Alba Berlin’s basketball players have built up amazing stamina this season. 81 games in nine months, countless trips across Europe, so of course all reserves were mobilized for the last trip. In the ICE 1100 from Munich, the Berliners could be heard from afar on Monday night. The closer you got to wagon 26, the louder it got – and suddenly you were right in the middle of the championship celebration. In the aisle, some players danced with their partners, others were more quiet connoisseurs. Jaleen Smith sat next to his wife and one-year-old son while Maodo Lo played chess against physiotherapist Ernest Butler a few yards away.
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