You can’t annoy the German champion anymore! Up until the final seconds, Braunschweig has a great chance of defeating table leaders Alba Berlin. But in the end, coach Israel Gonzalez’s team pulls its head out of the noose and wins 85:78.
Alba (1st) against Braunschweig (16th) – a mandatory victory for the Berliners, thought all 6713 spectators in the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Looks very much like it too as Alba leads by eleven points midway through the second quarter. But Braunschweig fights back and is two points ahead in the third round after two Cole free throws (25th).
Only in the last quarter does Alba shift up three gears – and with two threes Olinde makes a 77:73 lead from a 71:73 deficit. Heads go under near Braunschweig. Alba with 24 points in the last quarter, the lions only 16.
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Braunschweig’s RJ Cole (19 points) on MagentaTV: “We had them until two minutes before the end. But the two threes killed us after leading almost the entire game. We made a few mental mistakes there.”
A curiosity on the side: Alba’s national player Maodo Lo scores one (!) point in 25 minutes of play. After all, the playmaker has ten assists.
Top scorer: Yanni Wetzell (14 points) for Alba, RJ Cole (19 points) for Braunschweig.
Bayern – Frankfurt 95:89
Ninth win in a row for Bayern, who didn’t miss a beat against Frankfurt. Especially under the basket, the hosts dominated in front of only 2500 spectators at will, got 35:21 rebounds. Coach Andrea Trinchieri’s squad has already secured home advantage for the quarter-finals. After the last two wins, Frankfurt is further down.
Top scorers: Cassius Winston (20 points) for Bayern, Joshua Obiesie (20 points) for Frankfurt.
Hamburg – Heidelberg 90:86
The first half belongs to Heidelberg, the second half to Hamburg. Above all, the total of nine threes from Heidelberg’s Elias Lasisi and Tim Coleman ensure a very tight game. The guests hit 14 of 33 from the three-point country, making 50 points in the first round. But only 36 in the second. But Hamburg brought the thing home in the fourth quarter with Ryan Taylor and Anthony Polite – not polite at all …
This means that the Hanseatic League (14th) can no longer have anything to do with relegation – and Heidelberg (11th) has nothing to do with the playoffs.
Top scorers: Anthony Polite (25 points) for Hamburg, Eric Washington (20 points) and Tim Coleman (20 points, 10 assists) for Heidelberg
2023-04-19 20:29:30
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