Not least thanks to an outstanding Darius McGhee with 40 points, who also set a BBL record, the Telekom Baskets Bonn won a confident 123:88 (38:19, 32:25, 25:19, 28) against the Niners Chemnitz on Saturday evening :25) victory celebrated.
Both teams had recently lost ground: the Bonn team went down after one defeat each in the BBL and Champions League and the Niners even suffered three defeats in the same competitions.
McGhee and Fleming excel at Baskets Bonn
The Rhinelanders had obviously coped better with these setbacks and were already in the lead with 38:19 after ten minutes. Up until halftime, the hosts would probably have been doing well in many other BBL games with 44 points of their own – but not against the Bonn team, who already had 70 points in their account.
The guarantees of success on the Bonn side were Darius McGhee with 21 points and Phlandrous Fleming Jr. with 15 points. With a 26-point lead, Bonner was able to take things a little calmer and more controlled in the third period, although McGhee and Fleming did not lose their mood.
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McGhee maintained this in the final quarter when he made it three figures for Bonn and sank his ninth three-point throw (of 13) from around nine meters into the basket to make it 101:74. The Niners were also unable to win the final quarter at 25:28. There were never any doubts about Bonn’s victory – especially since McGhee ultimately shone with twelve sunk three-pointers (out of 16 attempts). In total he scored 40 points, making him the outstanding Bonner ahead of Fleming and Bodie Hume, each with 20 points.
With his twelve three-pointers, McGhee also equaled Hurl Beechum’s record. In the BBL – also for Bonn – he made twelve three-point throws in a game against Trier in 1998, something no other player managed for 26 years.
With this impressive success, the Bonn team have completed their away duties for this year. They play the last two games in front of their home crowd. The Würzburg Baskets await them on Boxing Day, and shortly before the turn of the year the BG Göttingen will be guests in Bonn on December 29th.
