Alba won in the final sprint but a draw – Berliner Morgenpost

02.25.2016, 05:50

From Theo Breiding

Eurocup: decision now falls on Tuesday in Munich

Berlin. The victory against Bayern in the cup final last Sunday may the basketball team Alba Berlin no longer take. In Eurocup second round, however, the Munich could become a stumbling block. In the first leg, the second duel within four days, the two teams parted in the Mercedes-Benz Arena 82:82 (47:41). An extension did not exist, because the second leg next Tuesday at Bayern will bring the decision. “The odds are still 50/50″ found Albas Akeem Vargas, knowing that one in Munich and can be quite time win.

It was a kind of duel between the hangover. The Bayern his team had the frustration of defeat in the cup final against Berlin get out of the heads, Sasa Obradovic and contrast the effects of soft drinks, with whom they had extensively expressed their fluid balance back into balance.

At first it appeared before 8855 spectators, as if the Bayern in the cup-reproach in its own hall yet to nibble. Alba without Rob Lowery, whose contract runs only until the end of February and had injured his left ankle during the Cup top 4, on the other hand played on fresh. Especially the Langen: Only met Elmedin Kikanović which should be with 24 points Best Berlin launcher at the end, as in a dream, then Kresimir Loncar – Alba quickly led with 20: 9

It was the rather small players score, led by Anton Gavel and Bryce Taylor who then zulegten a transition. After the first quarter it was only 22:19. Only now it was the expected biting duel in which again Kikanović made sure that Alba claimed a narrow lead. A triple of Alba-captain Alex King answered Paul Zipser with the final whistle of the first round – 47:41

The Berlin were after a 0: 7 Series for the first time back (47:48. / 22.), but Alba moved, led by Cup hero Dragan Milosavljevic, again 65:56 (29) thereof. What a preliminary decision could have been, however, was only the prelude to a final phase in which it suddenly looked like a defeat, because the guests from Munich dominated and Alba was behind with 73:80. But then forced a paramount Jordan Taylor (18 points) but the draw.