Ulm is in crisis.After last season’s record start, coach Thorsten Leibenath’s team also lost their third game in the German Basketball Bundesliga this year.
It’s been a year since ratiopharm Ulm ran almost automatically.A start record with 27 victories in series, six and a half months without defeat, this time in the opposite direction.Despite an upward trend, coach Thorsten Leibenath’s team is still waiting for success at BBL after three matchdays.
Bayern Munich, on the other hand, remained flawless.The head coach of the Ulm team, last season’s main round winner, liked at least the fighting performance at the 74:84 (41:41) against medi Bayreuth.
“That’s the minimum required to play in this league,”said Leibenath,”we didn’t have that in the first two games,” but it wasn’t enough in the end, as we did against Alba Berlin and Telekom Baskets Bonn.
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It was not the first false start under Leibenath. In 2015/16, the South Germans had only won three out of ten games at the beginning of the season, but they had remained calm and later entered the final.There is still no reason to panic, after six entrances and exits the rebuilt team is in development.
“We had twelve ball losses, the opponent had five,”Leibenath analyzed:”At 70:73 we had the chance to win the game, but the more experienced team won.On Friday, Science City Jena will have the chance to do better.
Ulm are in trouble, but Bayreuth celebrated their third win in the third game and are second in the standings behind FC Bayern Bayern.The Munich team had to tremble in the final minutes after two safe wins at the start of the season at the BG Göttingen, but won 78:72 (42:34).
“It’s always hard to win here.We’ve done it, that’s good,”said Bayern playmaker Reggie Redding.Coach Sasa Djordjevic saw cause for criticism:”I am happy with the result, but not with the way in which it has been achieved,” said the Serbian:”After the first quarter, we have lost focus.
On Friday evening, Master Brose Bamberg won 92:64 (61:32) with Rockets Gotha and ensured a clear situation.On Sunday, the industry leader, who had unexpectedly failed at the season opener in Würzburg, returned to track with the third consecutive victory.
The champion won the Walter Tigers Tübingen with 81:73 (42:28) despite problems in the final quarter, which was lost 19:27.