May 26, 2012
German League Finals, Game 4: June 26, 2007
Brose Baskets champ German league 2006-07; photo: www.basketball-bundesliga.de Brose Baskets Bamberg are the German League champions. Brose Baskets held off a furious late charge from Artland Dragons for a series clinching 63-64 victory in Game 4 of the best-of-five finals series on Tuesday night at Artland Arena. The title is the club's second in three years and will see them return to the Euroleague next season. Robert Garrett came off the bench for 16 points in 18 minutes and Zelly Wesson was big inside with 10 points and 9 rebounds to lead Bamberg to the title. Casey Jacobsen, who was selected as series MVP, had a rough shooting night in Game 4, but still finished with 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists to help Brose Baskets regain the title. Adam Hess scored 21 points and Bryan Bailey 15 for Artland in defeat. After a strong opening period saw the Dragons lead 20-12 after 10 minutes, the visitors stormed back to make it 33-32 at the break. Bamberg's defensive efforts held Artland to just 8 third-quarter points, allowing coach Dirk Bauermann's charges to pull away. Garrett and Tim Ohlbrecht provided key support when Brose Baskets needed it most and when Artland big man Darius Hall fouled out midway through the final period, the visitors went ahead 51-58 and seemed poise to ice the game. However, against all odds, the hosts never quit and Hess cut the gap to 61-64 with only a minute to go. Still, Bamberg didn't fold and even though its players failed to score, they prevented Artland from doing the same and were able to close out the biggest game of the season and clinch the coveted title.

GERMAN LEAGUE: Final Playoffs, best of 5 games
RecordTeam
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
3
Brose Baskets Bamberg (3) - Champion
69
77
62
64
x
1
Artland Dragons (8)
70
74
59
63
x
German League Champion 2006-07: Brose Baskets

Final Playoffs Games
Game 1
Brose Baskets vs. Artland Dragons
69-70
June 17
Game 2
Artland Dragons vs. Brose Baskets
74-77
June 21
Game 3
Brose Baskets vs. Artland Dragons
62-59
June 23
Game 4
Artland Dragons vs. Brose Baskets
63-64
June 26
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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