On Monday evening (05/30/22), Bayern also won the second semifinal game at Telekom Baskets Bonn with 82:81 (49:44) and are 2:0 ahead in the “Best of Five” series. With a success on Saturday in Munich, Bayern move into the final series.
Bonn with the better start
In front of the eyes of the French NBA center Rudy Gobert in the spectator stands, who had played together with Bonn’s Michael Kessens for a year in France as a youth player, the Bonn team got off to a better start. Although their leader Parker Jackson-Cartwright had to take a seat on the bench early with two fouls, the hosts were leading 25:21 at the quarter-break thanks to the significantly better three-point quota.
In the 16th minute, national player Andreas Obst scored the first Munich lead, with three three-pointers in the second quarter, Obst and Deshaun Thomas ensured the five-point lead at half-time. After Jackson-Cartwright, Bonn’s second-best scorer, Javontae Hawkins, also conceded his fourth foul in the third quarter.
Hawkins misses the match point
But Karsten Tadda and Jeremy Morgan kept the Rhinelanders in the game. In the final quarter, Bayern picked up the momentum, but Bonn hit back twice in the closing stages.
Othello Hunter went to the free-throw line with three seconds to go in an 81-81 draw and shot the visitors to victory. Because Bonn’s Hawkins missed his threesome with the final siren.
Alba again sovereign
Champion Alba Berlin had already kept a clean sheet in the playoffs on Sunday and is therefore close to returning to the final. Coach Israel’s team gonzalez won the second semi-final game against the MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 100:76 (49:35), making it 2:0 in the best-of-five series. Three wins are necessary to advance.