerable fighting spirit and replied with an impressive series of 16 points in a row. With an intermediate score of 32:27 at half -time, the team said on the road to success.

The game in detail

In the second half, Speyer kept the upper hand and meanwhile led 51:44. However, the tide turned quickly when the Iserlohn Kangaroos started a series of 18 points in its favor. In the crucial phase, the home team made another collision, but the last rearing ended at 63:68. Daryl Woodmore, the best point collector of the game, contributed 20 points, but could not avert the defeat.

For the Ahorn Camp Baskets, the second game is coming up next Friday. The team is under pressure because a concrete victory is necessary to secure home rights in the third duel the following Sunday. Historically, the Ahorn Camp Baskets have never reached the round of the best eight, which should give the team additional motivation.

The next game will be crucial for the chances of the Baskets to prevail in this play-off competition. The pressure on coach Carl Mbassa and his team is growing, because fans expect an improvement from them. Further information on the game stands and statistics of the second basketball Bundesliga ProB are on 2basketballbundesliga.de