GTK Gliwice edged out Bydgoszcz 75-74 in the Energa-Basket League on Thursday evening, a result that came down to the final possession. The visitors secured three points in a game that many expected to go either way. By then, the crowd had been on edge for most of the contest.
Bydgoszcz controlled much of the early tempo, building a lead that seemed comfortable by the third quarter. But Gliwice tightened things up in the last period, working short corners and finding open shots when it mattered. The home side pushed hard to equalise but could not find the net in the dying seconds.
The prediction was for the visitors, and it came through. Seven out of ten callers backed the away side, and the margin of victory — one point — vindicated that cautious confidence.
GTK Gliwice remain in fifteenth place after thirty matches, with seven wins and twenty-three defeats. The gap to safety has not shifted, and they need the points badly. Bydgoszcz, meanwhile, stay where they are without gaining ground.
The visitors have struggled for consistency this season, losing their last outing against Dąbrowa Górnicza 89-78. But this result ended a barren spell for their away record. To be fair, they did not dominate — they simply outlasted their opponents when it counted.
The table goes out of the window in these games, and so it proved. One point separates the sides in the standings after this round, and neither side has much room for error in the months ahead.
