Traiskirchen Lions celebrate big victory and secure play-off place!

In an exciting basketball weekend, the Traiskirchen Lions experienced mixed results in their league duels. While the Safare Traiskirchen Lions NexGen lost in the second basketball Bundesliga against the Vienna Timberwolves with 64:81, the Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions celebrated a narrow victory over the COLDAMARIS BBC Nord Dragonz with 80:78. This encounter took place as part of the win2day Basketball Superliga and was presented by city councilor Christa Majnek.

The NexGen team was under pressure from the start and could not find the necessary support in the first quarter, which led to a deficit of 12:21. Despite a fighting performance in the third quarter, where the deficit was temporarily reduced to nine points, the penetration in the final section left a lot to be desired NOEN reported. On the other hand, the Arkadia Lions played a strong game: After being down 23:26 after the first quarter, they turned things up in the second period and went into halftime with a lead of 55:41. Although the Dragonz caught up in the third quarter and made the game exciting until the end, the Lions, led by their best thrower Nelson Haskin, retained the upper hand with 18 points.

Key moments of the games

For the Arkadia Lions, Moffatt and Kostic also contributed important points to the narrow success, while Denis Krestinin shone with ten rebounds. The successful season continues: With this victory, the Lions secured a place in the top six of the league and thus a secure place in the play-offs, which underlines the sporting strength of the team. In contrast, the NexGen squad remains in search of their form to get the most out of their next games, as also stated in the report from Traiskirchen Lions documented.