Basketball Bundesliga team ratiopharm Ulm has its third game in this year’s Eurocup won. The German champions won against Lietkabelis with 99 to 74 on Tuesday evening (October 17th, 2023).
Ulm had the euroscup-Defeat against Gran Canaria digested well. On Tuesday evening, the team got their second win in the third game. In the end the score against Lietkabelis from Lithuania was 99:74.
Wild start
The game starts pretty wildly in the Neu-Ulmer Arena. Neither team can really identify any moves. Throws tend to happen by chance; they fall in or jump out again by chance. Ratiopharm Ulm had more luck with the shots in the first few minutes. Ulm’s coach Anton Gavel is also using the guests’ time out to improve his game team to get something on track. The Ulm attack is going better now. And because Mathias, Jallow and Klepeisz, among others, throw accurately, Ulm deservedly leads 27:17 after the first quarter.
Satisfied looks different: Ulm’s coach Anton Gavel during a timeout in the second quarter.
Williams show in the second quarter
Trevion Williams steals a bit from the other players on the floor at the start of quarter two show. First the American throws a three-pointer, then another No look-Pass over the shoulder. The guests from Lithuania reacted after just two minutes with the next timeout. Ulm has now adjusted well to the guests, they hardly get any easy points. The German champions are clearly enjoying the game at this stage. But in one scene or another the people from Ulm are too casual. The lead at halftime is therefore not even higher (53:42). Ulm is clearly the better team in the first half.
A lot of fun offensively and defensively: Ulm’s Trevion Williams (50)
Stumbling start to the second half
Ulm gets off to a bumpy start in the second half. The guests seem more alert and more concentrated, starting with a 6-0 run. It takes three minutes for Mathias to score his first Ulm points. His threesome is followed by more from de Paula and Jallow. Ulm is the master of the house again! And cares again Williams for scene applause! With steal and subsequent Dunking to click your tongue. Visually, Ulm is also the better team in the third quarter. But the victory is still not really sealed (71:60).
Well “managed” in the last quarter
Ulm continued to play solidly in the final quarter. And if Trevion Williams If you take a break, Jensen, Dadiet and Langenfeld will also be showing at the Ulmer teamthat they can do something with basketball. Four minutes before the end, Ulm is ahead with 20 points. Now the second win in the third game is secured. The 99:74 win against Lietkabelis was never in danger. The Ulm team will play their next game next Saturday in the Bundesliga against Hamburg Towers.
Ludwigsburg loses at the start of the Basketball Champions League
Meanwhile, the MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg are in the basketball league with a defeat.Champions League started. The Bundesliga team lost at AEK Athens 79:84 (43:44). The Swabians were the best shooter Jayvon Graves with 17 points. The American also got eleven rebounds. Three other players scored double figures in Eddy Edigin (15), Desure Buie (13) and Deion Hammond (10). Ludwigsburg will play the second game of the group phase next Tuesday (8 p.m.) against King Szczecin.
