The basketball players from Alba Berlin have pulled off a big surprise in the Euroleague. The Bundesliga team won against Final Four participants FC Barcelona 74:70 (38:41) on Tuesday evening in front of 10,592 spectators. This means that Alba leaves the last place in the premier class. The best Berlin throwers were Matt Thomas with 13 and Johannes Thiemann with twelve points.
The game against the clear favorites started as expected. The guests dominated from the start and Alba immediately fell behind. The deficit already reached double digits in the first quarter (7:19). But at the end of the first section, Alba came close again. The body language was now better and the star ensemble from Barcelona had problems. The Bundesliga team reduced the score to three points by the break and then went on a 9-0 run at the start of the third quarter and the Berlin team suddenly took the lead (47:44).
Barcelona increasingly had problems with the very attentive Berlin defense. Just under five minutes before the end, Alba was able to extend the lead to 13 points (70:57). But then Barcelona turned up the heat and the hosts hardly managed to get any good shots offensively. The Spaniards came back to within three points, but Alba ultimately managed to win with a lot of effort.
2023-12-19 21:28:43
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