Alba Berlin-strong as a bear, ratiopharm Ulm has so far shown no weakness – only Bayern Munich away at the final tournament of the Basketball Bundesliga from the master mould. The defending champion lost on Sunday night, his last game of the preliminary round against the EWE Baskets Oldenburg 81:89 (44:42) and is thus the same as in the quarter-finals in front of a heavy task. The Team of Coach Oliver Kostic was in the audience empty Audi Dome, a stunning drop in performance. So the hosts are likely to have little chance of finding the desired title hat-Trick.
“This was not a good idea,” said veteran Vladimir Lucic, with 16 points, the best Munich launcher with Magenta sport. “We had a good Phase, but as we were five or six points behind, had the feeling that the game is over.” The Oldenburg to the two former Munich Braydon Hobbs and Robin Amaize mainly benefited from many offensive rebounds and were allowed to cheer. Top scorer Nathan Boothe has been with 17 points.
The lower Saxony go to the Start of the Playoffs in the form of strong Berliners and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg out of the way – the two previously undefeated teams in group B are on Monday. Alba was outclassed on Saturday Rasta Vechta 102:72. If the main lose townspeople against Ludwigsburg, it is already in the quarter-finals to Final-re-edition Bayern Munich against Alba Berlin.
Ulm concluded on Sunday with an impressive preliminary round with the fourth victory in as many Games. The crew of Jaka Lakovic won with 89:66 (39:33) against BG Göttingen. Because Ulm was already before the start of the game as group winners and Göttingen as a fixed table was the fourth, had to limit the encounter to only sporting value.
