Cup out: Towers struggle again with their defensive work

After losing at Medi Bareuth in the round of 16 for the BBL Cup, Hamburg Towers' defensive performance is again under criticism.

Looking at the 84: 93 (47:47) defeat on Tuesday evening at the cup premiere for the Hanseatic League, head coach Pedro Calles complained: "For a large part of the game we didn't show the defensive we wanted to play."

Hamburg - Already after the two defeats in the Bundesliga, the Spaniard was dissatisfied with the defensive performance of his team.

In Bayreuth, the Towers had given up the game in the third quarter (12:30).

Although the Hamburg team managed to shorten the gap significantly again in the meantime, the defeat could not be averted.

"How we got out of half-time is of course out of the question," criticized Calles.

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Maik Kotsar said: “We should actually be more aggressive.

That is our identity, that is what Pedro Calles' basketball stands for.

That is a mistake that shouldn't happen to us. ”Dpa