BBL: Basketball players from Bavaria spoil Bamberg Trinchieri comeback

Bayern Munich’s basketball players have thoroughly corrupted coach Andrea Trinchieri’s return to the side line at Brose Bamberg and, thanks to a strong race to catch up, aggravated the crisis of the championship runner-up. Trinchieri, who was coaching after a shoulder surgery with an arm cuff, was unable to prevent his team’s 63:71 (35:29) defeat – his team had already led by 15 points after a furious initial phase.

While Bamberg has to fear for play-off participation after the third league defeat in series, Bavaria celebrated 16th place. victory in a row and marches further ahead. Danilo Barthel with 20 points was the best thrower of the Munich winning team. At Brose, Maodo Lo and Daniel Hackett convinced with twelve points each.

“We all believed in it. We are concentrating on our strengths, even if things aren’t going so well,”said Barthel at Telekom Sport.

Bamberg could not prevent the third defeat of the season against Munich. Sasa Djordjevic’s team also won the first leg and the cup. In the 2013/2014 season, Bayern had won both league games against Bamberg. At that time, they won the championship in the end.

In Frankenhölle, the hosts started with a 10-0 run and dominated the opponent in the first quarter. Gradually a completely open game developed, in which the guests had the nose in front at the end. As was often the case in this season, the Bambergers had a shortfall in distance litters, with the three-way ratio at only 22 percent.

Bamberg’s coach Trinchieri was back in action for the first time on Sunday after his shoulder surgery. This coming weekend, the Munich team will be playing the Top Four in the cup. In Neu-Ulm, the favoured Bayern will meet their hosts ratiopharm Ulm in the first semi-final. Alba Berlin and medi Bayreuth will play in the second semi-finals.