The German champion Brose Bamberg has not been able to confirm his claims to a fixed place in the elite competition through the third EuroLeague false start in a row.
The upper Franconians had to admit defeat of the Israeli championship third Maccabi Tel Aviv by a 71:88 (36:37) despite a meanwhile eight-point lead as in the past two years to the European Cup opener.
Bamberg, who had missed out on three top-16 appearances last season as the fourth in the main round immediately before Tel Aviv, showed a lack of consistency in his international season debut, as was the case in his first Bundesliga matches.
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In the final spurt of the guests with 16 consecutive points, the hosts also collapsed completely.Bamberg’s best throwers were Nikos Zisis (18 points) and Leon Radosevic and Ricky Hickman (both eleven) in front of 6150 spectators.
For the next two matches in the EuroLeague, for which Bamberg wants to be automatically eligible to start like eleven continental top clubs in the future, the German double winner has to travel.On the 19th.Panathinaikos Athens is expecting the German industry leader on Thursday, October 1, before coach Andrea Trinchieri’s team will be sent to Spain six days later to play for Unicaja Malaga.