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The Friborg leader corrected his former Geneva rival (95-59) on Tuesday. Asphyxiated, the Lions lost the whopping 24 balloons.
Summary of the meeting.
Swiss Basketball
There was a time, not so long ago – last year – when a clash between Friborg Olympic and the Lions was considered THE clash of the Swiss championship. But this is definitely over. Tuesday, in the advanced match of the 21st day of the SB League, the Genevans were humiliated (95-59) in Saint-Léonard.
However, coach Andrej Stimac’s contingent was the same as in the setback (77-70) on October 23 – already in Freiburg – with one exception: Marco Portannese, who has since abandoned ship – was there and not Eric Nottage . Not enough, a priori, to justify such a difference between the performance of the fall and that of Tuesday.
Defensive intensity
Falling back into their ways on Saturday once morest Swiss Central (59-64), the Pommier players held out for five minutes, enough time for Thomas Jurkovitz and Brandon Kuba to each pick up two personal fouls. On the Friborg side, Natan Jurkovitz delivered a recital during the 1st quarter. In a duel or facing the zone, he shone with a thousand lights (23-12).
Olympic soared on the scoreboard in the 2nd quarter thanks to crazy defensive intensity, embodied by, of course, Kwamain Mitchell, Davonta Jordan and Boris Mbala. Even Milos Jankovic enjoyed stealing balls in contact with opposing inside players with 4 interceptions. And at half-time, there were already 45-23…
Nottage, the castaway
A man symbolizes the sinking of Geneva in Saint-Léonard. If you look at the stat sheet, you’ll see Eric Nottage finished with 7 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. Not bad, one might think, but the truth is that the former attacking leader of Massagno missed almost everything he tried and also lost 7 balls in 35 minutes.
Suffocated by the best defense in the country – 64 points conceded on average – which further improved its figures on Tuesday, the Geneva Lions might lose their 4th place in the standings on Wednesday, in the event of a victory for Swiss Central once morest Boncourt. For the Friborg leader, this now makes 20 successes for one defeat.
Hall of Saint-Léonard (Fribourg). 700 spectators. Referees: Messrs. Marmy, Pillet, Mazzoni.
Fribourg: Mitchell (16), Mbala (14), Miljanic (8), N. Jurkovitz (17), Cotture (7); Jordan (7), Zinn (14), Jankovic (6), Gravet (4), Memishi (0), Maquiesse (2). Coach: Petar Aleksic.
Geneva: Nottage (7), T. Jurkovitz (3), Suggs (17), Adams (8), Kuba (0); Zekovic (10), Seylan (10), Monteiro (2), Milenkovic (2), Solioz. Coach: Andrej Stimac.
