German League, Regular Season, Game 33: April 24-26, 2009 - GERMANY

May 25, 2013

German League, Regular Season, Game 33: April 24-26, 2009

Elton Brown – Brose Baskets (Photo: Daniel Lob/brosebaskets.de)

An anticlimactic weekend in the German League saw the top two teams in the standings lose, while third-placed MEG Gottingen won to set up an exciting finish to the regular season. Walter Tigers Tubingen dominated EWE Baskets Oldenburg from the start with a 23-8 first quarter en route to an 89-79 win that dropped EWE to 25-7. Michael Haynes shined with 25 points for the Tigers. Reigning champion Alba Berlin failed to take advantage, falling 73-66 at Deutsche Bank Skyliners, who were led by Lorenzo Gordon’s 15 points and 8 rebounds. Berlin fell to 24-8. Gottingen pounced on EnBW Ludwigsburg for a 53-79 rout thanks to 18 points from Clif Brown to tie Berlin at 24-8. Oldenburg hosts Gottingen on Wednesday in a game that could spice up the race for the top spot even more. Meanwhile Brose Baskets Bamberg clinched a playoff spot with an 80-69 win over Telekom Baskets Bonn. Elton Brown paced Bamberg with 27 points and 13 rebounds. Giants Dusseldorf edged Artland Dragons 87-86 as Matt Lottich scored 17. In other games, Jeff Gibbs posted 14 points and 12 rebounds to lead ratiopharm Ulm past Paderborn Baskets 77-73, Giants Nordlingen needed overtime to edge Eisbaren Bremerhaven as Mike Gansely roared with 29 points and 15 rebounds, TBB Trier recorded a 73-58 win over the Koln 99ers and in a triple-overtime thriller, New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig bested LTi Giessen 46ers 98-94 behinds 28 points and 9 boards from Dustin Salisbery.

Reigning champion Alba Berlin failed to take advantage of a loss to first place EWE Baskets Oldenburg, falling 73-66 at Deutsche Bank Skyliners. Berlin led early in the fourth quarter and was within 1 midway through the period, but went scoreless for over three minutes as the Skyliners built a 69-62 lead and a basket by Konrad Wysocki and 2 free throws by Ilian Evitmov in the final minute sealed the win. Lorenzo Gordon led Frankfurt with 15 points and 8 rebounds, Wysocki added 12 points and Keith Simmons had 10. Casey Jacobsen paced Berlin with 14 points and both Adam Chubb and Immanuel McElroy scored 10 each. Brose Baskets Bamberg clinched a playoff spot with an 80-69 win over Telekom Baskets Bonn. Elton Brown paced Bamberg with 27 points and 13 rebounds and Demond Greene netted 25. Brown and Greene combined for 26 points as Bamberg outscored Bonn 31-19 in the opening 10 minutes and never trailed again. Predrag Suput added 12 points for the winners. E.J. Rowland paced Bonn with 18.

LAST GAME GAME 33 April 24-26, 2009
Day	Match	Result
Apr. 24	Brose Baskets vs. Telekom	80-69
Apr. 25	ratiopharm Ulm vs. Paderborn	77-73
Apr. 25	WALTER vs. EWE Baskets	89-79
Apr. 25	Nördlingen vs. Bremerhaven	91-84
Apr. 25	EnBW L´burg vs. Göttingen	53-79
Apr. 26	Düsseldorf vs.Artland Dragons	87-86
Apr. 26	TBB Trier vs. Köln 99ers	73-58
Apr. 26	NY`er Phantoms vs. LTi 46ers	98-94
Apr. 26	Dt. Bank SKY. vs. ALBA Berlin	73-66

NEXT GAME GAME 34 May 9, 2009
Day	Match
May 9	EnBW L´burg vs. WALTER
May 9	Paderborn vs. MEG Göttingen
May 9	ratiopharm vs. Nördlingen
May 9	E. Bremerhaven vs. TBB Trier
May 9	Köln 99ers vs. Brose Baskets
May 9	Telekom vs. NY`er Phantoms
May 9	LTi 46ers vs. G. Düsseldorf
May 9	Artland Dragons vs. Dt. Bank
May 9	ALBA Berlin vs. EWE Baskets

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	MEG Göttingen	33	25	8	2495	2324
2	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	33	25	8	2585	2399
3	ALBA Berlin	32	24	8	2541	2245
4	Telekom Baskets Bonn	33	22	11	2497	2395
5	Deutsche Bank SKYLINERS	33	21	12	2373	2211
6	ratiopharm Ulm	33	20	13	2587	2581
7	Brose Baskets	33	19	14	2444	2300
8	Paderborn Baskets	32	17	15	2470	2410
9	Artland Dragons	32	16	16	2450	2451
10	TBB Trier	33	16	17	2502	2529
11	EnBW Ludwigsburg	33	15	18	2219	2363
12	WALTER Tigers Tübingen	33	14	19	2497	2550
13	Giants Düsseldorf	33	13	20	2522	2628
14	New Yorker Phantoms B.	33	13	20	2369	2388
15	Giants Nördlingen	32	11	21	2335	2441
16	Köln 99ers	32	9	23	2326	2496
17	LTi Giessen 46ers *	33	8	25	2327	2550
18	Eisbären Bremerhaven	32	6	26	2373	2651