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Göttingen. BG Göttingen is facing an important home game in the Basketball Bundesliga. In the basement duel, the Tigers Tübingen are guests in the S-Arena. We have put together the final information before the game starts on Sunday at 3:30 p.m.
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The table
Just looking at the table shows the explosiveness of this game. The Göttingen team is in 15th place, with Tübingen directly behind them. Both teams have five wins this season, but the Violets have only played 17 games, the guests have already played 19. Both teams are only one win ahead of the relegation places. Success would be very important for both teams.
The first leg
Curious schedule: The first leg was just three weeks ago. Back then, the Göttingen team made a remarkable appearance at David DeJulius’ debut. The Göttingen team won against the newly promoted team with 116:95. The top scorer was Umoja Gibson with 28 points, Grant Anticevich had 24 points and David DeJulius gave his calling card with 21 points and nine assists. “We played a very good game in Tübingen. But it will be a difficult game now, as some players are back after injuries,” says BG coach Olivier Foucart.
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The opponent
The Tübingen team recently proved to be the league’s lucky draw. They initially lost clearly at home against Göttingen. “The biggest mistake we can make is thinking that it will be an easy game because we beat them in the first leg,” said Göttingen assistant coach Kenneth Desloovere.
Finally, a week later, the Tübingen team showed a completely different face. There was a surprising 97:76 away win in Ulm. Remarkable: In the last quarter, the Tübingen team only allowed seven points from the German champions.
But the next setback was not long in coming: Another week later, the Tigers lost the basement duel at home against Crailsheim with 85:96. Now they are guests in the S-Arena.
The top scorers
It is also the meeting of the league’s two top scorers. Göttingen’s David DeJulius is in first place in the ranking of the best BBL scorers before this matchday with an average of 21.7 points, followed by Jhivvan Jackson in second place with 19.8 points per game. However, while the BG newcomer has only played three games, Jackson’s points average is based on 19 games.
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The balance
This clearly speaks for Göttingen. The BG won 15 games of the 21 duels with Tübingen.
The staff
Zach Ensminger was out of the last three games for Göttingen due to tonsillitis. He trained again this week and will probably be in the squad against Tübingen.
At the first comparison three weeks ago, the Tigers had personnel concerns. Daniel Keppeler, Kriss Helmanis, Aatu Kivimäki and Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu were missing. According to the Tigers, of this quartet only Akobundu-Ehiogu is now injured. The Tübingen team has also signed another center, Evan Maxwell. “In Maxwell they gained physicality,” says Desloovere.
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The live ticker
The Tageblatt also reports on the home game against Tübingen in the live ticker. Mathis Glöckner will provide all the important information from the game from the S-Arena on Sunday from 3:15 p.m.
The game day
From BG’s perspective it has gone very well so far, as the two teams in the relegation places lost their games. Bottom team Heidelberg lost at home to Braunschweig 76:94. The penultimate Crailsheim had to admit defeat in front of their home crowd of Ludwigsburg with 89:100. What stood out so far on this matchday was the duel between vice-champions Bonn and champions Ulm. The Rhinelanders won the thrilling duel on Carnival Saturday 98:97 after extra time.
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2024-02-11 09:42:17
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