The basketball players from Bayern Munich took sweet revenge on Alba Berlin in the EuroLeague. The cup winner won the ailing German champions on Thursday 82:69 (37:36) and refined his coup on Tuesday against the previously undefeated title candidate Armani Milan.
In addition, as demanded by their President Herbert Hainer, Bayern settled the account of the lost final series against Alba for the championship title with their fifth competitive game win in a row.
Bayern led by only one point after the first half, and in the third quarter they began to break away by seven points. The outstanding American Darrun Hilliard (25 points) had his best phase. Bayern coached by Andrea Trinchieri are now in the EuroLeague with three wins and four defeats, the goal is another play-off entry. In the previous year, Munich had advanced to the quarter-finals.
Alba, who had a weak start in the Bundesliga and was only eleventh in the table, fought back and fought his way up, Johannes Thiemann equalized to 55:55 in an increasingly heated atmosphere. 4658 spectators came to the Mercedes-Benz-Arena: They saw how a 4:14 run in the last quarter sealed Alba’s fifth defeat in the seventh game. Most recently, the champions lost at Olympiacos Piraeus.
The best thrower from Berlin was Maodo Lo on Thursday evening with 23 points. But the national player had too little support from his teammates against the vicious Bayern defense. Only Luke Sikma (10) scored double-digit points in the Alba team of coach Israel Gonzalez.
“It’s a frustrating loss,” said Lo at MagentaSport: We had our rhythm, but in the end Bayern hit the important throws. The last two or three minutes were crucial. “
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