Alba Berlin celebrated an important away win in the basketball Bundesliga.
Thanks to a strong second half at EWE Baskets Oldenburg, the Berliners won 92:74 (38:43) on Sunday evening.
After four games, the German champions are in midfield with an even point balance.
The best throwers from Berlin were Oscar da Silva with 21 and Louis Olinde and Jaleen Smith with 18 points each.
Berlin coach Israel Gonzalez once again had to do without the injured quartet Johannes Thiemann, Christ Koumadje, Ben Lammers and Marcus Eriksson.
But Stefan Peno returned to the squad.
From the beginning, an open exchange of blows developed.
After a 4-2 lead, Alba initially ran after a deficit because they lacked access on the defensive a few times.
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After the show of strength in the cup, the professionals from Alba Berlin hope for a positive effect for the upcoming tasks.
“We had a difficult start to the season with many injuries and a short preparation period.
That's why we tried to play both offensively and defensively as a collective, ”said basketball international Maodo Lo.
The fact that this was rewarded with progressing to the quarter-finals will bring Alba's players "even closer together".
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The leadership changed back and forth over the course of the game, no team was able to break away.
The German champions missed too many open throws and made more and more ball losses on the offensive.
Oldenburg took advantage of this and took the lead again at halftime.
After changing sides, things remained tight at first.
But Alba now put more pressure on and defended more intensely.
At Oldenburg, however, the mistakes that the guests now took advantage of increased.
After just under 28 minutes, Berlin's lead was double-digit for the first time (59:48).
With that the resistance was broken.
Then Alba dominated the game and continued to pull away.
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