Basketball Bundesliga: Catching up comes too late: Alba loses against Hamburg

In contrast to the Bamberg game on Sunday, coach Pedro Calles was able to rely on Malte Delow and Moses Wood again. However, all three regular point guards, Martin Hermannsson, Jack Kayil and Bennet Hundt, were once again missing. And against Hamburg, Alba was initially unable to compensate for this. They had big problems in the build-up game and lost a lot of the ball.

Berlin’s race to catch up comes too late

So the Berliners quickly found themselves behind, which was growing by the minute. Hamburg seemed fresher, Alba often seemed a step too late. And the rebounds usually ended up in the hands of the guests, who were always able to move to the basket far too easily. But there was no improvement offensively for Alba either, the missed throw rate remained extremely high.

By the middle of the third quarter the deficit had grown to an impressive 65 points (39:65). The game seemed to be decided early on, but in the last quarter Alba came back and fought back. However, they couldn’t get closer than five points and Hamburg saved their lead at the finish.