BBL is at the halfway of the Regular Season and there are still another 17 rounds left. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.
The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of top-ranked Chemnitz (14-3) at the home court on Sunday night. Hosts were defeated by third ranked Bayern Muenchen (12-3) 86-73. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Chemnitz. Bayern shot the lights out from three sinking 14 long-distance shots on high 60.9 percentage. Serbian Vladimir Lucic (204-1989) orchestrated the victory by scoring 13 points and 9 rebounds. American guard Carsen Edwards (185-1998, college: Purdue) contributed with 20 points for the winners. Bayern Muenchen’s coach Pablo Laso used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. American forward Jeff Garrett (201-1994, college: LSUS, agency: Players Group) answered with a double-double by scoring 18 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists for Chemnitz. Bayern Muenchen have an impressive series of eight victories in a row. They maintain third place with 12-3 record having 2 victories less than leader Chemnitz. Chemnitz at the other side still keeps top position with three games lost. Bayern are looking forward to face Crailsheim (#17) at home in the next round which should be an easy win for them. Chemnitz will play against Heidelberg (#18) and is hoping to win this game.
Important game to mention about took place in Ludwigsburg. Seventh ranked EnBW Ludwigsburg (11-6) saved a 3-point victory at home edging 5th ranked Rasta Vechta (11-6) 77-74 in the game for the fifth place. It ended at the same time the four-game winning streak of Rasta Vechta. American guard Silas Melson (193-1996, college: Gonzaga) stepped up and scored 13 points and 5 assists for the winners and Desure Buie chipped in 12 points and 5 assists. American guard Tommy Kuhse (188-1998, college: SMC) responded with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Both coaches used bench players in such tough game. Ludwigsburg moved-up to fifth place, which they share with Vechta. Ludwigsburg will play against Oldenburg (#10) on the road in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Vechta will play against Hamburg (#8) and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Worth to mention about the upset in a game between Hamburg Towers (10-6) and EWE Baskets (8-9), which took place in Hamburg. Higher ranked Hamburg Towers lost at home to tenth ranked EWE Baskets 80-91 on Saturday. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Hamburg Towers. Chaundee Brown Jr nailed 25 points and 6 rebounds (on 10-of-11 shooting from the field) for the winning side. Aleksander Dziewa came up with 15 points (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field) for Hamburg in the defeat. Hamburg Towers’ coach rotated eleven players in this game, but that didn’t help. Oldenburg maintains tenth place with 8-9 record. Loser Hamburg Towers dropped to the eighth position with six games lost. Oldenburg will meet at home higher ranked Ludwigsburg (#5) in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Hamburg will play against Vechta and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
There were no big surprises in other games of round 17: Ulm beat Bamberg on the road 84-76. Rostock lost to Wuerzburg on its own court 78-91. Braunschweig managed to outperform Crailsheim in a road game 80-70. Heidelberg was rolled over Weissenfels at home 90-111. Goettingen crushed Tuebingen on the opponent’s court 116-95. Bonn was beaten by ALBA in a home game 87-95.
Bamberg – Ulm 76-84
No shocking result in a game when second ranked ratiopharm Ulm (13-4) beat on the road 12th ranked Brose Bamberg (6-11) 84-76 on Friday. Ulm looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists. American forward Trevion Williams (206-2000, college: Purdue) nailed a double-double by scoring 20 points and 10 rebounds for the winning side and Dominican forward LJ Figueroa (198-1998, college: Oregon) accounted for 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Five ratiopharm Ulm players scored in double figures. American forward Adrian Nelson (203-1999, college: YSU, agency: Pensack Sports) came up with 14 points and 9 rebounds and the other American import guard Zach Copeland (193-1997, college: Illinois St.) added 17 points and 4 assists respectively for Bamberg in the defeat. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Ulm maintains second place with 13-4 record behind leader Chemnitz. Loser Brose Bamberg dropped to the thirteenth position with 11 games lost. They share it with Weissenfels. Ulm will meet at home Tuebingen (#16) in the next round which should be an easy win for them. Bamberg will play against Braunschweig and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Bamberg: Z.Copeland 17+1reb+4ast, A.Nelson 14+9reb+1ast, M.Johnson 9+1reb+9ast, E.Onu 9+3reb+1ast, T.Woodbury 7+7reb+2ast, F.Stanic 7+5reb
Ulm: T.Williams 20+10reb+2ast, L.Figueroa 17+5reb+4ast, G.de Paula 13+4reb+4ast, D.Pacome 12+6reb+2ast, T.Klepeisz 12+3ast, N.Bretzel 4+2reb+1ast
gschID: 1115388
Hamburg – Oldenburg 80-91
Worth to mention about the upset in a game between Hamburg Towers (10-6) and EWE Baskets (8-9), which took place in Hamburg. Higher ranked Hamburg Towers lost at home to tenth ranked EWE Baskets 80-91 on Saturday. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Hamburg Towers. Oldenburg dominated down low during the game scoring 50 of its points in the paint compared to Hamburg Towers‘s 26. American guard Chaundee Brown Jr (195-1998, college: Michigan) nailed 25 points and 6 rebounds (on 10-of-11 shooting from the field) for the winning side and his fellow American import guard Geno Crandall (191-1996, college: Gonzaga) accounted for 16 points and 8 assists. Polish power forward Aleksander Dziewa (207-1997) came up with 15 points (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field) and American guard Mark Hughes (193-1997, college: Wright St.) added 15 points respectively for Hamburg in the defeat. Five Oldenburg and four Hamburg players scored in double figures. Hamburg Towers’ coach rotated eleven players in this game, but that didn’t help. Oldenburg maintains tenth place with 8-9 record. Loser Hamburg Towers dropped to the eighth position with six games lost. Oldenburg will meet at home higher ranked Ludwigsburg (#5) in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Hamburg will play against Vechta and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Hamburg: M.Hughes 15+3reb+2ast, A.Dziewa 15+4reb+1ast, V.King 12+1reb+1ast, A.Durham 12+5ast, S.Hinrichs 9+3reb+3ast, L.Meisner 5+6reb+1ast
Oldenburg: C.Brown Jr. 25+6reb, G.Crandall 16+4reb+8ast, D.Russell 16+1reb+6ast, E.Izundu 10+6reb, L.Wank 10+6reb+1ast, L.Schoormann 6+2reb
gschID: 1115389
Rostock – Wuerzburg 78-91
Very expected game when 11th ranked Seawolves (6-10) lost to fifth ranked s Oliver Baskets (11-5) in Rostock 78-91 on Saturday. American players dominated the game. Zac Seljaas (202-1997, college: BYU) nailed 21 points and 9 rebounds for the winning side and guard Isaiah Washington (185-1998, college: LBSU, agency: Players Group) accounted for 16 points and 7 rebounds. Four s Oliver Baskets players scored in double figures. Center Chevez Goodwin (206-1998, college: USC, agency: BIG) came up with 20 points and 9 rebounds and point guard Tyler Nelson (191-1995, college: Fairfield) added 18 points respectively for Rostock in the defeat. Seawolves’ coach tested ten players, but that didn’t help to avoid defeat in this game. Wuerzburg moved-up to fourth place. Rostock lost their fourth game in a row. They dropped to the twelfth position with ten games lost. Wuerzburg will meet at home ALBA (#7) in the next round. Rostock will play against Goettingen (#15) and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Rostock: C.Goodwin 20+9reb+1ast, T.Nelson 18+4reb+3ast, E.Lockett 12+6reb+3ast, R.Amaize 6+4reb+1ast, C.Carter 6+1reb+2ast, D.Alston Jr. 5+2reb+4ast
Wuerzburg: Z.Seljaas 21+9reb+1ast, I.Washington 16+7reb+3ast, O.Livingston II 11+2reb+8ast, J.Bess 11+7reb+1ast, O.Klassen 10+4reb, M.Ugrai 9+5reb+1ast
gschID: 1115390
Crailsheim – Braunschweig 70-80
Rather predictable result when thirteenth ranked Braunschweig (7-11) won against 17th ranked Hakro Merlins (3-14) in Crailsheim 80-70 on Saturday. Angolan center Jilson Bango (208-1999) nailed 19 points and 9 rebounds (on 8-of-10 shooting from the field) for the winning side and swingman Brandon Tischler (201-2000) accounted for 12 points and 5 rebounds. Canadian forward Prince Oduro (203-1998, college: Detroit) came up with 10 points and 7 rebounds and French guard Leo Westermann (198-1992, agency: Octagon Europe) added 14 points respectively for Crailsheim in the defeat. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Braunschweig moved-up to eleventh place. Loser Hakro Merlins keeps the seventeenth position with 14 games lost. They share it with Heidelberg. Braunschweig will meet at home Bamberg (#13) in the next round. Crailsheim will play against Bayern (#3) and will have a slim chance for a victory.
Top scorers:
Crailsheim: L.Westermann 14+2reb+2ast, M.Stuckey 13+1reb+2ast, G.Smith 11+3reb+1ast, P.Oduro 10+7reb+1ast, T.Darden 9+5reb, K.Cook 9+6reb+1ast
Braunschweig: J.Bango 19+9reb+1ast, B.Tischler 12+5reb+2ast, A.Rorie 12+2reb+5ast, F.Zylka 10+1reb+1ast, M.Peterka 6, F.Sananda 6+7reb
gschID: 1115391
Heidelberg – Weissenfels 90-111
Not a big story in a game when 17th ranked MLP Academics Heidelberg (3-14) was outscored at home by fourteenth ranked MBC (6-11) 111-90 on Monday. Weissenfels shot 63.1 percent from the field. Weissenfels had a 26-14 advantage in offensive rebounds. They shot the lights out from three sinking 16 long-distance shots on high 64.0 percentage. Weissenfels looked well-organized offensively handing out 26 assists. American guard Johnathan Stove (193-1995, college: Louisiana) nailed 21 points and 7 rebounds for the winning side and his fellow American import Stephon Jelks (198-1996, college: Mercer) accounted for 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Stove is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. MBC’s coach Predrag Krunic felt very confident that he used 10 players and allowed the starting five to rest. American center Isaiah Whaley (205-1998, college: UConn) came up with a double-double by scoring 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks and Canadian forward Abu Kigab (200-1998, college: Boise St., agency: Green Sports Management) added 21 points and 6 rebounds respectively for Heidelberg in the defeat. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Weissenfels moved-up to thirteenth place, which they share with Bamberg. Loser MLP Academics Heidelberg dropped to the bottom position with 14 games lost. They share it with Crailsheim. Weissenfels will meet at home higher ranked Bonn (#9) in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Heidelberg will play against the league’s leader Chemnitz (#1) and will have a slim chance for a victory.
Top scorers:
Heidelberg: I.Whaley 25+10reb+3ast, A.Kigab 21+6reb+1ast, J.Carroll 16+3reb+1ast, J.Gray 12+2reb+3ast, N.Wuerzner 5+4reb+1ast, M.Kessen 4+3reb
Weissenfels: J.Stove 21+7reb+3ast, M.Breunig 18+6reb+2ast, S.Jelks 17+8reb+5ast, C.Callison 16+1reb+3ast, K.Mushidi 13+1reb+5ast, D.Baldwin 10+4ast
gschID: 1115392
Chemnitz – Bayern 73-86
The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of top-ranked Chemnitz (14-3) at the home court on Sunday night. Hosts were defeated by third ranked Bayern Muenchen (12-3) 86-73. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Chemnitz. Bayern shot the lights out from three sinking 14 long-distance shots on high 60.9 percentage. Serbian Vladimir Lucic (204-1989) orchestrated the victory by scoring 13 points and 9 rebounds. American guard Carsen Edwards (185-1998, college: Purdue) contributed with 20 points for the winners. Four Bayern Muenchen players scored in double figures. Bayern Muenchen’s coach Pablo Laso used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. American forward Jeff Garrett (201-1994, college: LSUS, agency: Players Group) answered with a double-double by scoring 18 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists and the other American import Wesley Van Beck (193-1996, college: Houston) added 16 points and 7 assists in the effort for Chemnitz. Bayern Muenchen have an impressive series of eight victories in a row. They maintain third place with 12-3 record having 2 victories less than leader Chemnitz. Chemnitz at the other side still keeps top position with three games lost. Bayern are looking forward to face Crailsheim (#17) at home in the next round which should be an easy win for them. Chemnitz will play against Heidelberg (#18) and is hoping to win this game.
Top scorers:
Chemnitz: J.Garrett 18+11reb+4ast, W.Van Beck 16+2reb+7ast, D.Lansdowne 13+5reb+6ast, O.Krubally 9, K.Yebo 7+1reb, T.Ongwae 4+3reb+1ast
Bayern: C.Edwards 20+2reb+1ast, V.Lucic 13+9reb+3ast, N.Giffey 12+4reb, S.Francisco 11+2ast, L.Bolmaro 6+2reb+2ast, A.Obst 6+3reb+1ast
gschID: 1115393
Tuebingen – Goettingen 95-116
We could consider it a predictable result in the game between close teams when sixteenth ranked BG Goettingen (4-11) outplayed 15th ranked Tigers (4-13) in Tuebingen 116-95 on Sunday. Goettingen shot 67.6 percent from the field. They shot the lights out from three sinking 15 long-distance shots on high 51.7 percentage. Goettingen looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists. American guard Umoja Gibson (185-1998, college: DePaul) nailed 28 points and 6 assists for the winning side and his fellow American import point guard David DeJulius (183-1999, college: Cincinnati) accounted for 21 points and 9 assists. American forward Jimmy Boeheim (203-1998, college: Syracuse) came up with 23 points (on 8-of-10 shooting from the field) and Greek swingman Georgios Kalaitzakis (201-1999, agency: Octagon Europe) added 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists respectively for Tuebingen in the defeat. Five Goettingen and four Tuebingen players scored in double figures. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Goettingen moved-up to fifteenth place. Tuebingen lost their fifth game in a row. Newly promoted team dropped to the sixteenth position with 13 games lost. Goettingen will meet at home higher ranked Rostock (#12) in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Tuebingen will play against the league’s second-placed Ulm (#2) and will have a slim chance for a victory.
Top scorers:
Tuebingen: J.Boeheim 23+4reb+2ast, M.Seric 17+4reb+3ast, G.Kalaitzakis 17+5reb+5ast, J.Jackson 13+2reb+7ast, G.Otto 9+1reb+5ast, C.Philipps 7
Goettingen: U.Gibson 28+2reb+6ast, G.Anticevich 24+7reb+2ast, D.DeJulius 21+4reb+9ast, Z.Fedor 16+2reb, O.Rich 13+3reb+2ast, B.Hume 7+4reb+1ast
gschID: 1115394
Bonn – ALBA 87-95
We cannot really consider it an upset in the game between close teams when 8th ranked Telekom Baskets (10-8) lost to ninth ranked ALBA Berlin (10-4) in Bonn 87-95 on Sunday. ALBA made 23-of-25 free shots (92.0 percent) during the game. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists. Naturalized New Zealand center Yannick Wetzell (206-1996, college: SDSU) nailed 22 points and 6 rebounds (on 10-of-11 shooting from the field) for the winning side and American guard Sterling Brown (197-1995, college: SMU) accounted for 19 points. ALBA Berlin’s coach Israel Gonzalez allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Canadian forward Thomas Kennedy (206-2000, college: Windsor) came up with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists and American point guard Glynn Watson Jr (183-1997, college: Nebraska) added 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists respectively for Bonn in the defeat. Five Bonn players scored in double figures. ALBA moved-up to seventh place. Loser Telekom Baskets dropped to the ninth position with eight games lost. ALBA will meet higher ranked Wuerzburg (#4) on the road in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Bonn will play against Weissenfels (#14) and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Bonn: T.Kennedy 19+5reb+4ast, H.Frey 16+1reb+4ast, G.Watson Jr. 15+5reb+4ast, C.Sengfelder 14+5reb+1ast, N.Kirkwood 10+2reb+5ast, B.Fobbs 5+1reb+1ast
ALBA: Y.Wetzell 22+6reb+2ast, S.Brown 19+2reb+2ast, M.Thomas 17+1reb, J.Thiemann 9+5reb+3ast, M.Hermannsson 9+1reb+8ast, M.Spagnolo 7+3reb+3ast
gschID: 1115395
Ludwigsburg – Vechta 77-74
Important game to mention about took place in Ludwigsburg. Seventh ranked EnBW Ludwigsburg (11-6) saved a 3-point victory at home edging 5th ranked Rasta Vechta (11-6) 77-74 in the game for the fifth place. It ended at the same time the four-game winning streak of Rasta Vechta. American guard Silas Melson (193-1996, college: Gonzaga) stepped up and scored 13 points and 5 assists for the winners and his fellow American import guard Desure Buie (182-1997, college: Hofstra) chipped in 12 points and 5 assists. Melson is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. American guard Tommy Kuhse (188-1998, college: SMC) responded with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists and center Johann Gruenloh (210-2005) produced a double-double by scoring 10 points and 15 rebounds. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players in such tough game. Ludwigsburg moved-up to fifth place, which they share with Vechta. Ludwigsburg will play against Oldenburg (#10) on the road in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Vechta will play against Hamburg (#8) and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Top scorers:
Vechta: T.Kuhse 20+5reb+4ast, R.Schwieger 11+3reb+1ast, G.Johann 10+15reb+1ast, C.Flanigan 10+3reb+1ast, W.Iwundu 8+7reb+2ast, J.Ferner 8+4reb+1ast
Ludwigsburg: S.Melson 13+3reb+5ast, D.Buie 12+2reb+5ast, J.Lewis 11+4reb, J.Graves 10+7reb+2ast, E.Edigin 8+3reb, J.Baehre 7+6reb
gschID: 1115396
