Olomoucko — Decin: 51:76, NBL

Dečín completed a comfortable 51:76 victory over Olomoucko in the NBL on Sunday, extending their push toward the top half of the table. The Czech Republic's second tier saw the hosts fall further adrift in ninth place while their visitors moved closer to the play-off spots.

It was a performance that matched what you'd expect when a side that's won fourteen of twenty-two games takes on one that's lost fourteen. Dečín didn't need to chase the game — they carried the side from the opening exchanges and never looked back. To be fair, Olomoucko's recent run had suggested this was coming, with losses to Slavia Prague and Pardubice laying bare the gaps.

Dečín's efficiency was the story. They hit nine three-pointers compared to four from the hosts, and their fifteen assists showed they were moving the ball properly. Olomoucko turned it over twenty times and paid for it. The visitors also controlled the boards with thirty-seven rebounds against twenty-nine, and that physical advantage told in the second half.

Shot selection mattered too. Dečín made twenty-three field goals from sixty-one attempts while Olomoucko managed seventeen from fifty-five. The hosts' twenty-four personal fouls suggested they were chasing the game rather than defending their own structure. By then the result was already beyond doubt.

The standings now put Dečín four points clear of the teams below them and eight behind the leaders. Olomoucko sit nine points off the safety zone with fewer than half their season still to play. They're running out of games, and this one didn't help.