Anyone who is a supporter of the Skyliners in the basketball Bundesliga needs strong nerves.

Because Frankfurt made it exciting in three of the last four games of the season.

In the end, they lost two games despite great chances of winning.

Only the close duel with Weißenfels went to the lucky Hessians.

George Daniels

Editor in the sports department

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The match at home against Braunschweig was also a real thriller in the end, although it didn't look like it for a long time because the Hessians played poorly for long stretches.

In the end, Braunschweig won 61:59 in front of 4,400 spectators in the ball sports hall.

J.J. Frazier was only able to shorten the gap to 59:60 with a three-point shot.

The Frankfurters will have to work hard on their throwing weakness, which was extremely evident in the first half.

In the end, they only hit six out of 31 three-point shots.

"We delivered an embarrassing performance," said Skyliners coach Geert Hammink.

Martina's giving should remain

The top scorer was not Martina's giving (12 points), but Frazier with 17 points.

Nevertheless, the accurate and strong rebounding Lithuanian center giving with his high performance is an integral part of the team.

The Skyliners want to extend his two-month contract until the end of November.

"Martinas enriches the team, he brings it forward in a playful way," said sports manager Marco Völler of the FAZ. "We should do everything we can to ensure that he stays." Matt Haarms, whom Giving replaced in the past few weeks, returned to the squad after recovering from an ankle injury .

The Dutchman only played just under three minutes.

Athletically, he was not a factor.

Like Einaras Tibutis, the power forward (4 points) didn't have a good hand when throwing.

After a 5:0 lead, the Skyliners were then 5:15 behind.

Her throwing weakness beyond the three-point line continued.

In the first ten minutes, all seven distance shots were failed attempts.

The Frankfurters only hit two of their 13 throws from the two-point area.

Only with their fourteenth three they were successful for the first time: Robertson shortened to 16:29.

Weak interaction - only a few assists

At half-time, Frankfurt was 22:30 behind.

Top scorer at this point was Robertson with seven points;

that hadn't been the case for a long time.

In three games before that, the club's longtime figurehead had gone without a point.

But Robertson "works a lot and is doing well in training," said Völler.

The interaction of the Skyliners could be greatly improved.

In contrast to the ten assists from Braunschweig, who also managed six blocks, they only had five assists.

With the start of the second half, the Skyliners shifted up a gear.

Mainly thanks to giving, who found his marksmanship again, the deficit was only 32:36 after 25 minutes.

Braunschweig went into the final ten minutes with a 46:41.

Frankfurt, which also revealed weaknesses in defense and didn't show enough bite for a long time, again failed to bring consistency to their game.

They were only able to make it exciting again with the three-pointers from Lassen, Lukas Wank and Frazier.

But the winning gene was not in the Skyliners.

Which is why they are again a relegation candidate.