– I am proud and happy and we faced a good Luleå. In this series, we did it a little better. We are a team that has a lot of emotions and we like each other and get time to enjoy this match series, says Norrköping’s coach Mikko Riipinen to Expressen.
Adam Ramstedt led his Norrköping and scored 20 points. He was praised by the SVT Sports expert:
– Ramstedt with MVP styles. SBL’s best player. By a margin, says Nick Rajacic.
The audience really fired up in the last minutes and the atmosphere was high in the hall: “Dolphins, Dolphins, Dolphins” rolled around. Luleå battled the loss and took a timeout with three minutes left – when they were down by 21 points.
“They are like a machine”
Luleå started optimistically and led by six points a couple of times in the first period, which they still lost, 19-18. Then Luleå was never close to disturbing Norrköping. They definitely lost the game in the third period when they only scored four points in the first five minutes.
– We were involved in the first period, made very simple mistakes and we had to work very hard. They are like a machine out there and I think it was the Swedish champions we met, says Luleå’s coach Håkan Larsson.
Either Jämtland or Borås await in the final, with the latter leading the series 3-1.
Alvik holds the record for consecutive SM gold with six titles in the 1960s.