The BBL Cup winner welcomes the European Cup winner – and both teams fight for direct entry into the playoffs. Sport in the east shows the derby live.
Approached playoffs, reparation, derby, series and record: Big words are spoken before the basketball east duel between the Syngainics MBC and the Niners. Both teams are high in the table, for the first time for Weißenfels there could be six home wins in a row in the BBL, Chemnitz could also win the tenth duel with the Eastern rival in the basketball upper house. On Saturday afternoon (4:00 p.m. Live on MDR television) For the first time for both Central German teams, the PostSeason is so late in the season.
The cruel series should finally end for the syntainics MBC, after all, the wolves in the Bundesliga have lost each derby since the rise of the East competitor. But that was not an issue internally, said Ex-Niners player and current MBC center Eddy Edigin In an interview with Sport in the east. “We are trying to do this very pragmatically, but of course we know about the series. But I also believe that we have the special feature that both teams play around the playoffs.”
In the last derby, Eddy Edigin was still wearing the Niners jersey. Now he is supposed to lead Weißenfels to victory against Chemnitz.
“Joker” Edigin is supposed to help MBC with the first BBL victory against Niners
After the Weißenfelser fought around the class in the basement in recent years and the Chemnitzer knocked on top, both teams are now at eye level. “Accordingly, the mood is high,” says Edigin. Ultimately, the MBC had a lot to make up for, says construction player Akeem Vargas, also with regard to the first leg at the end of December 82:72 went to the Saxons. “We didn’t present ourselves as you should present in a derby.”
Nicholas Tischler (right) and Jonas Richter want more consistency for their team – and the victory against the MBC.
But in the meantime Weißenfels has the BBL Cup wonalso improved playfully. And Vargas did not even know about the negative series against the Saxons to the interview with Sport in the east. He hopes for this for the “Joker” Edigin, who was still wearing the Niners jersey until the beginning of March and was already a spokesman for preparation in the tactical analysis. “If things go well on Saturday afternoon, it will be part of Eddy’s cap,” the German-American smiled.
A lot of fire, a decent portion of motivation and a home series in the back for the wolves: This is where his teammate and ex-chemnitzer Eddy Edigin Kraft pulls out of this and wants to win this game-like everyone. “If we finally create the record – both against Chemnitz and then with the sixth home win in a row – we take it all the more with us and then look forward to it.”
Chemnitz wants to take the fight – and 40 minutes of Constance
Meanwhile, the European Cup winner from last year is warned. National player Nicholas carpenter knows about the strengths of an opponent that you “don’t have on the piece of paper.” But Weißenfels “showed what they are made of. Accordingly, we have to be ready.” But to be ready to the point, it is currently having to do that at Chemnitz. On Wednesday evening, the Niners in Heidelberg showed a second half to forget, also had the table 15. Bamberg Arge problems and had to go to overtime.
Tischler did not know what the current failures are in the form. “But it is important that we continue and nobody put our heads in the sand.” The Saxons want to come into play about use, discipline and mentality. Tischler’s team and national team colleague Jonas Richter expects “above all a very intensive, an important game- for us and the MBC.” The table is tight, Richter expects a fight. “We have to take the game incredibly seriously. Just because we have never lost to them in the BBL so far, we still have to give everything. Especially after the defeat against Heidelberg, we have something to do well.”
And for that it takes constancy – over 40 minutes and not, as last, with outliers. Otherwise the derby victory will probably stay on the Saale and the MBC will move past the Niners in the table.
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