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Berlin (dpa / bb) - Alba Berlin is still looking for form.

«We are not where we have been and not where we can be.

This is a difficult phase now, ”said manager Marco Baldi after the surprising 82:87 home defeat against Braunschweig on Thursday evening.

Two of the last three games in the basketball Bundesliga were lost.

And the German champions did not convince in the victory in Giessen either.

That is why the Alba manager deliberately stacks low before the prestige duel on Sunday at long-term rivals Bayern Munich (6 p.m. / Magentasport) “At the moment, that's definitely not a definition of where we stand. We currently don't have what sets us apart. We have to develop that again, ”he said. The Berliners are stuck in a small hole. Winger Luke Sikma therefore demands: “This will be another big game. But we have to play better as a team again. "

Because that's what Alba is missing at the moment.

“Everyone is a little busy with themselves.

We don't have our unity and everything seems a bit uninspired.

It's not liquid, ”said Baldi.

But it was precisely the appearance as a team and the depth in the squad that made the Berliners so strong in recent years.

But Baldi had to find out against Braunschweig: “There was a big difference between the first five and the ones who came from the bank.

Usually they give us another push, but that wasn't there today. "

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Surprisingly, Alba has had these problems since the end of the Euroleague.

Everyone thought it would get easier after the end of the continuous exercise.

Especially since after a long time there are no more injuries.

"We don't really have any problems now, that's why we make some," said Baldi.

Because nothing is easy at Alba at the moment.

Alba has already played 65 competitive games this season.

That still leaves its mark.

“It just won't be done in two or three days,” said international Johannes Thiemann.

But the Berliners are sure that they will get back on track.

"The main issue now is that we should develop our game again by the playoffs in such a way that we can play to our strengths," said Baldi.

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210423-99-321553 / 2

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