The Polish side grabbed its first home win since December 21, 2022.
Slask’s smooth offense against Ulm ended its home curse
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Slask Wroclaw fans could finally celebrate a home win on Wednesday as the team grabbed a well-deserved 100-88 win over the visiting ratiopharm Ulm, which was its first victory at Hala Orbita this season and the first since December 21, 2022. Despite having a slow start and trailing 9-13 midway through the first period, Slask soared in the second quarter to build a 15-point lead at halftime, which Ulm could not overcome in the second half.
One of the reasons why the home team became unreachable for Ulm was its fantastic and balanced offensive display, as Slask netted 31 points in the second quarter and 30 in the final stanza. Slask shot 60.5% from two on the night and 51.9% from behind the arc, as well as recording 24 assists.
“First of all, congratulations for the fight. We were fighting from the beginning,” celebrated Slask head coach Jacek Winnicki. “The second thing [is that] we controlled the game. Our offense was really well organized, looking for the open guys. Our two point guards made 17 assists together, so it's much easier. [We also got] six players with double digits, so it means that that game was really well organized. And of course, we were really efficient when shooting trees”.
McCollum, Klassen shined
As Coach Winniki pointed out, Slask backcourt excelled when it came to sharing and protecting the ball. Kendale McCollum provided 7 assists while turning it over just 3 times, yet Maerk Klassen went even further with a 13-point, 10-assist double-double on his debut, in which he lost just 2 possessions in 28 minutes.
One of the players that benefitted the most from the guards’ impressive play was Dusan Miletic. The Serbian big man had a slow start, finishing the first half with just 2 points, but he came up big after the intermission by netting 17, going for 11 in a row in the last period to end up killing Ulm.
“First of all, I want to congratulate my teammates and the coaching staff. This whole month, we had some ups and downs, we had some injuries, but this game showed that we can play, we played very well,” Miletic claimed. “We shared the ball, we trusted each other, and I believe this game is going to change a lot of things for us from this.”