The Telekom Baskets Bonn presented in the BBL in a long-distance duel with leader Alba Berlin and promoted Medi Bayreuth a little further towards relegation.
On Saturday evening, Bonn sent Bayreuth, bottom of the table, home with a 86:42 pack and thus set a new club record: Never before have Bonners conceded so few points in a Bundesliga game.
Bonn stays on Alba’s heels
In the table, after the 28th match day, the Bonners remain level with Alba Berlin with 26 wins. Bayreuth (5 wins, 23 defeats) remains at the bottom of the table and, with six games left and three wins fewer than Braunschweig on the first non-relegation zone, needs a small basketball miracle to save itself.
Bayreuth with negative record
The 42 points in Bonn also meant the weakest point haul of a team in the current season. Before the debacle of Upper Franconia, which was still winless away from home, the previous season’s minus value was 47 points, which Würzburg had not managed to get past in Berlin.
For Bonn, who practically decided the game at half-time with an intermediate score of 42:18, Deane Williams was the top scorer with 16 points. Leon scratches came up with a double-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds.
Oldenburg with victory in Chemnitz
EWE Baskets Oldenburg celebrated an important win in the playoff race. The Oldenburgers prevailed against the Niners Chemnitz after catching up with 91:89. Oldenburg’s DeWayne Russell was the decisive man with six points in the final stages, with 27 points the playmaker was also the best scorer of the game.
Göttingen wins duel against Ludwigsburg
The Oldenburg climbed to fourth place with the win, which would give them home rights in the first round of the playoffs. The BG Göttingen stays close on the heels of the Oldenburgers. The people from Göttingen prevailed against the MHP giants Ludwigsburg with 87:80 and claimed fifth place. In seventh place, Ludwigsburg also has a good chance of making the playoffs. Just like the Baskets Würzburg, who defended their eighth place with a narrow 86:85 victory in Crailsheim, one win ahead of Bamberg.