Now it’s about real coal for Bonn – and the really big title!
The leader of the basketball league crowns his outstanding season with a place in the final of the Champions League! In the Final Four, Bonn made a great game, beating hosts Unicaja Malaga sensationally in the semi-finals with 69:67. A real thriller with a mega-exciting final phase!
Final candy for Bonn!
What a magic gate Is that Cologne’s best goal of the season?
In the second semi-final, Hapoel Jerusalem surprisingly defeated the defending champion Lenovo Tenerife with 69:68.
The game for 3rd place (5 p.m.) and the final (8 p.m.) will take place on Sunday — both games can be watched in the free live stream on BILD.de and SPORTBILD.de!
In addition to the prize money of 900,000 euros (600,000 for the final victory), the winner also receives a silver trophy (65 centimeters high, 8 kilos heavy), which represents a basketball net that becomes a crown at the top.
Bundesliga MVP TJ Shorts (at just 1.75 meters, the shortest in the Telekom Baskets Bonn team) is once again the tallest and is the best thrower with 21 points.
Vortex after two minutes of play. The shot clock is broken! The game is paused. After a short break, thank God, we continue.
Bitter: Bonn driver Karsten Tadda has to go down in the middle of the first quarter with a back injury. But even that cannot shock the Germans!
Malaga sets the tone right from the start — until Bonn suddenly turns up the heat and equalizes with a 9-0 run from 11:20 to 20:20.
In the second quarter, Bonn set a real exclamation point with 26:22 against the favorites – and extended the lead to 41:31 at halftime!
BILD commentator Chris Schmidt enthuses: “The Bonn defense is excellent. The leadership is so deserved.”
Huge excitement in the third quarter: Bonn coach Tuomas Iisalo totally freaks out after a referee’s decision he doesn’t agree with. He has to be restrained by three assistants. You rarely see that in Finns!
Title favorite Malaga does not give up, comes close dangerously. Even TJ Shorts hits the ground running defensively, even getting hit in the face on a save.
However, the Bonners allow themselves careless mistakes in the hot final phase, spoil a 69:63 lead 27 seconds before the end and make the game unnecessarily exciting. Suddenly it is only 69:63 ten seconds before the end. TJ Shorts gets two free throws — and throws them both! Malaga gets another three-goal – and shoots! Crazy!
Bonn in the final! Third place for Ludwigsburg was the best placement of a German team in the Champions League so far.