Master Bayern Munich surprisingly played the lead in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). At the Bamberg Baskets, the team of world champion coach Gordon Herbert delivered an outstanding performance on Tuesday evening and was defeated in a true thriller almost 68:69 (37:36).
“That’s annoying”said a visibly eaten Niels Giffey after bankruptcy: “We already had the chance to win. We – and I – just did a bad job in the end.”
The Bavarians were also due to the monster program in March, in which eleven games alone in BBL and Euroleague were pending, without numerous top performers. Among other things, Carsen Edwards, Vladimir Lucic and Shabazz Napier were missing. Accordingly, Cup finalist Bamberg calculated to take something with them at home.
Play at eye level
And so a game developed at eye level in the first half, and the leadership changed nine times. After the break, Bayern intensified their defensive efforts and initially it looked like that they could settle something.
But the hosts stuck strongly and open the game to the final siren. A threesome for the Bayern leadership also countered a few seconds before the end IBI Watson-Boye from beyond the triple line. That should be enough.
Two world champions as top scorer
“We played confidently and were there in the defense when it was important,” said the match winner, who was also the best thrower of the hosts with 16 points. Bavaria’s best points collectors were the world champions Niels Giffey with 20 points and Andreas Obst, who came to 17 points.
For the Munich team on Friday (8:30 p.m.) in the Euroleague against Anadolu Efes Istanbul, before the top game against Ulm is also due on March 17th. Bamberg, which sniffs in 14th place in the play-in places, will compete at the Telekom Baskets Bonn on Saturday (6.30 p.m.).