Oldenburg's Paulding wins last career game
Created: 05/01/2022Updated: 05/01/2022, 22:00
A ball flies towards the basket, which has a Bundesliga basketball logo stuck to it.
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Oldenburg basketball legend Rickey Paulding played her last Bundesliga game for EWE Baskets on Sunday after 15 years.
In the 102:86 (51:47) victory of Lower Saxony at the MHP giants Ludwigsburg, the 39-year-old American scored another eight points.
Ludwigsburg - "It's a great feeling: My family is here, the great fans from Oldenburg are here," Paulding said after the game at MagentaSport.
“I really wanted to win this game.
It's a great thing to stop like this.
I am happy!"
Paulding moved from the French league to Oldenburg in 2007 and became German champions with the club in 2009.
With 7959 points in 15 seasons, he is now the second most successful thrower in Bundesliga history behind Mike Jackel and is moving back to the USA with his family.
The season is already over for Oldenburg because they will clearly miss the playoff round of the top eight teams this year.
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The Oldenburg fans had already celebrated their crowd favorite on Friday evening at his last Bundesliga home game with standing ovations and a great choreography ("15 years of loyalty - three points, dunks & heart and soul - thank you Rickey").
The Baskets also won this game against s.Oliver Würzburg with 113:87.
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