9.
20:54
An unsportsmanlike foul is called on Aher Uguak because the shorts gives a shove from behind on his drive. This gets out of step and also crashes into a Chemnitz player. In the meantime, the guests have also arrived at the bonus.
9.
20:51
The Niners’ lightning start on offense has faded somewhat. You now have to fight a lot more for points and shots. Consequently, the Rhinelanders take the lead again for the time being.
6.
20:48
Bonn does play open throws, but they don’t want to fall in this phase. But now Hawkins hits clear from the corner, putting them 2/6 from the three-pointer.
6.
20:47
Kevin Yebo goes to the line again. He plays very aggressively today and can pull fouls with his drives. The audience really likes that. The intensity of the hosts and the fans is unbelievable. They absolutely want to!
4.
20:43
The guests are already at four fouls and the two bigs scratches and Delaney have already committed two fouls each. The Chemnitzers come to the line again and Yebo gets the chance to put the home side in the lead, who are dressed in red today.
4.
20:41
Nelson Weidemann from the parking lot! The offensive doesn’t get into a good position in the posession. Finally the ball comes to the guard and the clock goes to zero. But without dribbling, he pulls the trigger and sinks.
2.
20:39
After Richter’s misthrow, there was a foul against the Bonners under the basket during the boxout. After the foul, Richter scored the next few points, giving him all of his team’s top six.
2.
20:36
The ball is taken from scratch from behind and they then score the first points of the game in front in transition. Scratch makes up for the loss of the ball and converts the next pass. By the way, when Richter scored, it got loud in the hall, which is completely standing and almost completely dressed in white.
1.
20:34
game start
20:27
The captain of the Niners Jonas Richter is combative: “We will give everything on Monday to force a fourth game.” Coach Rodrigo Pastore also knows how important the home fans are: “We need every man on Monday, on the field and also in the ranks to achieve historic things together and to win the first BBL playoff victory in our club’s history. […] With our fans behind us, anything is possible.” Nevertheless, he is aware of the great quality of the opponent: “So far, the Telekom Baskets have impressively demonstrated why they finished first in the main round and were the first German team to win the Basketball Champions League.”
20:23
Another factor could be Bonn’s schedule. It didn’t look like it in the first few games, but the guests had a lot of games under their belt in May. By winning the Champions League, there were many more games at international level, which on the one hand cost strength and on the other hand get stuck in the bones of the players. Not to be forgotten are the strains of travel. Nevertheless, the hosts shouldn’t rely on this factor because, as already mentioned, the Baskets didn’t show any signs of fatigue in the first two games.
20:18
The Niners Chemnitz have their backs against the wall. But they can play without pressure because they have nothing left to lose. Additionally, for the first time in this series, they’re playing in front of their own audience, which will get them loud and pumping. Furthermore, she could build on the trend of having the last game narrower. At home it mostly looked good against the Rhinelanders. They won two of three home games and lost the third, which took place in March of this year, by a narrow margin of 79:81. So they have already shown that they are able to at least stand up to this year’s top favourite.
20:14
So there were already more than 90 points for the baskets twice. No matter how the East Germans defended, it did little damage to their opponent’s offensive. And so the belief and euphoria of the newly crowned Champions League winner is still great to make the next round in today’s game. FC Bayern, who beat BC Göttingen, and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, who came in fifth, bowled the fourth-placed out of the playoffs and are waiting for the winner of this series in the next round. Alba Berlin, on the other hand, has to tremble, because the capital city are behind in their series against Ratiopharm Ulm by 2-1.
20:08
The third game in this series is also a match point game for Bonn. They easily won the first two games in front of their home crowd. Game 1 was even a 31-point blowout victory in which a strong third quarter (39:15 for Bonn) put the lid on it. The regular-season top-scorer was Herrera with 24 points, but Shorts, Malcolm and Williams also had double-digit points. The second game of the series was at least a little tighter with 95:78. Shorts and Hawkins combined for 43 points, with further support from Ward and Malcolm.
20:02
Hello and welcome to Game 3 of the Niners Chemnitz series against Telekom Baskets Bonn in the BBL! Tip-off is at 8:30 p.m. in the Halle Messe Chemnitz.