By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Yago Dos Santos scored 10 in a row at the beginning of the fourth period and finished with 25 points plus eight assists as Ratiopharm Ulm beat Telekom Baskets Bonn 74 – 70 in Game 4 of the German League Finals to win the series 3-1 and claim the championship title.
This is just the second major trophy for Ulm in the history of the club after winning the German Cup in 1996. The team had played in the BBL Finals just three times before this season and now celebrates the title after eliminating EuroLeague sides ALBA Berlin and Bayern Munich in the playoffs before their matchup vs. reigning Basketball Champions League champion Bonn.
Bonn was actually up 51 – 59 at the end of the third quarter, but then everything turned upside down. Dos Santos dropped 10 unanswered points and then began sending assists all over the place to his teammates as Ulm delivered an 18-0 run to achieve an incredible swing and go up double figures.
TJ Shorts made it 72 – 69 for Bonn with two minutes to play but that was the closest his team got down the stretch. Bruno Caboclo hit a pair of free throws and his team remained beyond a shooting distance for the rest of the game.
Caboclo completed the game with 11 points and six rebounds while Brandon Paul contributed 15 points to Ulm’s triumph.
Shorts produced 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Bonn but shot 0-7 from the 3-point line. Jeremy Morgan scored 13 and Sebastian Herrera had 12 points.