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Berlin (dpa / bb) - Despite the surprisingly clear dismantling of long-term rivals Bayern Munich, Alba Berlin tried to be restrained.
The German champions knew exactly how to classify the deserved 100:62 away win in the basketball Bundesliga on Sunday.
“It's not realistic to say that we are so much better now.
You're just in the middle of the playoffs of the Euroleague, ”said Berlin's Spanish sports director Himar Ojeda.
Bayern are fighting in the premier class on Wednesday for their last chances of the final four of the best four teams on the continent and seemed to be there with the thoughts already. "It's a difficult situation because there are two competitions to be held," said coach Aito Garcia Reneses. And Ojeda added: "We know how it is ourselves." But there was also praise that Bayern were so dominated. «We did a great job. We made them give up. And then there was a point when they decided that the game was lost, ”said the sports director.
Because this prestige success came at just the right time for Alba.
After two surprising home defeats in the league, the Berliners were out of step.
“We had an extremely bad game for us with Braunschweig.
So it was good for us that we played a really dominant game where we played with confidence and with heart.
And that has to be our trademark, ”said Captain Niels Giffey at“ Magentasport ”.
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Above all, the playful progress was important.
Because in the end there was a lack of interaction.
«We played better again and that was very important to us.
Such games in particular help us a lot to get that feeling of our own game again that we lost last, ”said Ojeda.
But the sports director doesn't quite trust the spontaneous upswing yet.
«The next games can look completely different again.
Then it will show whether it is a trend or just a one-off, »he said.
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