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Berlin (dpa / bb) - Alba Berlin has ended the points round of the basketball Bundesliga with an away win.
On Sunday the Berliners won in front of empty ranks at the Niners Chemnitz with 91:81 (54:46).
The game was sporty but meaningless.
Alba was already second in the table before the game.
The opponents of the quarter-finals in the playoffs are now the Hamburg Towers.
The best throwers from Berlin were Marcus Eriksson with 17 and Peyton Siva with 13 points.
Coach Aito Garcia Reneses gave Maodo Lo and Luke Sikma a break this time.
But Siva and Malte Delow returned to the squad.
Alba took the lead after a 2: 3 deficit, which they did not give up until the end.
But Chemnitz was very committed and at first could not be shaken off.
Three minutes before the break, the lead melted down to three points (42:45), before Alba got some distance before the siren.
After the break, the defending champion increased the intensity again.
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At Chemnitz the litter quota fell and Alba acted more consistently and was able to break away again.
Eriksson made a double-digit lead for the first time with a throw from distance at the beginning of the third quarter (57:46).
The favorites then pulled away except for 69:50.
Chemnitz struggled back a bit, but Alba always had an answer and easily brought home the victory.
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