Last week, the team used the extra practice time available with the EuroCup on a two-week break and tried to jumpstart the chemistry-building process.
"It was something we needed from a cohesion standpoint,” Coach Ryan Schmidt said after the game. "We basically went back to training camp; we had a tough five days but we got to know each other as a team a little bit better, we cleaned a lot of things up. It was something that was much needed and the result proved, again, that it was worth the time, worth the effort."
More than just building chemistry, it built confidence. That explains how London was able to score 103 points, even though it fell behind early 10-2 and Hamburg achieved some of its goals for the game.
"We limited their offensive rebounds. That was one of the things we wanted to do, especially with the size they have. I thought we limited their post-up actions; it’s also something we did well," Coach Raoul Korner analyzed after the game. "But then they shot the ball so well and if you have a tall team like this that drags you out so much because they shoot the ball so well, gaps open up and we just couldn’t stop them.”
