A bang start to the play-offs!
Alba Berlin swept Telekom Baskets Bonn out of the hall 94:68 in the very first quarter-final game of the knockout round of the Easycredit Basketball Bundesliga. 1-0 in the best-of-five mode for the eleven-time German champions. It continues on Sunday at 5 p.m. (live on Dyn and WELT TV/Now try Dyn for free for two days/advertisement) with the next home game for the capital club.
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Alba against Bonn – second against seventh in the main round. There was something? Yes! Last season, the Berliners also entered the quarter-finals as runners-up – and were knocked out by seventh-placed ratiopharm Ulm. In the end, the Ulm team sensationally became German champions.
The Berliners got off to a perfect start – 10:3 after a few minutes in the first play-off duel between the two teams in 15 years. Dyn expert Philipp Hartwich (BG Göttingen, 111 Bundesliga games): “27 wins at the end of the season is a house number! On paper, the Berliners are a candidate for the title.”
Alba Berlin beats Telekom Baskets Bonn
Alba is missing Justin Bean, who was injured during final training. The American collapsed unluckily. Benedikt Turudic is celebrating his comeback at Bonn after playing his last game at the end of December and missing out due to back problems.
At the break Alba leads with 41:31 – everything is already clear! The Bonn team eliminated the MHP giants Ludwigsburg in the play-ins on Tuesday.
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In the third quarter this scene: World champion Johannes Thiemann hits a three-pointer to make it 50:35. And Dyn commentator Florian von Stackelberg: “Johannes Thiemann! Ho, ho! With the definition of ‘In your Face!’ I think he smelled Brian Fobbs’ armpit sweat during the goal.” Hartwich cheers: “Absolutely perfect!”
At the end of the third quarter it is 68:51. Expert and league insider Hartwich, who suddenly became the number one topic of conversation in the Bundesliga in November with a love revelation live on TV, celebrates the Berliners: “Alba, it’s not just Tim Schneider, it’s also Jonas Mattisseck and Painted Delow. These are all three mentality monsters. All three have no age at all until now. So, that’s the three-headed hydra!” Next to him, von Stackelberg laughs into the microphone: “Oh, very nice. We bought into a basketball poet.”
Göttingen outThis video must be seen by every Hamburg fan
Source: DYN MEDIA 15.05.2024
Standing ovation in the last seconds of the game in the Uber Arena in Berlin. Alba star Matt Thomasm (18 points) after the game at Dyn: “It is very important to win the first game. Bonn is a great team. But we had a run tonight, which led us to victory. The second game will be a battle!”
Till Pape from Bonn: “The last two minutes of the first half were crucial when we conceded a 10-0 run. That was exactly what we didn’t want. For many of us, the playoffs are something completely new. We have to learn that from this game.”
2024-05-17 18:24:04
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