Master Brose Bamberg simply doesn’t get going. The BBL defeat at MHP Giant Ludwigsburg was already the second in the fifth game, with Alba Berlin at the top.
Andrea Trinchieri didn’t mince her words:”We were kicked in the ass, and unfortunately we liked that,”said the coach of basketball champion Brose Bamberg after a very weak performance of his team. The surprisingly clear 74:91 (32:50) at the MHP giant Ludwigsburg was already the second defeat for the Franconians in the fifth Bundesliga game.
While former series champion Alba Berlin is on top after the 95:61 (41:36) against rising star Rockets Erfurt with 12:2 points, Bamberg (6:4) is far behind his own standards. The Swiss franc has lost four out of seven games across the board, and the false start is now finally perfect – even though the managers had expected difficulties due to the big changes in the squad.
Trinchieri congratulated Ludwigsburg on a “highly deserved victory. A rebound duel of 40:25 says a lot about the energy. It was really embarrassing to deliver such a performance,”the Italian criticized and immediately threatened,”Some players do not yet understand what it means for an organization like Brose Bamberg to play. They should learn that as soon as possible.”
Guard Nikos Zisis also took himself and the team to court:”That was an embarrassing idea. That didn’t have much to do with basketball. It is a question of mentality, it is about character and personality. That wasn’t a fight.”
Also unexpectedly, the former front runner s. Oliver Würzburg stumbled. The team of Dirk Bauermann lost 71:73 (34:34) in the duel of the former national coaches at the Löwen Braunschweig and Frank Menz.”We didn’t invest enough against a team that wanted the victory to be unbelievable,”said Bauermann.
Alba’s new head coach Aito Garcia Reneses was pleased with the result:”The high difference in points makes it look like an easy win, but it was only at the very end,”said the 70-year-old Spaniard. After the break, his team “got into a much better rhythm”.
Berlin leads in the table ahead of Würzburg (10:2), Ludwigsburg, Bayern Munich, medi Bayreuth and the Frankfurt Skyline (all 8:2). The Bayern play on Sunday at the Eisbären Bremerhaven, Frankfurt and Bayreuth.
Bamberg’s clear loss in Ludwigsburg was certainly also due to the EuroLeague action at Panathinaikos Athens (83:93) on Thursday,”Today Bamberg had to start again 48 hours after the match. Ultimately, the form of the day is always decisive in this league,”said giant coach John Patrick. The man of the evening was the Ludwigsburg Adam Waleskowski with 20 points and eleven rebounds.