The basketball players from Alba Berlin lost the basement duel in the Euroleague and slipped to last place in the table.
On Wednesday evening, the Bundesliga team lost at home to the French team Asvel Lyon-Villeurbanne 68:73 (35:43) in front of 6,561 spectators in the Arena at Ostbahnhof.
For Alba it was the seventh defeat in the eighth game of the premier class. The best Berlin thrower was world champion Johannes Thiemann with 16 points.
Alba misses the beginning, Procida turns up the heat
The Berliners missed the start of the game. Lyon was more alert, faster and, above all, more accurate. The hosts lost the ball and had a lot of free throws. But the intensity was particularly lacking on defense. Alba was already 8:23 behind in the first quarter.
With the inclusion of Gabriele Procida in the second half, more emotions finally came into Berlin’s game. The Italian woke up his team with a block, a dunk, a three-pointer and a steel in a row. Shortly before the break, Alba was back within two points (35:37).
Alba misses the chance to win
The hosts even took the lead for the first time with a 12-0 run right after the break. They pulled ahead by seven points (55:48). But then the thread broke again. Lyon pulled away by ten points in the final quarter (67:57). But Alba fought back and came back within one point with 93 seconds to go (68:69). But the Berliners miserably squandered their possible chance to win in the final phase.
For Alba, the Euroleague continues on Friday evening – then the Berliners will be guests at Partizan Belgrade.
Broadcast: rbb24|Inforadio, November 15, 2023, 10:15 p.m
