Norrköping had won all four matches.
Umeå only one of three.
Despite that, Umeå won when the teams met in Västerbotten on Tuesday night.
Then three-pointer
Umeå sat in the driver's seat for most of the match, and led by seven points before the final period.
Norrköping struggled to catch up, however, and the match went to extra time.
There, Bathan Dawit put a three-pointer with 57 seconds left, which was decisive.
Kamau Stokes put two penalty throws in the last second of the match and was decent for the numbers for Norrköping, but the season's first loss of the season thus became a fact.
- Just because we have won four straight matches, we do not come in with anything extra for it in this match.
We have to work in every match to build energy and momentum.
Nothing was wanted today.
We did not have the bounces with us, says coach Mikko Riipinen to NT, and continues:
- Both Tim (Schüberg) and Felix (Terins) were fouled and I do not know when it last happened.
If you look at the numbers, it was the defensive returns and 21 turnovers that decided.
Plus they had to shoot 20 more shots than us.
"We deliver"
In Umeå were really happy faces.
- We deliver.
We know we will get better, we have been driving hard since last summer and really deserve this, said Nathan Dawit to the local newspapers in Umeå.