Telekom Baskets Bonn impressively prevailed in the top game of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) against runners-up Bayern Munich and regained the lead in the table. With the clear 78:68 (41:34) home win, the Bonn team passed champion Alba Berlin again, FC Bayern (8:2) is only third.
The Bonners scored excellently from the three-point line before the break and were able to pull away. Jeremy Morgan in particular caused problems for Bayern. In the second half, the hosts had everything under control with their top scorers TJ Shorts (21 points) and Morgan (20). The lead continued to grow, Bayern could no longer provide excitement. The guests’ best thrower was Cassius Winston (14).
Alba had temporarily taken the lead on Saturday with a work victory. Two days after the relegation against Fenerbahce Istanbul (75:104) in the EuroLeague, the double winner came up against relegation candidate medi Bayreuth to a 91:83 (40:49).
The MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg secured fourth place. Last season’s semi-finalist kept his fellow pursuers BG Göttingen at bay with his second success in a row with 90:76 (40:37). Fifth are EWE Baskets Oldenburg, the former champions and cup winners beat newly promoted Rostock Seawolves 99:90 (61:48).
Meanwhile, ratiopharm Ulm celebrated its third win in a row with the 91:80 (40:37) against the Hakro Merlins Crailsheim. The Syntainics MBC from Weißenfels won 98:90 (39:41) at Brose Bamberg on Sunday and clinched the first win since 2001 at Franconia.