Joy and sorrow after the derby of pain

While the players of the Raiffeisen Flyers Wels were high-fiving their loyal fans after losing the 100th basketball derby 76:80, the Swans from Gmunden threw up their arms in relief. The 3-1 in the best-of-5 quarter-final series ended the season of the self-sacrificing Messestadters, the basket hunters from Traunsee are going tonight after a day off to prepare for the game that begins on Sunday (5:30 p.m.) in the local Volksbank Arena semifinals