This win was important! Alba Berlin won its first competitive game after the compulsory Corona break.
After five defeats in a row, the Berliners defeated the penultimate table s.Oliver Würzburg in the basketball Bundesliga on Sunday after an increase in the last quarter with 82:70 (38:40). After the eleventh win in the 16th game, Alba is now in sixth place. The best Berlin throwers in Würzburg were Yovel Zoosman with 14 points and Louis Olinde with eleven points.
Coach Israel Gonzalez was again without top scorer Marcus Eriksson with a foot injury, and captain Luke Sikma was given a break. And Maodo Lo, who was in such good form recently, was not used at all in the first three quarters.
In the sixth game within 13 days, Alba started with two turnovers. Except for a brief lead at the end of the first quarter, the Berliners were trailing behind in the first half. That grew to 32:40 in the second section. The defending champion missed too many throws on offense, especially from a distance little went. With the addition of 2.21 meter center Christ Koumadje, there were at least more advantages under the basket.
After the change of sides, Alba then defended more intensively, but the error rate on the offensive remained high and the narrow deficit continued.
In the last quarter Lo came along and the Berliners regained the lead with a 10:0 run (62:58). Now the ball ran better and Alba was able to pull away decisively.