In the end, the bare numbers at table 108: 77 (58:49) of leaders TSV Unterhaching in the home game against TSV 1884 Wolnzach reflected the balance of power between the two teams in the second basketball regional league south.
Unterhaching - It was a runaway victory with start-up difficulties for the success-loving hosts and championship favorites, who had to get by without their top performers Marc Stehr and Konstantin Huber injured in training. The previously flu-sick Linus Maisch showed genuine team spirit and struggled on the court for a few minutes. The captain scored seven points.
However, the guests from the hop country came into the game better. Especially the Hallertau top scorer Filip Schinhammer (24 points in total) was hard to slow down with just 11 points in the starting phase. The hosts' initial 2: 10 and 8: 18 deficits were emblazoned like foreign bodies on the scoreboard. Trainer Frank Kropp promptly responded with a first break. Defensively more agile and more aggressive against the strong Schinhammer, the table leader subsequently also took offensive to improved form. Daniel Gebray in particular, with eleven points in a short succession, played a significant part in a Hachinger chase that led to a close 29:27 lead after the first quarter. But anyone who thought of a one-sided show now felt deceived for a long time.
The brave Wolnzacher kept the gap in the second quarter up to 45:43 in minute 18. In the last two minutes of the first half, of course, the Hachinger made clearer facts about the 58:49 break leadership.
However, the guests were able to attach special merit to the lapel until the break. Haching's season top scorer Niklas Kropp remained unusually without points in the two quarters - but shone despite great security with great allusions. After the change of sides, however, Haching's high-profile guard also unpacked his throwing hand. In the third quarter, the league leaders first rushed to 77:60 (27th) with a fierce cannonade from different senders and preserved a 78:64 lead before the final section. In the last section, the Hachingers particularly showed what makes them special.
A fast pace and fast break basketball of the top regional class overwhelmed an opponent who became noticeably tired and had to pay tribute to the high pace of the first phase of the game.
In the end, the green-whites had used so high frequency that the praise from their own coach was understandable. "In the offense the best performance of the second half of the season" had seen Frank Kropp. "With a good mix of basket attack and throws from the outside". With the 14th win in the 15th game of the season, his boys remain the measure of all things. HARALD HETTICH
TSV-Scorer: Gebray 22 points, Brazzi 21, Kropp 16, Hohn 15, Peisker 10, Wohofsky 9, Maisch 7, Raab 6, Lingel 2, Reimer without a score.