Basketball Bundesliga
Berlin (AP) – Basketball champion Alba Berlin started the new year with a surprisingly clear win in the top Bundesliga game against Bayern Munich.
The massively weakened albatrosses prevailed in their own hall with 85:72 (39:36) against the Munich team and took their seventh win in their eighth game. For Bayern it was the second defeat in the ninth game. The best Berliner was Louis Olinde with 17 points. “As a team, we didn’t go into the game with the right mentality today,” said Bayern professional Paul Zipser after the game at “Magentasport”.
In addition to Peyton Siva and Marcus Eriksson, Alba also had to do without Luke Sikma and Niels Giffey. In addition, coach Aito Garcia Reneses is still in corona quarantine. Despite the numerous failures, the champions found their way into the game, won the first quarter thanks to a strong defensive 18:12 and stayed in the lead until half time (39:36).
“We don’t have a little energy today, but I think it will be fine in the next twenty minutes,” said Munich’s Nihad Djedovic at the break. But the ex-Alba player shouldn’t be right. The Berlin team remained the dominant team, took a double-digit lead for the first time in the middle of the third section (51:41) and from then on played the game down confidently.
At the top of the table are the MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg and the Hakro Merlins Crailsheim. Vice-champion Ludwigsburg took the tenth win of the season at 89:70 (44:41) at medi Bayreuth on Saturday. The 36-time German national player Elias Harris was used one last time. The 31-year-old uses his release clause and moves to Spain. “I recently got an offer from Spain, which has always been a dream for me that I really wanted to realize with my family now,” said the former NBA professional.
Crailsheim won its away game at s. Oliver Würzburg on Sunday with 86:80 (43:39) and also has ten successes of the season. EWE Baskets Oldenburg prevailed at Brose Bamberg with 85:78 (34:43) and remain third with nine wins. The former series champion from Bamberg, on the other hand, ranks 4: 6 outside the playoff ranks.
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