Favorite horror Ulm strikes
Bayern Munich fails dramatically in playoffs
06/02/2023 9:48 p.m
Ratiopharm Ulm remains the fright of favorites in the playoffs of the basketball Bundesliga. A furious third match makes the decision. In the extra season, a great playing top scorer Bruno Caboclo killed the favorite Bayern Munich.
Favorite fright ratiopharm Ulm has also knocked out Bayern Munich and is aiming for its first championship title in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Coach Anton Gavel’s team won the dramatic third game of the semi-final play-offs against the cup winners with 104:102 (92:92, 50:43) after extra time, with Ulm 3:0 deciding the best-of-five series by itself.
As seventh in the main round, Ulm surprisingly made it into the final. The club has already managed this feat twice in its history (1998 and 2016). In any case, the last series of the season will be contested by two teams that have never been German champions: In the other semi-final are the MHP giants Ludwigsburg and the Telekom Baskets Bonn, the Rhinelanders lead 2-0 and can on Saturday (8 p.m./ Magenta Sport) in Ludwigsburg buy the final ticket.
The runners-up from Munich had initially lost both of their home games, in Ulm he gave up the first quarter (22:29) – but then worked his way up to the third period, the momentum now seemed to speak for Bayern. However, there followed a 10:0 run by Ulm, which lasted until the final section. Bayern coach Andrea Trinchieri took a break, “doing the little things,” he called out to his players. At first, Ulm even pulled away, already leading by 16 points, but then allowed themselves numerous turnovers. Bayern used this to run 13-0 and took the lead for the first time in the game a good two minutes before the final siren (88-87).
In the extra time, a furious top scorer Bruno Caboclo (22 points) ensured a quick 98:92 lead in Ulm (43rd). In the end it was national player Andreas Obst who brought Bayern back again (99:101/45.). But the Swabians couldn’t take their first place in the final since 2016 because Obst didn’t score from a distance in the final second. Cassius Winston (22) and Obst (19) stood out for Bayern.
“The joy is a bit clouded right now,” said Gavel at MagentaSport in view of a 16-point lead that had been lost in the meantime: “But congratulations to my players. It’s incredible that we made it to the final. Now we want more.”