Basketball|Helsinki Seagulls lost a 17-point lead and the championship in the Korisliiga final. The owners of the clubs were on hot coals during the match.
About the basketball finals came the meeting of two big sports patrons, where BC Nokia took the Panther statue.
The defending champion Seagulls enjoyed a championship buzz a year ago. Now the players, coaches and club managers got pale silver.
Marko Pirhonen finance BC Nokia, Tendon and Sinikka Kulvik too a family of seagulls.
When Pirhonen celebrated on Kisahalli’s parquet, the Kulviks came to hug the familiar club patron.
Know to be a wish come true, or how?
“Right here, yeah. For us, the journey is important, not so much the goal, but yes, this is frankly incredible,” said Pirhonen.
“A big thank you to our team, coaching and everything. This has been the kind of team throughout the season that will never give up.”
With the Seagulls had home advantage in the seventh final, and was certainly going for the championship in the third set. The 17-point lead was starting to look solid.
What were you thinking at that point?
“I went out,” Pirhonen said, “but there was a small glimmer of hope.”
“I was in that lobby for about five minutes at the end, but I ran outside and inside, outside and inside.”
BC Nokia coach Greg Gibson enjoyed the championship.
In the end, BC Nokia won the match with 76–75 points and won the final series 4–3.
Nokia is a new champion on the domestic basketball map. The ingredients are there for future success as well.
“I hope that will happen, but we won’t start fooling around. We have contracts for next season and we are trying to get a continuation for this group.”
Tendon and Sinikka Kulvik escaped to the club’s own resting place, surrounded by acquaintances and friends. Janne Kulvik tried to console himself that they don’t have silver yet. Now is.
With a 17-point lead, Janne Kulvik thought there was still a lot left to play.
“I’m not so stupid that I thought about the championship.”
“A hard blow and a disappointment. I can’t say anything else. I am really happy for BC Nokia. I know how sweet that feeling is.”
Sinikka Kulvik said that she jumped and bounced throughout the match. He lived with it with every cell in him.
When Nokia caught a 17-point lead, the seventh final turned into a great drama.
“That’s how basketball is. Anything can happen in a short time. Be very proud of our team for catching up with Nokia’s leadership at the end. It’s a shame that the match ended with free throws.”
“Silver is the kind of medal that brightens over time.”
Seagulls made big losses last season. The championship became expensive. There will be a loss this year as well, although the final figures are not ready.
Small after all, it was luck to get the seventh game home. It generates more than 50,000 euros. A small consolation too.
“But the expenses are also high, when the Yankee players’ salaries and apartment rents run high,” Sinikka Kulvik said.
Stand-up comedian Sami Hedberg succinctly summed up the championship game.
“Silver is lost and bronze is won. Great game from the Seagulls and the opposition. Quite a bit of drama at the end,” said Hedberg.
Hedberg said he was sitting near the stewards’ table at Kisahalli and noted that a few steps missed the whistle at crucial moments.
“This is a bit of a mystical thing, what to say out loud and what not, if I believe at all in magical basketball gods. Apparently there is a 17 point difference there. Janne said that there is still time left.”
“Basketball is an interesting sport because anything can happen in a very short time.”
Hedberg has been a basketball enthusiast since the age of seven, and now he got to live in one of the tightest matches.
“Yes, my heart was pounding a little too much in that one. There is always one winner, yes Nokia was a great opponent”, said Hedberg.
Lassi Nikkarinen was part of the Seagulls’ supporting forces this season as well.
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