Sport is not always about points and wins. Sometimes the sign you send in a game is just as important. On Sunday, Alba Berlin transmitted such a signal in its own hall against the BG Göttingen. The German champions easily won 89:58 (20:15, 20:15, 25:13, 24:15) in the Bundesliga and made it clear that the Göttingen team is not very hopeful for the cup semi-finals in a month should do.
The Berlin team had to do without Maodo Lo and Jayson Granger, who was slightly injured in the foot (training after hand surgery), but controlled the game from the start. In the second quarter, Alba scored the first impact. Within a few moves, Malte Delow and Simone Fontecchio stole the ball three times from the guests and so Alba pulled away with a 7-0 run to more than ten points.
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If Göttingen still believed in catching up during the break, the Berliners immediately destroyed this hope at the beginning of the third quarter. With an 18: 4 intermediate sprint, Alba increased the lead to more than 20 points and as a result, coach Aito Garcia Reneses was able to give his highly stressed top performers some welcome breaks. Almost the entire squad ended up with around 20 minutes of playing time and the points were also distributed very evenly. With Fontecchio (14 points), Niels Giffey (12), Peyton Siva (11), Tim Schneider (11) and Johannes Thiemann (10) five players scored double digits.
On Tuesday (7 p.m., Magentasport) Alba will continue with an away game in the BBL at Mitteldeutscher BC. On Thursday (at home in the Euroleague against Olympiacos Piraeus) and Sunday (BBL in Frankfurt), two more games will follow in another exhausting week. (Tsp)
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