Giants are subject to Jena: Start of the season with a bitter 69:96 defeat!

Giants are subject to Jena: Start of the season with a bitter 69:96 defeat!

In Düsseldorf, the Basketball team of Art Giants experienced a difficult start to the new season. In the first home game, they clearly had to give up the rival Science City Jena, with a final score of 69:96. The game took place in the Castello and attracted around 650 enthusiastic fans who hoped for an exciting evening.

The beginning of the encounter was promising, with a narrow 22:19 for the guests at the end of the first quarter. However, the problems of the Giants began to appear in this early phase. A lack of rebound work and defensive negligence enabled the Jenaers to effectively complete their attacks.

devastating second half for the Giants

In the second quarter, Jena increased his pressure. With a combination of aggressive defense and fast game, they put the Giants in serious difficulties. A faster 8: 2 run at the beginning of the quarter meant that Jena was able to quickly work out a two-digit lead. Despite positive attempts by the player Isaiah, who briefly brought the Giants to 26:32, Jena remained dominant and ended the first half with a solid 35:49.

At the beginning of the second half, Jena switched his tactic to an intensive full field defense without putting significant pressure on the defensive of the Giants. This phase of unrest meant that the gap to 46:67 grew. In the last minutes of the third quarter, Jena was able to expand the lead to 74:53, while the Giants were hardly able to keep their offensive stable or prevent Jena's offensive rebound.

trainer discusses strengths and weaknesses

In the last quarter, the game became a little more balanced because the referees went through rigorous. Nevertheless, the Giants continued to fight with the difficulties that Jena imposed on them. Ultimately, the gap remained too big, and Jena won 69:96. Trainer Andac Yapicier commented on the performance of his team and spoke of a certain satisfaction, although he had seen blatant weaknesses that have to be remedied. "We approved too many offensive rebounds and collected too many points in the zone," said Yapicier. “Nevertheless, I believe that, given the circumstances, we are on the right track.”

player statistics: The best scorers of the Giants were Joseph and Hart, each of whom were able to score 23 points, followed by Teichmann with 22 points and Sanni, who contributed 12 points. However, this was not enough to conquer the strong team from Jena.

The performance of Science City Jena shows why they are among the promotion candidates, and it remains to be seen how the Art Giants will adapt to this first defeat. More details on this topic can be found in a detailed report on localklick.eu .