A cracker is on the agenda in the BBL on Friday evening: league leaders FC Bayern will face runner-up Alba Berlin in what is currently the biggest duel in German basketball. Svetislav Pesic’s team has a big goal shortly before the play-offs.
Match point for FC Bayern’s basketball players: In the top game against long-time rival Alba Berlin, of all places, the defending champion can secure top placement for the play-offs. If the team of coaching icon Svetislav Pesic wins on Friday (from 6 p.m. in the live stream on sportschau.de), the Munich team will be the best team in the main round.
FC Bayern wants Main round victory make perfect
The FCB described the game between the league leaders against the second team, who would like to get closer to the favorites again, as “the German Clásico”. Accordingly, Pesic warned who announced his retirement after the current seasonconcentration and continuity in his team. “The decisive games of the regular season and in the play-offs are slowly coming,” said the 76-year-old: “The worst thing in top-class sport is when you are complacent with what you have already achieved.” The best thing for the Serbian coach would certainly be to crown the end of his career with a second championship with Munich after 2014.
Bayern against Berlin – it is currently the biggest duel in German basketball. In the past twelve years, both clubs have won the title together eight times, the championship went to Munich five times and Berlin three times. In a few seasons, the two industry giants also met in the EuroLeague – now with Alba’s departure to the Champions League, the games have become rarer.
Alba coach Pedro Calles: “Bayern is the best team in the league”
“Our first game against Bayern was some time ago. Since then, with Svetislav Pesic as the new head coach, both the structures and the game philosophy of our opponents have changed,” said Alba’s coach Pedro Calles: “Bayern are still the best team in the league and are even more dangerous after the end of the EuroLeague season without a double burden.”
With material from the SID.
Source: BR24Sport on the radio April 30, 2026 – 1:35 p.m
