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Created: 05/01/2023, 09:20 am

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It was a victory that was not expected in advance, so Christian Held was all the more satisfied after the Rostock Seawolves’ 99:70 (45:31) against Medi Bayreuth on Sunday in front of 4185 spectators in the town hall. Although the Mecklenburg coach had warned in advance that they were relegated, his team recorded their clearest success of the season on the third to last match day and kept the small chance of making the playoffs.

Rostock – Held took the opportunity to rotate something. “I’m very happy that the players, who have been doing an excellent job throughout the season but perhaps don’t always get as many minutes, got more minutes today and were also able to be on the field,” he said of the measure and added: “You invest so much time in training; that is not visible to outsiders. What you see is maybe ten percent of the work we do.”

It is therefore “simply incredibly nice if these players can get a piece of the cake in a game like this,” continued the 34-year-old, who then joined the two youngsters Svante Schmundt and Mika Freitag in the final phase first BBL minutes helped. The 17-year-old Freitag even scored a three-pointer to make it 99:70.

However, in view of the course of the game, Held admitted that things didn’t look so good for his team in the first half and explained: “In the second half we adjusted a few things.” The success was reflected in the intermediate results, because there were phases the Rostocker even more than 30 points ahead. dpa