The Jobstairs Gießen 46ers are the second relegated team from the Basketball Bundesliga. The Hessians lost against the Niners Chemnitz clearly with 70:91 (31:52) and with three games to be played they have no chance of staying up.
In addition to Gießen, the Fraport Skyliners from Frankfurt also have to leave the league in terms of sport. “We have to deal with that first. It’s disappointing and sad. Now something has to be changed in the club,” said Gießen’s professional Bjarne Kraushaar on “Magentasport”.
The game in the Gießen-Ost sports hall was decided by a weak second quarter of the hosts. The club only scored four points and didn’t get back into the game after the break. Still, the fans applauded. “Of course that’s a pleasure, but the disappointment outweighs it,” explained Kraushaar.
Rival Syntainics MBC from Weißenfels in particular benefited from the Gießen defeat. With a 91:79 (44:47) against the Löwen Braunschweig, the club from Saxony-Anhalt secured relegation.
Telekom Baskets celebrate their eleventh win in a row
Table leaders Telekom Baskets Bonn scored 85:74 (48:37) in the top game at ratiopharm Ulm and, after their eleventh win in a row, is still in first place with a record of 26:7 wins. Ulm (20:11) fell back to sixth place.
There is a three-way battle for the final eighth place in the playoffs. The Hakro Merlins Crailsheim surprisingly lost against relegated Frankfurt with 70:81. Bamberg (16:16) closed with a 94:81 at promoted MLP Academics Heidelberg to Crailsheim and BG Göttingen, who also have 16 successes and 16 defeats to their credit.
In his last home game, club legend Rickey Paulding led EWE Baskets Oldenburg to a clear 113:87 (63:38) against s.Oliver Würzburg. The 39-year-old American scored 18 points.