Alba star Luke Sikma moves to the basket against the Löwen Braunschweig Photo: picture alliance / Eibner press photo
From BZ/dpa
Alba Berlin has caught up with the leading duo from Bonn and Munich in the basketball Bundesliga with their seventh win.
In a catch-up game, the German champions came to a hard-fought 95:90 (44:43) victory at the Basketball Löwen Braunschweig.
The most successful shooters in the Volkswagenhalle were Johannes Thiemann with 15 points for Berlin and David Krämer with 31 points for the hosts. The Bayern basketball team will play against Oldenburg in the evening.
Alba’s Yanni Wetzell in a duel with Braunschweig’s Jilson Bango Photo: picture alliance / Eibner press photo
In Braunschweig, no team managed to break away from their opponents in the first half, so the Berliners went into the dressing room with a one-point lead. After the change of sides, the team of Alba coach Israel Gonzalez was able to distance Braunschweig to eleven points in the third quarter and lived on the lead until the end.
Alba doesn’t have time to rest. The Euroleague game against Fenerbahce Istanbul follows on Thursday, and medi Bayreuth is visiting the capital on Saturday.