Oldenburg (dpa) – Trembled, but won: Master Alba Berlin has won top game in the basketball Bundesliga.
The defending champion won last year’s playoff semi-finalist EWE Baskets Oldenburg despite having a clear lead in the end with 89:86 (55:38) and also won the second game of the season. For the Oldenburg it was the first defeat of this season.
The Euroleague club from Berlin was wide awake at the beginning, pulled away from the well-rested Baskets after ten minutes to 33:19 and extended the lead to 17 points until the break. But the hosts came out of the cabin much more aggressively after the break and reduced to twelve points at the end of the third quarter. In an exciting final round, Lower Saxony equalized to 82:82 two minutes before the end, but the capital city club was nervous in the final phase. Alba professional Marcus Eriksson was the best shooter with 19 points.
FC Bayern Munich, on the other hand, slept through the first quarter at Fraport Frankfurt (11:19), but after the break came with power and a strong national player Paul Zipser (24 points) to a 75:52 victory, which was safe in the end. “These Sunday games will always be the same,” said Bayern coach Andrea Trincheri after the second win of the season. “The opposition can prepare for us for a week while we come out of a game on Friday night. We were patient and defended much better in the second half.”
The MHP Giants Ludwigsburg are also still undefeated. At the Telekom Baskets Bonn, coach John Patrick’s team won just under 86:82. Elias Harris triumphed among the guests with 26 points. As the fourth team, ratiopharm Ulm currently has two victories. Already on Saturday the team of coach Jaka Lakovic clearly defeated medi Bayreuth with 104: 76.
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