Munich (AP) - The playoffs at the championship tournament of basketball players in Munich takes place without the Hakro Merlins Crailsheim.
The team, which had caused a sensation as a surprise team in the Bundesliga before the Corona compulsory break, also lost the fourth and last group game against EWE Baskets Oldenburg in the Audi Dome in Munich after a major fight with 83:85 (38:44).
Center Rasid Mahalbasic scored the best with 19 points. Maurice Stuckey was the most successful Crailsheimer marksman with 17 points. The fuselage team, which competed with only nine players, now plays against the last of the parallel group for ninth place on Tuesday.
The Crailsheim team will continue to work with Finnish head coach Tuomas Iisalo and his brother and assistant coach Joonas Iisalo in the coming season. The club announced the contract extension by one year in the game against Oldenburg. Tuomas Iisalo is now entering its fifth season in Crailsheim.
In the first game of the day, the German champions FC Bayern Munich had won 90:55 (47:31) against BG Göttingen. In group A, all four quarter-finalists have already been determined in the table leaders ratiopharm Ulm, Bayern Munich, Oldenburg and Göttingen. In season B, the MHP giants Ludwigsburg and Alba Berlin have so far qualified for the knockout games.
Information about the tournament on the BBL homepage
BBL concept
Tournament schedule
Tables of the two groups
