Alba Berlin has won the basement duel in the Euroleague.
On Friday evening, the Bundesliga team won 79:71 (41:37) against the bottom of the group, Zalgiris Kaunas, who still had no points.
For Alba it was the third victory in the eighth game in the premier class.
The German champions remain in the lower third of the table.
The best throwers from Berlin were Marcus Eriksson with 16 and Oscar da Silva with 15 points.
Berlin - At Alba, Center Ben Lammers returned after an injury break.
For the first time this season, coach Israel Gonzalez had the full squad together.
The initial phase was balanced, then the Berliners came better into the game.
They defended well, but the Lithuanian serial champion also missed many easy throws.
Until shortly before the end of the first quarter, they were able to pull away at 22: 8.
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At the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, last year's surprise team in the Euroleague just lost 68:69 (32:40) - despite a furious comeback after 17 points behind in the first half.
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Maodo Lo after a show of strength: "Bringing the team even closer together"
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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But Alba also made way too many unnecessary playback errors on the offensive.
In addition, they repeatedly had problems rebounding under their own basket.
Instead of keeping the comfortable lead, the hosts came up again, who now also met better.
Above all, the ex-Berlin Tyler Cavanaugh.
At the break, guests were only four points ahead.
After changing sides, Alba was able to increase the gap again in the third quarter - at times it was just under double digits.
But Kaunas stayed at it and came back to six points in the closing stages.
The Berliners stayed calm and in the end brought the victory home cleared up.
dpa
