Only one out of the four first round play-off-series will be decided in a game 3, it is the derby between Résidence and Amicale. The team from Walferdange entered the play-offs as the number 2 seed and therefore earns home-court-advantage against the number 7 seed Amicale.
The first game ended with a 105:96 win for Résidence as the home team stormed back in the second half behind 39 points by Alex Stein and 31 points by Armon Fletcher. In game 2, Amicale’s Jarvis Williams stole the show with 39 points and led his team to a 92:88 home win. The two games have shown that both teams are playing on a similar level, it will come down to the team that has the better day on Saturday-evening. The winner of this game will face Etzella in the semi-finals.
Amicale’s head coach Etienne Louvrier said in an article by mental.lu that the „bigger pressure is on Résidence » and that „this game will be decided in our heads ». (full article –> Etienne Louvrier : « La pression sera sur Walferdange » (mental.lu) ). The head coach of Résidence, Alexis Kreps, says that the pressure will face on Saturday is just „normal pressure. Every team faces that every game. This is why we play the game. We love to compete and play basketball.“ With everything on the line in one game, this should become a very entertaining game to watch. Tip-off will be at 19:30 in Walferdange.
