Neu -Ulm (dpa) – Before the fourth and possibly decisive final game of the basketball Bundesliga, the use of the two NBA candidates Ben Saraf and Noa Essengue at Ratiopharm Ulm is still open-at least for the public. «We will no longer comment on the topic. You will then see in the hall whether they are there or not, »said Ulm’s sports director Thorsten Leibenath before the game against Bayern Munich on Tuesday (8:00 p.m./Dyn) of the dpa.
Because Saraf and Essengue take part in the NBA Draft, which takes place in New York on Wednesday (local time) and have good chances to be selected by a club in the first round, there was a violent argument between the Ulmen on the one hand and the league and Bayern Munich on the other. In the end, the league rejected an application by Ulm to relocate games four and five with reference to the game regulations.
Ulm can become master
Ulm runs 2-1 after three games in the best-of-five series and can make the second championship title perfect in his own hall after 2023. Saraf and Essengue were there in the previous final games.
«We are really looking forward to this game. As for volume and intensity in the hall, there will be no increase in the morning evening, »said Leibenath. The Ulm are particularly strong and lost only one game in the current Bundesliga season. Bavaria threatens a season without a title, which would be a bitter disappointment in view of the clearly highest budget in the league.
