It long looked bleak for last year's finalist Borås who otherwise started the season brilliant with four wins in five matches. The Östgötarna had a heavy fall with four losses in the last six games.
Norrköping gassed from the start and led by 31-18, ie 15 points, in the second period. But after that, the away team collapsed. Instead of a comfortable victory, the home team gnawed closer and closer. At halftime, the Dolphins were only 44-40.
And halfway through the third, the turnaround was a fact when Borås went ahead 51-49. Andreas Person was the best in the home team with 16 points and also put important 78-73 with just over a minute left.
- I wanted to be aggressive as I am. That's two points and I had with my son at his first basketball game, says the hero Andreas Person who was able to celebrate both in front of him and honor Magic's memory after 16 points.
For Norrköping, it was another blow on the away floor and you lack profiles like Micke Lindqvist and Jocke Kjellbom who left the club.
- Obviously it's hard. We get off to a good start and put many shots in the beginning. Then we let in 25 others and have difficulty playing evenly throughout the match. It's tough. It is clear that this is a major change. The two (Lindqvist and Kjellbom) have been supporting players in our team for quite some time. It shows. But we are building new and you have to start somewhere, says Anton Saks to SVT Sport.