At the end of the main round of the Bundesliga basketball league, some fans, officials and reporters believed in what was actually unbelievable.
They claimed that Alba Berlin and Bayern Munich, the market leaders in Germany, could be eliminated in the first or second round of the play-offs.
They pointed out that Berlin had lost six and Munich even ten major round matches.
You said that the teams from Ludwigsburg, Oldenburg and Ulm should not be underestimated.
They built up a tension that only existed in individual games.
Christopher Meltzer
Sports correspondent in Munich.
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Now, almost exactly four weeks later, it is clear that Berlin and Munich will once again negotiate the championship among themselves.
On Friday evening, the Munich team prevailed in the fourth game of the semi-final series against Ludwigsburg, the first in the main round.
On Saturday evening, the Berliners followed suit in their fourth game against Ulm.
Why did Ludwigsburg and Ulm have no chance in the end?
They can spend less money on their players and their coaches.
Sometimes it's that easy.
But there are now fears that the duel between the best German basketball teams will not reach the highest level this season. This is due to the game plan that the league introduced for the first time because of the pandemic for the final series, which, as always, will be played in the best-of-five mode.
Games one and two will take place in Berlin next Wednesday and Thursday. On Saturday and, if necessary, on Sunday games three and four in Munich. A possible fifth game would be played again in Berlin on Tuesday. That would be five games in seven days. And that in a season in which Munich and Berlin have already played more than 80 and 70 games respectively because of the Euroleague. The Berlin sports director Himar Ojeda said of the schedule: “None of us know that yet. And nobody knows how to deal with it. First of all, that's frightening. "