Cologne - Full steam ahead into the playoffs, full steam against Paderborn! Is the desire of the fans of the Cologne 99ers before the game on Sunday against the digibu Baskets (17 clock) EnergyDome.
Game one of six finals in the battle for eighth place. The need to reach Cologne giant basket to mitmischen even after the end of the regular season still to be allowed.
The 99ers are lurking in ninth place, must hope for flaws of the direct competitors from Bremerhaven. And enter himself victories.
Need to sporting director Stephan Baeck EXPRESS: "The home games against Paderborn, Frankfurt and Tübingen we will also win, I expect us at least one victory from the remaining Auswärtspartien. If we succeed, we can reach the playoffs. "
But Cologne has problems, staff (again draw), not to the full. Youngster Tibor Pleiß from falling behind the deployment of new national Idbihi Yassin is a question mark.
Stephan Baeck: "Yassin has bent over in Oldenburg foot. We obviously hope very much that he will be fit in time. "
Idbihi itself is optimistic: "I expect that I will accrue. If we continue to play so as to pack in Oldenburg, we are also the playoffs. Since I am very confident. "
Support that the 99ers can urgently looking for! Idbihi is an important aid under the basket, to relieve the modified weak defensive. It also knows coach Sasa Obradovic: "We have approved in the last three games just too many points. This has to change against Paderborn quickly. "
