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It remains a neck-and-neck race for the BBL championship lead! Berlin wins against Sixth Göttingen and stays close to Bonn. “We play good basketball. It feels good at the moment. We were fully focused for over 40 minutes,” analyzes Louis Olinde, who will play in Chemnitz on Tuesday (live from 6.45 p.m.) and on Thursday against the main round in the EuroLeague Villeurbanne (live from 6.45 p.m.) must play. ALBA boss Marco Baldi urges harmonization of the European game plan in the MagentaSport podcast “Basketball department”: “There must be 6 weeks, 2 months a year that are really free. Where you can really regenerate, build up. Like it is now is, it’s too much.” Baldi says about Berlin’s ambitions: “We are currently not contenders for the Final 4 in the EuroLeague and it will take a lot of time. But I do believe that we can get there with our style.” There will probably be a “major upheaval” in the team. But “a radical change of 15 players with 14 new players, that won’t happen.” FC Bayern Munich ended its compulsory Easter task in Würzburg with a 67:49. Kaunas comes on Friday (live from 8.15 p.m.), in ninth place with a chance of reaching the EuroLeague round of 16. FCB could act as a spoilsport. Bonn also convinced with 87:76 in Oldenburg – “after an extremely physical game”, remains first. In a direct duel between the two EuroCup round of 16, Ulm clearly underlines its upward trend against Hamburg: 112:78. Ulm has a good chance on Wednesday (live from 7.15 p.m.) against Podgorica (Montenegro) to reach the quarterfinals. Hamburg have to play against the Ukrainian top club Slobozhanske tomorrow from 5.50 p.m. Both games live on MagentaSport. With a win, the respective winner advances to the quarter-finals, which will be played next week.
Below are the most important voices and clips from matchday 27 – if you use them, please name the source MagentaSport.
Baldi: “I cannot rule out that there will be a major upheaval” – the core will remain
ALBA boss Marco Baldi, who has been active in management since 1990, was a guest in the “basketball department” with Michael Körner and expert Alex Vogel. Baldi experienced a mixed EuroLeague season, which will end against Villeurbanne on Thursday. A number of player contracts are expiring for the new season. Baldi’s line of approach in the negotiations: “We are neither able nor is it our orientation that we try to take away players from EuroLeagists, A licensees, players. That will not work, we are not. We will always develop players live. I cannot rule out that there will be a major upheaval.”
Top 4 as a goal in the EuroLeague: “I do believe that we can get there with our style.”
On the other hand, Baldi wants to ensure that a core of the team around players like Luke Sikma or Tim Schneider is retained. “We will have this core again and we need it too. A radical restructuring of 15 players with 14 new players will not happen. This core is an important basis.” Nationally, the German championship remains a Berlin goal, on the European stage ALBA wants to continue looking for the challenge with clubs that operate with much higher budgets. “We are currently not contenders for the Final 4 in the EuroLeague and it will take a lot of time. But I think we can get there with our style.”
Harmonized game plan must come: “Six weeks, 2 months that are really free”
Marco Baldi is emphatically calling for fewer games at national and international level. The EM was indeed a great success. However, players like Maodo Lo have not been able to find their rhythm since then due to injuries. Orderly training throughout the year is not possible. A compatible game plan must be drawn up that follows a reasonable load structure developed with experts. “Sooner or later this has to happen. At least as long as we play basketball in Europe the way we play it. With this intensity,” says Baldi and demands: “There must be 6 weeks, 2 months a year that are really free . Where you can really regenerate, build up. The way it is now, it’s too much.”
The link to the podcast and interview with Marco Baldi: https://soundcloud.com/abteilungbasketball/das-etwas-andere-projekt-alba-berlin
Quotes of the BBL games Würzburg Baskets – FC Bayern Munich 49:67
FC Bayern Munich didn’t show any weaknesses against the Würzburg Baskets and secured an unchallenged away win. At half-time, the Munich team were already in the lead with 19 points and were able to compensate for a short period of weakness in the third quarter.
Munich’s Niels Giffey: “We had a good 1st half where we started with our stuff. We wanted to take the ball handlers out of the game and that worked… Such rhythm games, when a lot of people work, just do us good. It doesn’t matter, against who.”
The entire interview: https://www.clipro.tv/player?publishJobID=bFVKRWJwUEFhWWZhWll4ak5uK3pBTDR3c1dVaFYzcWU3MFFTUlRWdHY0ST0=
Würzburg’s Cameron Hunt: “We had too much respect for them. It’s as simple as that. We have to go ahead now and try everything to get into the playoffs.” Why they failed to score 50 points for the 2nd year in a row: “We’re not in the flow we used to be. We have to work on that in training.”
The entire interview: https://www.clipro.tv/player?publishJobID=YitxUU9zcDkrdTNUV0RQOXRXVnlkR29BSkQwM1RvemoxcjUzUXNZMUovYz0=
ratiopharm Ulm – Veolia Towers Hamburg 112:78
Hamburg conceded a 34-point swatter against Ulm. The Ulmer underline their playoff ambitions impressively and are well prepared for the round of 16 against Podgorica on Wednesday. Hamburg, on the other hand, slips to 14th place and doesn’t have much air in the relegation battle.
Christoph Philipps, Hamburg, formerly Ulm: “The gesture of the fans touched me. I have friends and family here. They had prepared a poster. It’s nice to be back home, but then of course you want to play the game differently and not get in the face like that. Even if you’re 20 points down you can’t just give up. You still have to keep playing.”
The link to the interview: https://www.clipro.tv/player?publishJobID=Tnp6QVBwWFBuZjdmZFhkN1dhK2tJVUY2a0ErQTlmWVBPbnptN0lzbHJ5VT0=
Fedor Zugic, 25 points, personal best, Ulm: “Our team chemistry plays a big role. Hamburg are a good team. But that also shows how good we can be. Now comes the most important part of the season. I’m glad that I’m getting stronger again.”
The link to the interview: https://www.clipro.tv/player?publishJobID=TXhyc2RxM1Q4Zllhb1E4RjRPR0s5YUJWTWcrOHVaNk1YN3RSaitZS2E3TT0=
Basketball live bei MagentaSport:
Tuesday, 04/11/2023
EuroCup Round of 16:
From 5.50 p.m.: Prometey Slobozhanske – Veolia Towers Hamburg
BBL
From 6.45 p.m.: NINERS Chemnitz – ALBA Berlin, BG Göttingen – EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
BBL
From 6.45 p.m.: Brose Bamberg – MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg
EuroCup – Round of 16
Ab 19.15 Uhr: ratiopharm Ulm – Buducnost VOLI Podgorica
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