Falco beat Szedeák 96:65 in the NB I A on 10 October, a result that tells you everything you need to know about where these two sides stand this season. The hosts sit second with nineteen wins from twenty-six games, while the visitors languish fourteenth after only seven victories. By then, the gap between them was already clear on the table, and the scoreline did nothing to hide it.
We had called this one — a home win with seventy per cent confidence — and it came to pass, though not because the outcome was obvious to anyone watching from the outside. Szedeák had scraped past Kapuvár 99:98 and beaten Phoenix 77:71, but those were narrow affairs. Falco, meanwhile, had lost to Antwerp 99:93 and won comfortably against OSC Lions 98:74. Form is a guide, not a guarantee, and here the hosts paid for a sloppy opening, then cut Szedeák open at will.
The margin of thirty-one points says more than the final score. Szedeák simply could not match the pace, and Falco did not travel to make up the numbers — they came to win. The visitors' last five games show a pattern: two losses by single digits, three defeats with larger gaps. Against a side sitting second in the table, the result was never in doubt once the rhythm settled.
What this means in the standings is straightforward. Falco extend their grip on second place, while Szedeák remain rooted at the bottom with nineteen losses. The draw brought them together early, but this was never a game where the table goes out of the window. The hosts closed it down, and the visitors had no answer.
