By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Devin Booker hit the game-winning bucket with 1.4 seconds to go and lifted FC Bayern Munich over Veolia Towers Hamburg, 81-80, in BMW Park on Sunday.
Pushing his side to 2-1 in Germany’s easyCredit BBL, the Clemson product ended up with 19 points in the Round 2 affair. Team captain Vladimir Lucic followed with 15 points. Nick Weiler-Babb produced a 12-point, 12-assist double-double. Shabazz Napier and Kevin Yebo were out for head coach Gordon Herbert.
For the visitors, Keondre Kennedy’s clutch efforts presented a couple of leads in the final minute. Still, they were not enough for Benka Barloschky’s side to avoid falling to 1-1 after defeating fellow Turkish Airlines EuroLeague outfit ALBA Berlin last Sunday. Kennedy, 24, finished with 24 points, while Brae Ivey shared a game-high 19 points.
On Saturday, ALBA Berlin went up to 1-1 with a 105-70 victory over EWE Baskets Oldenburg. Posting a 20-point, 11-assist double-double, Martin Hermannsson was the top player for head coach Israel Gonzalez. Trevion Williams added 16 points, nine rebounds, six assists, and three steals.
easyCredit BBL Round 2
ratiopharm Ulm – FIT/ONE Wurzburg Baskets 85-76
ALBA Berlin – EWE Baskets Oldenburg 105-70
Rostock Seawolves – BG Gottingen 102-74
Telekom Baskets Bonn – Syntainics MBC 95-80
MLP Academics Heidelberg – Rasta Vechta 80-74
FC Bayern Munich – Veolia Towers Hamburg 81-80
Skyliners – Bamberg Baskets 58-66
Basketball Lowen Braunschweig – MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (30/9)
STANDINGS: Rostock Seawolves 2-0, ratiopharm Ulm 2-0, Basketball Lowen Braunschweig 1-0, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 1-0, FC Bayern Munich 2-1…
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