Telekom Baskets Bonn impressively prevailed in the top game of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) against runner-up Byern Munich and regained the lead in the table. With the clear 78:68 (41:34) home win, the Bonn team passed champion Alba Berlin again, FC Bayern (8:2) is only third.
Bonn scored excellently from the line of three before the break and were able to pull away. Especially Jeremy Morgan prepared the Bayern problems. In the second half, the hosts had everything under control with their top scorers TJ Shorts (21 points) and Morgan (20). The lead continued to grow, Bayern could no longer provide excitement. The guests’ best thrower was Cassius Winston (14).
Alba had temporarily taken the lead on Saturday with a work victory. Two days after the relegation in the EuroLeague against Fenerbahce Istanbul (75:104), the double winner came up against relegation candidate against Bayreuth to a 91:83 (40:49).
The MHP giants Ludwigsburg consolidate fourth place. Last season’s semi-finalists celebrated their co-successor BG Göttingen with their second success in a row with 90:76 (40:37) at a distance. Fifth are EWE Baskets Oldenburg, the former champions and cup winners beat newly promoted Rostock Seawolves 99:90 (61:48).
Meanwhile, ratiopharm Ulm celebrated its third win in a row with the 91:80 (40:37) against the Hakro Merlins Crailsheim. The Syntainics MBC from Weißenfels won 98:90 (39:41) at Brose Bamberg on Sunday and clinched the first win since 2001 at Franconia.
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