Timo Lanmueller (193-SG-2001) is a 23 year old Austrian-German 193cm shooting guard that is playing his first season with the Fraport Skyliners. He began his basketball career in the ratiopharm Ulm system playing in their youth program as well as for Pro B farm team Orange Academy. He was able to play 2 easyCredit BBL games. He then moved to the Tigers Tuebingen where he played parts of 4 seasons playing 100 pro A games and last season played 30 BBL games averaging 2.7ppg, 1.4rpg, 1.4apg. He spoke to germanhoops.com after the massive 100-72 road win in Goettingen.

Congrats on the massive 100-72 win on the road in Goettingen. When you put offense and defense together, how perfect was this game tonight?

I think that it really helped that we had a really good shooting night. We shot really well from the 2 and 3 area. We have to work on our rebounding more. That has to get better.

Jacob Knauf made the 100th point. Did her get donuts?

No not yet. I hope they come.

How vital was the extra self confidence that the team had coming off the big cup win in Trier?

Our self-confidence was really high. I think it also helped that there were no real expectations for us and we could play more freely. Mentally we had a great approach to the game.

The Frankfurt Skyliners wanted to start the season with a bang and did it on the road. To how much % of coaches game plan came to reality in the game?

That is hard to say, but I would say 80-90%. I think that overall we had a very good offensive and defensive game.

The team had a huge first quarter scoring 29 points. Do you believe like maybe BG Goetingen underestimated you a bit? A team that just moved up?

I don´t think so. I think that we moved the ball well, shot well, and everyone was really comfortable in their roles. It also helped when you have two incredible ball handlers with Parsons and Calvin. I think that we just had a really good day.

Frankfurt presented a lethal offense of pretty inside out basketball. Is it a bit scary to see just how well the offense was working so early in the season?

It was really important that we played so well against a direct competitor in the standings. The question is can we do it consistently? We won´t shoot this well every game, so then we will have to find other ways to win through our defense or fighting qualities.

You got really vital play from Einaras Tubutis. How vital is it just having a guy like that on the floor within your offense?

He is so important for us in the paint area with Brenneke and Hepa still out. He plays so efficiently and just doesn´t make mistakes. Plus he is solid on defense.

Ed Croswell dished out 2 assists in a row. Just how talented is this big man with his passing skills?

He did a really good job reading the game when they hedged hard. He made really good decisions in the short roll.

In the second quarter Frankfurt continued to execute very well on offense and got everyone involved. BG Goettingen looked totally overwhelmed. How much credit did the second unit get?

The second unit was really important. We knew from the start that we had a deeper bench than they did. We could play harder and give the starters more rest. The second unit did a good job keeping the big lead over long courses of the game. They gave us an extra push.

BG Goettingen came out in the third quarter and slapped Frankfurt back in the face. They returned with a 12-2 run. What adjustments did they make and what break downs did you have as a team on the defensive end?

They began to play more aggressive at both ends of the court. They did all they could to get back in the game whether it was pushing or holding us. We lost our nerves for a short time and made dumb turnovers. We have to do a better job against Bamberg limiting these mistakes.

Wiggins and Godfrey were a tough duo to control. What player gave the team the bigger problems?

I think Wiggins gave us a tougher time as did Boeheim. We had problems on the switch. We still did a good job on them. They didn´t kill us. We found ways to stop them in deciding moments.

You were up only by 12 points. What did coach Wucherer tell the team to do going into the fourth quarter? You must of listed as the team belted a 18-1 run in the faces of the opponent.

He told us that we have to continue to get stops as everything starts with our defense. When we play good defense then we can get on transition. We stepped it up a gear in the fourth to win big.

The team just got everyone involved. David Muenkat began the fourth quarter with 5 points. He has been in the shadow of Parsons and Calvin, but seriously how important is he for the team?

He is so important. He is one of our defensive anchors and a freak athlete. He rebounds so well and when he has a good offensive game then it is perfect for us.

After a big blow out win like this how does one prepare for the next game against Bamberg?

Bamberg is a really strong team that is coached well by Anton Gavel. We have that revenge factor. They beat us badly by 30 points in pre season. We will do all we can this week, so we are best prepared.

You played 5 minutes getting 3 points. How vital is the bench time for you to learn new things. What was the most important thing you picked up in this game?

I watched a lot of Malik Parsons. His body language is really important. He is always aggressive and finds ways to score. Even through adversary, he finds ways to score. His body language is contagious on us. When he is aggressive, we are aggressive.

Thanks Timo for the chat.