The Telekom Baskets Bonn have to accept a personnel setback in the final series of the basketball league.
Baskets-Bonn center Michael Kessens will be suspended for three competitive games after hitting the ball with both hands, as the BBL announced on Tuesday (June 13, 2023) following a decision by the independent game manager Dirk Horstmann.
It is about “the minimum period” for an assault. The 32-year-old also has to pay a fine after his misconduct in the second game on Sunday.
Kessens threatens to miss Bonners in the third and fourth finals at Ratiopharm Ulm on Wednesday (8.30 p.m.) and Friday (8.30 p.m.). He would also miss a fifth final in his own hall on Sunday (3 p.m.).
Emotional and inappropriate
Kessens admitted to reacting “emotionally and inappropriately” after being held for several seconds. “The game management was not able to identify a justification for the behavior of the player Kessens,” said the BBL.
The people of Bonn announced on Tuesday that they would appeal the verdict before the deadline. “But what we will bring up in terms of content does not belong in public today,” said Baskets President Wolfgang Wiedlich. However, this does not automatically suspend Kessens’ suspension. In the series in best-of-five mode, the score is 1-1 after two games. Neither team has yet conquered a Bundesliga championship title.
