A threesome from Niels Giffey secures FC Bayern Basketball on the last matchday of the main round the important victory over Ludwigsburg.
Thanks to world champion Niels Giffey, Bayern Munich saved the pole position at the main round finals of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) on the last minute. With a 73:72 (33:51) after the false start and catch -up against the MHP huge Ludwigsburg, the master secured table place one, Ratiopharm Ulm won 79:64 (46:37) at the same time at the Veolia Towers Hamburg) and stayed second.
“We weren’t ready in the first half,” said world champion Andreas Obst at Dyn. It was only at the beginning of the fourth quarter “his team bought a tooth and somehow turned it. It was good to keep up the mentality. It is important to go through the playoffs with the home advantage.”
The Ulm meet the winner of the Play-in duel between the former series master Alba Berlin (7th) and Cup winner Syntainics MBC (8th). FC Bayern has to do with Berlin, the MBC, the EWE Baskets Oldenburg (9th) or the Rostock Seaawolves (10th). The three games of the Play-in tournament take place on Tuesday and Thursday.
Berlin not directly in the playoffs despite the winning streak
Alba, without play on Sunday, did not make it directly to the quarter -finals after his catch -up with seven wins from the last eight games due to the results of Sunday. The other duels in the round of the best eight loud lions Braunschweig (3rd) – Fit/One Würzburg Baskets (6th) and Niners Chemnitz (4th) – MLP Academics Heidelberg (5th). The play-offs begin on May 17th, from the quarter-finals to the final, the best-of-five mode is played.
Karsten Tadda ended his career on Sunday with the record of 640 BBL inserts. With the Bamberg Baskets, the captain won his farewell game against Rasta Vechta 86:73 (36:34). Due to his 638th assignment, the former international had equated Alex King’s number one week earlier.
Bavaria were 0:11 behind
The Bavarians started very weak in their own hall, after less than five minutes it was 0:11. Ludwigsburg expanded the lead even further until the break, since Munich disappointed for a long time without his injured star player Cars Edwards.
A later 14: 0 run brought the 70:71 (37th minute) and tension, world champion Niels Giffey ensured the first Bayern lead (73:72)-and the victory nine seconds before the end. Ezra Manjon missed the last chance for the giants.