Alba Berlin tried to calm down after the next defeat.
“None of this is unexpected.
We had practically no preparation and not a training session in which we were not complete.
Now there are a lot of injuries and very demanding games, ”said manager Marco Baldi after the 62:74 defeat on Sunday in Ludwigsburg.
“Everything is uneven and restless.
Berlin - It is important not to be totally unsettled. "
Of the first six competitive games of the new season, however, the German basketball champions have already lost four.
In the Bundesliga, the defending champion finds himself in an unfamiliar twelfth place.
“When you look at the table, you can of course quickly become uneasy.
But that is exactly what must not happen now, ”warned Baldi.
But the bankruptcies of course make the search process more difficult.
The newcomers Jaleen Smith, Tamir Blatt or Yvel Zoosman mostly still seem like foreign bodies in the Berlin game.
“We're just not ready yet.
Against top-class opponents, it is difficult to tear something in our condition, ”said Baldi.
Coach Israel Gonzalez complained against Ludwigsburg that his team acted too headless.
“We forgot how to play basketball offensively in the first half.
We just started running, ”he said.
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And the new week is tough again for Alba.
On Tuesday (8 p.m. / Magentasport) the Euroleague will play at home against Fenerbahce Istanbul, on Thursday against Baskonia and on Sunday in Oldenburg.
“We know what can happen this week.
That's three great games with a plucked team, ”said Baldi.
In the end, Alba had to do without his center.
“We are in a difficult phase because we have to improvise.
Everyone has to play somewhere different from what they are used to, ”said Baldi.
At least with Johannes Thiemann there is hope for a comeback soon.
There is still a question mark behind Maodo Lo, who limped off the field in Ludwigsburg at the end.
“It's probably nothing bad, but we have to wait,” said Baldi.
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