Brose Bamberg clinches the third win in a row, drawing level with Ulm after victories in the season. With this, the Upper Franconians keep the pressure on the lower playoff ranks high. The series of ratiopharm ulm comes to an end after four wins. In a direct comparison, it is a draw.
Gameplay: After three minutes and a 13-0 run for Bamberg, Anton Gavel gave his team the first time-out (3:13). And it worked. The guests quickly reduced the deficit and ended the quarter at 20:23. In order to then turn the score right at the beginning of the second game to 30:25 (14th minute), so that Oren Amiel now asked for a time-out. Even if it took a while, Bamberg fought back. And thanks to Kevin Wohlrath’s floater, they took their own lead into halftime (42:41).
And then things went much better at the beginning of the second half: Bamberg started 5-0 (47:41, 22nd) – and with another 5-0 in the middle of the quarter they drew a double-digit lead for the first time (58: 48). They took this lead with them after 30 minutes (71:60). In the final quarter they even expanded it and brought the victory sovereign over time.
Duel in focus: Patrick Miller and Yago dos Santos were the top scorers. Dos Santos led his team with 17 points and stole the ball three times. Miller, on the other hand, was not only the best because of his 22 points…
…player of the game. Miller was the game’s top pitcher, picking up five rebounds and throwing six assists. Also impressive was the force with which the power pack pushed one or the other dunk through the basket and thus also set emotional highlights.
Please pay: 23 points was the highest lead for Bamberg, with 31 seconds to go. The direct comparison would have gone to the team from Upper Franconia. Yago dos Santos scored three more points, but missed a free throw that would have allowed Ulm to win the direct comparison. After the 107:87 in the first leg and the result in the second leg, there is no winner in this category, which can still be important with a view to the playoffs.
The Germans: Kevin Wohlrath scored a strong 15 points, plus two rebounds and two assists.
Photo: Daniel Löb
What’s next: Bamberg has a break over the cup weekend and international window. At the beginning of March, the league will go to Hamburg; in the FIBA Europe Cup the quarterfinals against the Estonian club BC Kalev follows. The situation is similar in Ulm – in the league it continues in Würzburg, in the EuroCup it’s against Prometey from the Ukraine.
Video: There are highlights of this game in the top right corner under “Video” or here at MagentaSport.
