Victory for Gmunden: “Our audience is a dream”

With such a backdrop, the heart of the basketball CFO of the OCS Swans Gmunden smiles. “Our audience is a dream, we are in the final mood every time,” said Harald Stelzer, delighted with the 1,258 visitors who saw their team’s 77:63 (40:30) victory over Graz in the Superliga placement round at the Raiffeisen Sports Park. “It was a hard piece of work, it only became clear at the end,” said Stelzer about the third success en suite, to which Benedikt Güttl contributed 19 points and Daniel Friedrich 14 assists.

Despite the modest throwing rate, there was high tension in Traiskirchen, where the Raiffeisen Flyers Wels fought their way back again and again. Chris Ferguson had forced overtime with a layup six seconds before the siren to make it 60:60, but ultimately the Lions prevailed 75:71 and brought the Messestadt team, where Radii Caisin stood out with 22 points and eight rebounds, their first defeat after four wins in a row.

Gmunden is now second behind Klosterneuburg and Wels is fourth.