Alba Suffers a False Start
Alba Berlin Loses The Opening Game After A Weak Final Phase. Meanwhile, A Promoted Team Celebrates for the Second Time.
Alba Berlin Suffered A Surprising Defeat at the Start of the New Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) Season. The Eleven-Time Champion Lost Against Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier on Friday Evening with 92:97 (52:43). For the promoted team, which is playing in the bbl for the first time ten years after its foundation, it was already the second success in the second game. The best scorer of the encounter was trier’s Jordan Roland with 24 points.
At Alba’s False Start, National Player Jack Kayil Celebrated his debut for Berlin. The 19-Year-Old, Who Had Returned to His Youth Club on Loan from Serbian First Division Club KK Mega Basket in the Summer, Had Made Headlines in the Run-up, as he will dare to take to the USA next summer.
As Kayil’s Advisor Milan Nikolic Confirmed, The Top German Talent Will Join the Gonzaga Bulldogs College Team in Spokane/Washington.
Berlin now wants to make amends on Sunday (4:30 pm) Against the Second Promoted Team, Science City Jena. For Trier, IT Will Be Shortly Before (3 PM) Against The Bamberg Baskets.