The Niners Chemnitz lost the top game of the BBL against Alba Berlin on Sunday (March 24th, 2024) and thus handed over the lead in the table to Munich. Bayern narrowly won in Hamburg – in front of a record crowd.
The previous leaders Chemnitz lost to third Alba 79:84 (35:39) and could not get past Bayern, who had moved up to first place in the afternoon.
In the top game of the weekend, in front of 5,000 spectators in the Chemnitz exhibition hall, Sterling Brown proved to be Berlin’s best scorer with 18 points, Jeff Garrett (15) and Kevin Yebo (14) were the hosts’ most accurate shooters.
The game was exciting for a long time
Alba, who had narrowly lost the Euroleague duels against Real Madrid and in Istanbul during the week, needed until the second quarter to find their way into the game and take the upper hand.
The Saxons kept up in the exciting game, but were no longer able to take the lead, although they equalized in the meantime and Aher Uguak brought his team back to within one point 20 seconds before the end.
Bayern wins in front of 12,000 spectators
The FC Bayern Munich basketball players had previously completed a disappointing week with an arduous Bundesliga victory at the Hamburg Towers. In front of a record crowd of 12,000 spectators in the Hanseatic city, the German Cup winners only defeated the ninth-placed team in extra time in a catch-up game on matchday 22 with 81:80 (73:73, 38:34).
Munich’s top scorers were Isaac Bonga and Elias Harris with 14 points each, while William Christmas (18) and Vincent King (17) scored best for the North Germans.
Brae Ivey forced overtime with a three-pointer 33 seconds before the end of regulation time. Nick Weiler-Babb missed the following three-point attempt for the favorite. Aljami Durham had another extra time in his hands in the highly exciting encounter, but his attempt at a lay-up was blocked shortly before the end.
Two recent defeats in the Euroleague
After the two defeats in the Euroleague in Valencia on Wednesday and at home against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Friday, Munich coach Pablo Laso’s offense had difficulty finding its way into the game against the opponents’ compact defense. In the last quarter, the favorites fought for a double-digit lead for the first time, but Hamburg was able to reduce it again. Devin Booker, Danko Brankovic and Andreas Obst were missing due to injury, while the other Bayern players were tired.
On the occasion of their tenth anniversary, the Hamburg team moved to the large arena at the Volksparkstadion and attracted a larger audience there than the national team around Dirk Nowitzki, which had set the previous Hamburg record of 10,925 spectators in a test match against Canada in 2006.
2024-03-24 19:20:00
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