Basketball: Trinchieri disappointed after Bamberg’s false start:”We have melted”

Andrea Trinchieri, Bose Bamberg’s coach, was cautious about his players after the opening defeat in the EuroLeague:”We did a good job for over 33 minutes.Then – for whatever reason – we broke in,”said the Italian to the 71:88 (36:37) against Israeli serial champion Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Bamberg had everything under control until 67:67, but then let the Israelis score 19 points in a row,”We made some mistakes and dug a hole,”Trinchieri said:”I don’t want to pillory my team.I’m not more worried after the game than before.It’s a process.”

The Upper Franconians will play their first away game on Thursday at Panathinaikos Athens in Greece.After 30 main round rounds, the best eight teams will enter the quarter-finals.