Baskets in the crisis: Oldenburg is shooting a gripping game against Würzburg!

On January 11, 2025, the EWE Baskets Oldenburg met in an exciting duel for the Fit/One Würzburg Baskets in the EWE Arena, which was sold out that day. The 16th matchday of the Easycredit BBL ended disappointing for Würzburg because they could not hold a leadership gained during the game. Oldenburg finally prevailed with 96:85 and thus secured the seventh win in the eighth home game.

Würzburg led at half -time with 40:38, but the second half started unhappily for her. Oldenburg started with a 9-0 run and took control of the game, which revealed the defense problems of the Würzburgers. Artur Konontsuk von Oldenburg was the top scorer of the game with impressive 30 points, of which he scored 26 in the second half. On the side of the Würzburgers, Jhivvan Jackson and Mike Lewis II each convinced with 22 points, while Hannes Steinbach and 13 rebounds booked a "double-double", his first in Bbl.

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The match was characterized by many leadership changes, with Oldenburg collecting decisive points, especially in the fourth quarter, to expand their leadership. The course of the game was shaped at a high pace, and both teams are under pressure. While Oldenburg benefited from a high free throw quota (79 %), Würzburg had great difficulties on the free -wing line and performed weak performance with only 57 %. In addition, the Würzburgers made 14 ball losses, while Oldenburg only posted 7 recorded ball losses. Würzburg scored 22 points in the zone, while Oldenburg was very dominated with 44 points.

After the game, Hannes Steinbach commented and explained that the defense was the main problem, but the personal performance delighted him. Sasa Filipovski, coach of the Würzburger, noted that the momentum was lost in the second half and caused mistakes to lose ball. Maden Drijencic, Coach of Oldenburg, described the victory as hard and praised the improvement of his team in the second half and the outstanding performance of Artur Konontsuk and Geno.

As early as January 20, Würzburg will have the opportunity to rehabilitate against Rasta Vechta and to defend their place in the table.