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. The game was played in the

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for the first time. The game featured

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, the first-time defending champions of the

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, and

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, the winners of the

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. Hammers won the game and secured its second Supercup title.

Background

It was the re-match of the

final, which was also played in the

and was won by Leiden, 69–87. Landstede Hammers came off its first national title in club history and saw most of its players returning. The team strengthened itself with two new Americans,

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and Martez Walker.

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was acquired from Leiden. Kherrazi played his first game against his former team. Leiden entered the Supercup as national cup winners and added five new foreign players in the offseason.

Match details

Landstede led comfortably for most of the game after a 23–15 start. After a halftime score of 48–31, Leiden managed to cut the deficit but never came close to a win. Johnson set an all-time record for most points in a Supercup game with 26.

References

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