ratiopharm Ulm landed pretty hard in the basketball Bundesliga after the trip to the USA. There was a clear 66:93 defeat in Oldenburg.
What critics feared in advance came true on Saturday evening. ratiopharm Ulm did not cope well with the trip to the USA for a test match against Portland. Ulm suffered a clear defeat in the Bundesliga game in Oldenburg.
Offensively, what ratiopharm Ulm had to offer in Oldenburg wasn’t all that bad in the early stages. But early in the game it became clear that Ulm’s legs weren’t fresh enough that evening to stop Oldenburg on the defensive. During an early Ulm timeout, Ulm coach Ty Harrelson sums it up. “Wake up!” Wake up! he calls out to his team. However, there was no Ulm player in this game who made such an alert impression that he could carry his team to victory. Ulm was already behind 29 to 46 at the break. His team lacks intensity, says Coach Harrelson in a halftime interview with the television station DYN.
Ulm’s game doesn’t get any better in the second half
Actually, Ulm didn’t achieve anything that evening – no spectacular points, no runs of their own. Many situations seem rushed, unfocused – simply tired. Far too often, Ty Harrelson’s players try it in individual actions. They may have learned that from the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday. In Oldenburg, however, they lack the energy to implement this one-on-one. In the end, Ulm lost heavily and earned 66 to 93.
Travel hardships not over yet
After the game in Oldenburg, ratiopharm Ulm will move on to the next away game. Ulm plays in the Eurocup on Tuesday in Gran Caria. Only then will things calm down again. The following Saturday Rasta Vechta will be a guest at the Neu-Ulmer Arena. After the “ratiopharm Ulm goes NBA” trip, Ulm is now looking to regain its strength. So that the downward trend of four defeats in a row can be stopped as soon as possible.
