3.
18:07
Zylan Cheatham lets it rip! The guard of the German national team Weiler-Babb plays a nice lob to the center, who then stuffs with energy!
2.
18:05
Robin Christen scores the first two points of the game with a nice drive and a layup with his left! In Munich’s first possession, Nick Weiler-Babb misses the threesome.
17:56
It will be particularly important for Ulm that Bruno Caboclo can repeat the performance he showed against Alba. Overall, he averaged 62 points, 19 rebounds, and 8 blocks in games, hitting more than three-quarters of his fielding worth. These numbers express pure dominance and are also reflected in how the center rages under the basket. The Brazilian is complemented by his outstanding compatriot Yago dos Santos, who together form a constant threat in pick and roll. This must be contained if the offensive of the guests is to be stopped. The superiority in rebounds could help the Munich team. While the Swabians only collected 29.8 rebounds per game in their series, the players from Bavaria grabbed a total of 37.3 rebounds. That discrepancy could lead to second chances and quick points for the home side.
17:52
During the season, the men in the classic red dress prevailed in both games. Historically, too, they have the clear upper hand with 22 wins out of 32.
17:48
Fun fact about the remaining teams in this year’s BBL playoffs: The home side are the only team with a championship title. The Ulm, Bonn and Ludwigsburg teams have never had the pleasure of raising the trophy to the sky.
17:43
The Munich side, on the other hand, can surprisingly be happy about the home advantage, because they would not have had it in a semifinal against the Albatrosses. So they can, however, increasingly hope for the support of the fans. In the previous round, the table third of the regular season defeated BC Goettingen in three games, whereby game 2 was particularly tight and with a final result of 87:85 more than was on the brink. But the other two players also required hard work from Trinchieri’s men. It will be exciting to see how Munich’s defense will deal with the opponent’s outstanding offensive and whether they will be able to at least partially contain it.
17:35
This semi-final is unlikely to have been foreseen in such a way that the Ulm team deservedly knocked out the champion of the last three years Alba Berlin in the first round, could be used in the dictionary to describe “surprise”. If the last four series were lost against the Berliners, the capital city could not keep up with the intensity in this series and paid tribute to their long, exhausting season. For four games, it was not possible to consistently stand up to the southern Germans and play to their actual strengths because they were simply taken from them. However, not only the reigning champions have had a long and strenuous season, they are also contested by opponents in the semi-finals, Bayern Munich, and the Swabians will hope for that.
17:30
Hello and welcome to game 1 of the semi-final series Bayern Munich vs. Ratiopharm Ulm in the BBL! Tip-off is at 6 p.m. in the Audi Dome in Munich.