Rickey Paulding leads the Baskets Oldenburg to victory against Alba Berlin in his anniversary game. While the battle for eighth place remains exciting, the Telekom Baskets Bonn are taking personal consequences.
Oldenburg (dpa) - Rickey Paulding was allowed to celebrate twice. The 37-year-old American not only led EWE Baskets Oldenburg with 28 points to a 93:88 (51:45) home win against Alba Berlin - he also played his 500th Bundesliga game.
Only two players have played more games in BBL history. The still active Bayern professional Alex King (573) and Immanuel McElroy (512). With eleven successes and six defeats, the Baskets jump to fourth place, the Albatrosses remain third (11: 4).
FC Bayern Munich is still at the top of the table. The Munich had at 71:60 (25:25) against s. Oliver Würzburg had problems for three quarters, but a strong final section was enough to make clear the 16th win in the 17th game of the season. "We played well and definitely had a chance to beat them," said Würzburg's up-and-coming hope Joshua Obiesie after the game at Magentasport. MHP giant Ludwigsburg are still second in the table after the 85:78 (47:28) against Rasta Vechta on Saturday.
The fight for the back playoff seats remains exciting. Vechta, Würzburg and Bamberg each have a record of 10: 7 victories in ranks six to eight. Thanks to its strong upward trend, BG Göttingen is also intervening in the race for the first eight places. On Saturday 107: 95 (62:45) against the bottom of Syntainics MBC Weißenfels, the Lower Saxony celebrated their sixth victory from the past seven games and their eighth success of the season.
Meanwhile, the penultimate Telekom Baskets Bonn have drawn consequences from their sporting crisis. One day after the 66:85 (32:44) loss to Hakro Merlins Crailsheim, coach Thomas Päch was on leave. "We cannot afford an even longer period of patience; we are playing for our existence in the Bundesliga," said President Wolfgang Wiedlich on Sunday.
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