FC Bayern Munich won the fourth final game of the Best-of-Five series at Ratiopharm Ulm with a power demonstration with 67:53, forcing the fifth game in SAP-Garden at home on Thursday (8 p.m.). Above all, thanks to a strong defensive performance, the defending champion settled decisively in the last quarter and now has the home advantage back on his side.
National player Johannes Voigtmann had declared the game to be one of the simplest of the season, after all, you don’t have to do what was going to be a thing, but simply win. As expected, the matter was not quite as simple, although the Munich team started with reasonable seriousness. Before the eyes of President Herbert Hainer, who was sitting next to the Bayern Bank directly behind the gang, the guests fell bitingly, patiently played on the offensive and led in the meantime in double digits (24:14). Especially young talent Ivan Kharchenkov, who otherwise received less time, brought a lot of energy and momentum into the Munich game.
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However, the defending champion did not give any security, especially since the 6000 spectators were on the spot with every successful action by the Ulmer. The prospect of the second title in the history of the club after 2023 was too close, and at half -time the Swabians led by top scorer Nelson Weidemann (13 points) – which was once trained at FCB, but never made the breakthrough (32:32).
For the Ulm it was the 63rd game of the season, for Bayern even the 82
It was worth seeing the intensity with which the two best teams in the Bundesliga (BBL) resembled in the final phase of the season even after the break. For the Ulm it was game number 63, for the Bayern even the 82nd game in an extremely demanding season, but both opponents held up the pace, but the Munich residents slowly settled and led before the final quarter 49:44. The defending champion fought for every inch for every ball – and for his last chance. And he had a spacer in Shabazz Napier, which the heated atmosphere apparently drove to top performance. The NBA-proven American met important threesome, was the best thrower on the floor with 15 points and ultimately the decisive factor. With every basket of Bavaria, the forces that were able to do without their noble talent Ben Saraf with the Ulmen were wrong, but had to do without Noa Essengue, who, in contrast to Israeli, flown to the Draft Gala in New York.
The Munich team, who again lacked top scorers, was able to perform a masterly performance, in which Andreas Obst (10) and Devin Booker (11) met in two digits.
