24.
9:10 p.m
Things don’t look very well coordinated on offense at Oldenburg. Somehow Crandall gets the ball under the basket to Izundu, who successfully hits the layup. But the team doesn’t seem to be experiencing any real recovery.
23.
9:08 p.m
Agbakoko stretches against Eddy Edigin in the zone, but fouls him in the process. Ludwigsburg confidently converted both free throws. The Giants are still at 100% on free throws.
22.
9:07 p.m
Both teams struggled at the start of the half, but then Yorman Polas Bartolo scored for three. Today everything seems possible for the giants.
21.
9:04 p.m
We continue in Ludwigsburg! Can the decimated Oldenburgers come back here again?
21.
9:04 p.m
Start of 3rd quarter
20.
20:54
Half-time conclusion:
Break in the MHP Arena! And that is also necessary. Oldenburg came into this quarter strong and went on a 13-0 run, even tying the score to 31:31 at one point. What happened in the last five minutes of the quarter is hard to believe. Three-pointer after three-pointer fell for the Giants and they established a 25-point lead within just a few attacks. The guests only managed two meager points. Pedro Calles’ team already looked more than defeated. The top scorer at Ludwigsburg is Jayvon Graves with 20 points. On the other hand, the numbers are difficult to read and many are in the red zone. Above all, the field throw rate is super weak at 33%. Let’s see how this second half goes.
20.
8:50 p.m
End of 2nd quarter
20.
8:50 p.m
Melson presses the trigger again from the corner and scores again, making it 58:33. The last attack of the half is made by Crandall at the ring and the buzzer sounds. Wow, we need to take a breather!
19.
8:48 p.m
Four threes in a row give the Swabians a 22-point lead, while Oldenburg already seems defeated. Graves, Melson and Co. are now up for it!
18.
8:47 p.m
Ouch! Nine quick points for Ludwigsburg and the hut is on fire!
18.
8:46 p.m
Hammond hits Brown Jr. lightly on the hip, who cleverly sells the foul. He hits both free throws at the line and stops the hosts’ 10-0 run.
17.
8:44 p.m
Suddenly the lead is ten points again because Oldenburg gives the impression that the high pace is really affecting them. Even a clever foul isn’t coming at the moment. So the game slips away from the Thunderbirds again. Calles also has no more time off.
16.
8:43 p.m
The Swabians are picking up the pace again. Buie finds Edigin under the basket, who stuffs the ball and makes the run 8-0. What a crazy encounter so far!
15.
20:41
Pedro Calles asks to speak to his team because he sees some inattention in his team’s defense. Out of the timeout, Edigin Edigin initially doesn’t hit the jump shot from the zone, but the rebound is at Jacob Patrick. He cannot convert his three-point attempt and the ball is once again in Ludwigsburg’s possession. Buie then scores for three.
14.
8:38 p.m
The Oldenburg equalizer! Russell rushes through the defense and makes it 31:31 with a layup. In return, Buie can take back the lead and the first points in the second quarter for the Giants.
13.
8:36 p.m
King demands that his men take the quick passes and find the free man. But in the first attack after the timeout, Childs received the offensive foul against DeWayne Russell. That means losing the ball and the next points follow for Lower Saxony thanks to Izundu’s dunk.
13.
8:34 p.m
Time out Ludwigsburg! Josh King has to react because Oldenburg is currently defending strongly and his protégés can hardly think of anything. Russell makes it 7-0 in the quarter. This forces the Giants head coach to call a timeout.
12.
8:33 p.m
Buie loses the leather to Crandall. In the fast break, Pola’s Bartolo Schoormann fouled while trying to convert the layup. The next free throws for Oldenburg. The German hits both.
12.
8:31 p.m
Crandall is hit in the hand by Polas Bartolo when he tries to throw. The Oldenburgers already have their free throws eight and nine, while the Swabians only had two. Crandall hits one.
11.
20:29
Into quarter number two and Geno Crandall scores from mid-range for the first time today.
11.
20:27
Start of 2nd quarter
10.
20:27
Quarter conclusion:
The score goes into the first quarter break at 31:18. The hosts got into the game solidly and have done a lot of things right so far against the guests from Oldenburg, who sometimes seemed unsteady. They throw the ball away far too often (6) and are at 38% from the field. On the other side are the Giants with 52%. Jayvon Graves in particular stands out with 100% from five throws. Four of them from the three-point line.
10.
20:27
End of 1st quarter
10.
8:25 p.m
Ludwigsburg has the last attack and is milking the clock. Lewis receives the ball in the corner and almost converts the three-pointer at the buzzer.
9.
20:23
The giants have cooled down a bit, which the Oldenburgers take advantage of and get a little closer. But it won’t be really close, as the Baskets have already lost five balls.
8th.
20:21
Ogbe tries to hit the wall with his head and bounces off Childs. It’s not that easy against the cupboard in the Ludwigsburg zone.
7.
8:19 p.m
A step error is whistled against Kenny Ogbe, which the referee probably saw exclusively. A lot is currently going against the guests from Hunte.
6.
8:17 p.m
Lower Saxony is still missing the offensive flow. It looks completely different on the other side, where throw after throw falls. This time Jacob Patrick finds Silas Melson, who pulls the trigger directly from outside. Successful!
5.
8:15 p.m
Oldenburg can hardly cope with the early pressure from Ludwigsburg. When the ball is thrown in at the baseline, Schoormann loses the ball. The home team again found Jayvon Graves from the middle, who converted his fourth throw from outside. In total he already has 14 points.
4.
20:12
The giants have been ice cold from the outside so far! Again it’s Jayvon Graves who scores for three against the weak Baskets defense. Russell can’t do anything here.
3.
20:11
After the timeout, Brown Jr. is fouled by Edigin while attempting to stuff. The Thunderbirds’ new addition hits the two free throws.
3.
8:09 p.m
A very dynamic start in Swabia! The hosts in particular show that they have some catching up to do. After 2:38 minutes, Calles takes the first timeout after Graves’ three-pointer.
2.
8:08 p.m
Barely two minutes have been played when the guests already have three team fouls. With such a sparse bank, that could cause problems.
1.
8:05 p.m
Both teams convert their first throws from outside. Graves scores for the Giants, while Wank equalizes on the other side.
1.
8:04 p.m
Here we go! Crew Chief Carsten Straube opens this encounter in the almost sold-out MHPArena with the jump ball. The first possession goes to the hosts.
1.
8:04 p.m
Game start
7:55 p.m
The Spanish head coach of the Baskets Pedro Calles starts the duel with the following five: DeWayne Russell, Geno Crandall, Lukas Wank, Kenneth Ogbe and Ebuka Izundu.
19:53
This is what the hosts’ starting five looks like: Giants coach Josh King starts with Jayvon Graves, Desure Buie, Jaren Lewis, Yorman Polas Bartolo and Eddy Edigin.
7:39 p.m
In Oldenburg we were finally able to breathe deeply again. The Baskets won another game after five games without a win in a row. One player in particular stood out in the 89:71 win at MBC: Chaundee Brown Jr.. The recently signed forward had twelve points and seven rebounds in his debut and played a key role in the success. But Baskets coach Pedro Calles’ squad is still severely decimated. With Max DiLeo (hip surgery), Charles Manning Jr. (foot surgery), Alen Pjanic (reconstruction after a broken arm), Brekkott Chapman (ankle injury) and Deane Williams (torn hamstring), he is missing five important players, some of whom are still missing the second half of the season. With Brown Jr., after Geno Crandall had already been signed, the response to this misery was once again. At least the double burden of the Champions League is now eliminated for the Huntestadt team. In the group phase only two games could be won, which resulted in elimination. Focusing solely on the BBL can help the team fight for the playoffs
7:35 p.m
The pressure is on for the Ludwigsburg giants. Two BBL defeats in a row against teams from the bottom half of the table (MBC and Braunschweig) ensured that head coach Josh King’s team slipped to ninth place. That and the manner in which the games were lost are not what the boys from the baroque city want. In both games, the Swabians were unable to deliver their performance for the entire 40 minutes. However, things went better recently in the Champions League. The Ludwigsburg team won against AEK Athens on the last day of the group match and thus qualified for the play-ins. There it is a maximum of three games (best-of-3) against the Turkish representative Darüssafaka-Lassa. Today, however, the aim is to get back on the road to success against a direct competitor in the fight for the play-in ranks in the Bundesliga.
7:31 p.m
Shortly after Christmas, the giants from Ludwigsburg welcome the Oldenburgers for a new edition of last year’s playoff quarter-final series. The Baroque townspeople probably have only too fond memories of this. The clear 3-0 sweep against the Thunderbirds ensured Ludwigsburg’s surprising entry into the semi-finals. This year, such playoff thoughts are still a long way off for both teams. Both the Ludwigsburg team (9th) and their current guests from Lower Saxony (10th) are looking for consistency in the league. This duel ensures excitement in the fight for the postseason ranks.
19:22
Welcome and a nice good evening to the Basketball Bundesliga! From 8:00 p.m. the duel for the playoff places will take place between MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg and EWE Baskets Oldenburg. Have fun with this encounter!