EWE Baskets Oldenburg have secured crucial points in the fight for the Play-Ins in the Basketball Bundesliga. The team of coach Lazar Spasic won 79-73 against the Frankfurt Skyliners. The best scorers for the guests from Oldenburg were Michale Kyser and Tomislav Zubcic with 16 points each. The Oldenburg team wanted to show a reaction after the derby defeat at home against Rasta Vechta in Hesse and improve their position in the race for the Play-in places. Nicholas Tischler described the performance in Frankfurt as a very intense game, but not a nice one. The second half, however, showed what can be achieved through willpower. The Baskets had to do without James Woodard and Filip Stanic in Frankfurt. The game itself started slowly. After the first four minutes, the guests from Oldenburg were behind 0-4. In the middle of the period, Oldenburg and Frankfurt adjusted their sights a bit better. Just under three minutes before the end of the first period, the hosts finally broke the ten-point mark as the first team in this tough duel between the mid-table teams. In the second ten minutes, the Oldenburg team was still a bit sleepy. After the Frankfurters quickly took a 24-13 lead, Spasic took a timeout. The Oldenburg team was able to reduce the deficit to five points after Spasic's speech. But the Skyliners soon increased their lead to 13 points again. By the end of the first half, the guests had worked their way back to within seven points. The Baskets improved in the second half and fought for the win. Michale Kyser and Tomislav Zubcic were the best scorers for the Oldenburg team. The Baskets have collected important points in the fight for the Play-Ins. The team of coach Lazar Spasic improved in the second half and fought for the win. The Oldenburg team has improved its position in the race for the Play-in places.