Alba Berlin is still aiming for first place in the Bundesliga. The Berliners didn’t let anything burn against Hamburg again.
Alba has celebrated its eighth win in a row in the Bundesliga. The German champions won on Wednesday evening after a convincing performance with 96:81 (56:42) against the Hamburg Towers. Alba remains the team with the fewest defeats and still has the best chance of completing the main round as first in the table. Best Berlin throwers in front of 3347 spectators were Maodo Lo with 17 and Johannes Thiemann with 15 points.
The Towers beat FC Bayern Munich last Sunday. Alba so was warned. AlbaCoach Israel Gonzales had to do without the sick center Christ Koumadje in addition to the long-term injured Marcus Eriksson and Tim Schneider.
At first, a good and fast-paced game developed. Thanks to the better hit rate at the end of the first quarter, the Berliners were able to pull away to 28:21. Alba now increased defensively without losing the good rhythm in the offensive. The lead of the Berliners grew to 56:42 at the break.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Hamburg tried to defend more intensively. I let that go Alba just get out of rhythm. After a break and a 16:2 run, the capitals led by 22 points. The Towers now had nothing more to oppose. The Berliners played fast, fluid and variable. In the end, coach Gonzalez made a lot of changes, but the clear victory was no longer in danger.
