The Lions of Traiskirchen remain unbeaten in the ABL

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The Traiskirchen Lions (No. 1) remain undefeated after five rounds of the Bundesliga ADMIRAL Basketball.

The Bas-Austrians celebrated their 83-79 victory after extra time against Swans Gmunden (No. 2), who suffered their first defeat of the season. In addition, the Lions took revenge for last year's 3-0 loss in the semifinal "Best-of-5" series. For Traiskirchen, the trio Benedikt Danek, Shawn Ray and Jozo Rados have each scored a "double-double".

Traiskirchen Lions – Swans Gmunden 83:79 n.V. (14:12, 31:32, 49:50, 70:70)
Lions markers: Ray 22, Rados 21, Guttl, Danek 13 each
Swans markers: White 20, Burdock, Murati 17 each

The Lions of Traiskirchen (No. 1) remain undefeated in the Bundesliga after the fifth round. The Lower Austrians defeated the swans Gmunden (No. 2) after an additional time with a time of 83:79. The first half was very balanced and was characterized by a good defense. Both teams struggled at a distance (14% TRK and 28% GMU respectively). Overall, no team was able to sell more than four points in the first 20 minutes. At the beginning of the second period, however, the guests withdrew with an 11-0 run at 43:33 (25 min). But the Lions, who also took advantage of Gmunden Center Torrion Brummitt's departure (5 fouls) at the start of the fourth leg, came back in the game. Drago Brcina again convinced the Lions to win with three wins in three points in the final five minutes of play – but Tilo Klette scored a high goal of three goals in overtime (70-70). There, the individual strength of Traiskirchen was decisive for the decision.

Best performer:
JOZO RADOS – 42:54 MIN | 21 PTS | 16 RB | 9 OR
DEVIN WHITE – 41:11 MIN | 20 PTS | 14 RB | 3 BS

Highlights:
Traiskirchen remains undefeated as the only ABL team;
Gmunden had to accept the first defeat of the season;
Traiskirchen was better off the offensive (16: 7);
Both teams did little rotation (7 TRK to 9 GMU);

Voices in the game:
Benedikt Danek, Lions player: "It was a very moving victory today, the two teams played very hard and deserve the win, we remained nervous after the Swans came back, we stayed mentally strong and we scored some important points in overtime. merits to win. "

Shawn Ray, Lions player: "I am particularly pleased with the performance of our team today, we did not have a lot of tactical planning, we wanted to fight the whole distance and we were very successful. brought the two points today. "

Markus Pinezich, Assistant Swan Coach: "It was the game of returns.In the end, the rebounds decided that meeting."

Tilo Klette, swan player: "It was a very competitive game from the start with many rounds on both sides, we clearly led our clear leadership in the third quarter, then it was a back and forth and we were lucky in overtime. that there was hardly a winner today, but congratulations to Traiskirchen. "

28/10/2018

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