Basketball Bundesliga
Bavaria’s basketball players clearly win against Heidelberg
Bayern and coach Pablo Laso win confidently in the Basketball Bundesliga. photo
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In their last appearance in 2023, title favorites FC Bayern Munich have no trouble in the Basketball Bundesliga. The playoff candidates are also victorious.
At the end of the year, FC Bayern Munich has… Won the Basketball Bundesliga easily. The title favorite clearly prevailed against MLP Academics Heidelberg with 83:57 (41:26).
The Munich team remains in third place with a record of 9:3 wins. Nelson Weidemann was the best scorer with 16 points in coach Pablo Laso’s team’s unchallenged success.
Rasta Vechta overturned a 15-point deficit to win 85:81 (78:78, 34:40) against the Rostock Seawolves. 14 minutes before the end, the guests were leading 59:44, then Lower Saxony turned up the heat. With nine wins, the league newcomer is in a playoff position.
Braunschweig wins the Lower Saxony derby
The playoff contenders MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg and Hamburg Towers also won at the end of the year. Ludwigsburg won the Baden-Württemberg derby against the Walter Tigers Tübingen with 104:94 (50:48) and has a record of 9:5 successes. Hamburg took its eighth win of the season with a narrow 89:85 (45:42) against bottom-placed Hakro Merlins Crailsheim.
In the Lower Saxony derby, the Löwen Braunschweig clearly defeated the BG Göttingen with 110:82 (54:46). Braunschweig can still hope for the playoffs in eleventh place.