basketball
Bayern and Alba easily reach the cup quarter-finals
Head coach Pablo Laso and Bayern clearly won against Oldenburg. photo
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Bayern’s basketball players demonstrate their strength in the cup. Oldenburg has no chance in the new edition of the final. The second big favorite also wins easily. In the quarter-finals both have to play away.
Bayern had everything under control at BMW Park from the start and started with a 13-2 run. Although Lower Saxony reduced the score to four points (16:20) in the course of the first quarter, the hosts then pulled away again. Even at halftime, the game was practically decided with Munich leading by 20 points.
Bayern also prevailed against Oldenburg in the final of last season and thus won their only title of the 2022/23 season. This time the hosts’ best thrower was Carsen Edwards with 20 points.
Thiemann shines in Alba victory
Alba Berlin also got rid of their cup task easily and relaxed. The capital city team clearly prevailed against the Basketball Löwen Braunschweig with 96:71 (51:34). World champion Johannes Thiemann shone with 20 points.
The two big favorites will have to play in the quarter-finals on 9/10. compete away in December. Bayern travel to Telekom Baskets Bonn, Alba Berlin to Syntainics MBC in Weißenfels. The Niners Chemnitz and ratiopharm Ulm as well as Rasta Vechta and the Bamberg Baskets also meet. That was the result of the draw in Berlin.