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Belgrade (dpa / bb) - The basketball players from Alba Berlin have won an away win on the European stage.
The team of coach Aito Garcia Reneses won on Tuesday evening after extra time and a long time behind at Red Star Belgrade with 90:84 (34:37).
The guests in the exciting Euroleague duel were led by the strong top scorer Maodo Lo (21 points).
After a good start to the game against the Serbs coached by former Alba player and coach Sasa Obradovic, Alba was largely behind.
In their fifth game in ten days, the Berliners, who are still suffering from injuries, initially failed to achieve particularly offensively.
It was only in the middle of the final section that the guests, led by Peyton Siva (19 points), managed to put their unusual weakness off beyond the three-point line and make the game exciting again.
Luke Sikma converted two free throws to equalize 76:76 1.3 seconds before the end of the fourth quarter - and thus forced a five-minute extension.
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In this, the Berliners had their best phase offensively and defensively.
Thanks to significantly improved throwing rates and increased intensity in defense, they kept moving away.
With 14: 8 Alba finally won the extra time and thus the game.
The win was for the team around captain Niels Giffey the fifth of the past seven Euroleague games.
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ALBA Berlin squad