Bayern Munich is the new leader of the Basketball Bundesliga table. Bayern won 81-77 (44-31) against EWE Baskets Oldenburg at the start of matchday 12 on Tuesday. The best pitchers at the Audi Dome in Munich were Cassius Winston for Bayern with 23 points and Trey Drechsel with 16 points for Oldenburg.
With the eighth win, Munich pushed Telekom Baskets Bonn off the top of the table in a longer game. After the hard-fought 95:90 (44:43) at the Basketball Löwen Braunschweig, like Bonn, the champion Alba Berlin has seven hits to his credit. Oldenburg slipped to fifth place behind giants MHP Ludwigsburg.
For the runner-up Monaco was the third success in five days. Shortly before the break, international player Niels Giffey scored important baskets, which gave Bayern the lead with 44:31. The lead grew a bit as the season progressed, but the visitors fought back and closed in on Bayern, who now looked more tired.
However, the draw failed as Oldenburg failed to score at crucial moments. In the end, Monaco took the victory with luck thanks to Andreas Obst, bronze medalist at the European Championships, who was precise from the line.
The most successful shooters in the Volkswagen Hall in Braunschweig were Johannes Thiemann with 15 points for Berlin and David Krämer with 31 points for the hosts. Only after the change of sides did the team from Alba manage to distance Braunschweig by eleven points in the third quarter and kept the lead until the end.
