Ludwigsburg. Coach John Patrick still cannot say exactly how long MHP giants Ludwigsburg beat Dijon in the Champions League”>Jordan Hulls will be missing from the MHP giants Ludwigsburg. However, since the game at Hapoel Holon during the week in the Champions League, there is no question that the Bundesliga basketball club will miss its US backup player as a leader on the field. “Of course we have a deficit in the shooting,” says Patrick about Hull’s sniper, who was injured in the calf, and his son Jacob Patrick, who was also absent.
According to Coach Patrick, Hulls will be “out of action for at least several weeks”. Since his calf is still very swollen from a muscle injury, even MRI images cannot provide definitive information about the exact extent of the muscle injury. And so, above all, Patrick hopes that other players will grow into Hulls’ leadership role. Before the away game at Niners Chemnitz (Saturday, 8:30 p.m.), he explicitly names Jonah Radebaugh and James Woodard. “It’s a good chance for them to show that they’re more than just scorers,” said Patrick. Both should steer the game and not just create their own throws.
Disappointing performance in defeat in Israel
That didn’t work at all against Holon in the Champions League. Only 21 points were achieved in the first half of the game, before the air ran out completely in the final quarter and they lost 51:69. “We played without a head in the last ten minutes,” complained Patrick. Despite everything, his team in Israel only completely lost control of the game in the final section.
Now reparations are to be made against Chemnitz – and in two ways. Because the first leg against Chemnitz in the MHP Arena was also lost for the giants. Back then, Mindaugas Susinskas sealed the Niners’ 76-74 win with a tip-in six seconds before the end of the game. It’s not uncommon this season for the Saxons to walk off the floor as winners at the end of a tight game. “They won a lot of close games,” Patrick says, explaining how the Niners have progressed from relegation to playoff contenders this season.
As fourth in the table, the Chemnitz team is even one rank ahead of the giants. Both teams have 13 wins from 19 games under their belt. “I think we’re tired,” says Patrick after the defeat in Holon, but the extra strength should now come from a reaction of defiance: “We must have a bit of anger in our stomachs.”
