BBl: Bavaria cannot be stopped – Premiere of Bamberg coach Luca Banchi successful

Despite EuroCup stress, the cup winner from Munich won on 24. Basketball Bundesliga playday with 111:91 (51:52) against the Mitteldeutsche BC and leads the table after the 19. Victory in series with 44:2 points. Master Brose Bamberg won an important 90:67 (44:31) win under new head coach Luca Banchi in the fight for the play-offs at ratiopharm Ulm.

As a result, the defending champion (26:20) climbed to seventh place two days after losing his Banchi debut in the EuroLeague at Olympiakos Piraeus (79:87). Ulm (24:22) slipped to ninth place after the fourth bankruptcy in a row.

The Bayern only returned home from the EuroCup defeat at Unics Kazan (73:80) on Saturday. Despite the strains, Munich’s top scorer Maik Zirbes (16 points) gained self-confidence for the decisive third quarter-final duel against the Russians on Wednesday (8.30 pm).

Alba Berlin and MHP Giant Ludwigsburg did not leave their mark behind Bavaria. The captains of the capitals took the lead in Table 16. Eisbären Bremerhaven with a 99:85 (49:46) the ninth victory in a row. Ludwigsburg prevailed at Rockets Erfurt 89:72 (40:33), a newcomer who is at risk of relegation. The former series champion Berlin (38:8) thus maintained his two-point lead over Ludwigsburg (36:10).

On Saturday, the EWE Baskets Oldenburg held their course for the play-offs, while the Frankfurt Skyliners suffered a setback. Oldenburg is sixth behind the Telekom Baskets Bonn (both 30:18), who won 102:80 (43:30) against Science City Jena, after a 92:61 (49:30) win in the second half of the standings.

Frankfurt lost 92:95 (44:46) and dropped back to eighth place in a well-balanced match at the BG Göttingen. The Lower Saxony won their second consecutive victory in the relegation fight and improved to 15th place. Rank.