For Alba it was the third victory in the eighth game of the royal class. But the German master remains in the lower table cladder. Best Berliner Werfer were Marcus Eriksson with 16 and Oscar da Silva with 15 points.
At Alba, Center Ben Lammers returned to injury break. Thus, coach Israel Gonzalez had the complete squad for the first time this season. The initial phase was still balanced, then the Berliner came in the game better. She defended well, but the Lithuanian serial master awarded many simple throws. Until shortly before the end of the first quarter you could already settle to 22: 8.
But Alba also made much too many unnecessary playback errors in the offensive. In addition, they always had problems with rebound under their own basket. Instead of keeping the comfortable leadership, the hosts came back, which now met better. First of all the ex-Berliner Tyler Cavanaugh. At the break, guests were only at four points.
After the side change Alba in the third quarter could increase the distance again slightly - at times he was just two digits. But Kaunas remained tuned, came back to six points in the final phase. The Berliners stayed quietly and brought the victory in the end clarified home.
Statistics
Zalgiris Kaunas - Alba Berlin 71:79 (37:41) Best Werfer Kaunas: Cavanaugh (17), Strelieks (16), Lekavicius (11) Berlin: Eriksson (16), Da Silva (15), Sikma (10), Lammers (19) Viewers: 8170
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