BC GGMT Vienna – Inter Bratislava 93:76 (23:17,11:20, 30:22, 29:17)
Referees: Pipan, Mohoric, Smrekar (all Slovenia)
Attendance: 100
Venue: Hallmann Dome
Scorers – Vienna: Vrabac 18, Jones and Vujoševič each 15, Hughes and Murati each 10, Rados and Sirišević each 9, Jogela 7
Scorers – Inter: Zubac 24, Gandia-Rosa 19, Slavinskas 17, Blondin 9, M. Malovec and Orihel both 3, T. Malovec 1, Borodovčák, M. Koller and Randuška 0
Both teams started with a very aggressive defense. Easy way to keep the basket closed on both sides. Vienna still tried to go for the one-on-one situations under the basket. Inter seemed to have a special focus on BC GGMT’s big man Rados, who had to sit out the second half of the first quarter due to two personal fouls. Vienna was still able to hold their small lead and finished the first quarter with 23:17. During the next 5 minutes Inter was able to hold the score. Three turnovers in a row caused coach Naglic from Vienna to call in for a time out. The team of coach Meleshchenko started a great 7:0 run after this short break and took over the lead. Vienna made some mistakes in defending Slavinskas and Zubac but kept on fighting. Inter still kept this lead until the end of this period (34:37).
Vienna definitely came back more concentrated. A huge monster block from Hughes in minute 2 seemed to bring Vienna back, but Inter scored 3 times in a row from behind the 3-point-line and kept the lead. Two minutes before the end of this quarter, Vienna found a way through the tough defense from Inter and was able to win this period by 5 points. In the last period, both teams fought hard for the win. Vienna was now able to get the ball to their big men under the basket. Vienna won this important game with 93:76.
Post-game quotes:
Bogić Vujošević, player of Vienna: “In the first half we didn’t play well and without enough energy, but in the second half we fought more and were able to win.”
Enis Murati, player of Vienna: “We knew how good Bratislava is and they kept challenging us until the 4th quarter. Then we got better on defense, scored more and deserved to win.”
Oleg Meleshchenko, coach of Inter: “It was a great game for us. We played with young guys. We wish Vienna good luck.”
