The Telekom Baskets Bonn are close to entering the final of the Basketball Bundesliga. The Champions League winner also won the second game of the best-of-five series in the semifinals against MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg impressively with 94:65 (44:36).
This means that coach Tuomas Iisalo’s team has three attempts to get into the final series with another win for the first time since 2009.
Main round winner Bonn never fell behind in the course of the game, the Baskets extended their deserved break lead with a 7-0 run right after the restart.
The strong Jeremy Morgan (23 points) stood out as the best scorer in an overall very good second half for the favorite.
The people of Bonn have their first chance of reaching the final on Saturday (8:30 p.m./MagentaSport) in Ludwigsburg.
In the second semi-final series, cup winners FC Bayern Munich have their backs to the wall, while the runners-up are 2-0 behind the surprise team ratiopharm Ulm.