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Decision game in the Ratiopharm Arena: Ulm versus Würzburg!
Ulm is facing the decisive fifth playoff game against Würzburg. Who will win and advance to the final? All information here.
Decision game in the Ratiopharm Arena: Ulm versus Würzburg!
Things get down to business in the exciting semi-final series between Ratiopharm Ulm and Fit/One Würzburg Baskets! The third game took place last Saturday in which coach Sasa Filipovski took his entire first five off the field with a deficit of minus eleven points four minutes before the end. Filipovski was convinced that Würzburg would have lost the game anyway and wanted to save fresh energy for the fourth game. However, this decision had an effect, because in a thrilling fourth duel on Tuesday evening, the Würzburg team won 78:77 and thus forced a decisive fifth game.
The last game of the semi-final series will take place on Thursday evening in the Ratiopharm Arena and has been moved from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Both teams are struggling with personnel problems this season. While Würzburg's Bazoumana Kone was out due to illness and Mike Lewis was injured in the second quarter, the Ulm team particularly struggled with Marcio Santos' foul management. In the exciting final phase of the fourth game, Würzburg's MVP Jhivvan Jackson received his fifth foul shortly after the start of the last quarter, after which Ulm led 77:75, but was unable to score any further points.
Key moments of the games
Zac Seljaas was crucial to Würzburg's victory when he blocked an important lay-up and was involved in the decisive point. On the Ulm side, Karim Jallow showed a strong performance with 20 points and 12 rebounds, but lost the ball in the last attack. Filipovski praised his team's characters and their fighting spirit, which led to a victory in a decisive game five in the quarterfinals.
The Würzburg Baskets had previously won the second game of the semi-final series with 87:77 and equalized the series. Ulm remained within striking distance almost throughout this game, but a weak phase in the second quarter created a decisive gap that they were unable to make up. Ulm's three-point rate was extremely disappointing at 23.3 percent (7 out of 30 throws). The most accurate player in the second game was Davion Mintz with 21 points, while Hannes Steinbach and Mike Lewis each contributed 17 points. Ulm's best scorer was Marcio Santos with 15 points.
The situation of leading teams
Bayern Munich has already qualified as the first finalist in the play-offs. They play without their top performers Carsen Edwards, Elias Harris and Oscar da Silva. Despite these challenges, Bayern Munich did not play overly dominantly in these play-offs and even lost a semi-final game against Heidelberg and had to accept extra time in another game. Given this situation, there seems to be great tension in the Basketball Bundesliga.
The coming games promise a lot of action, and both Ratiopharm Ulm and the Fit/One Würzburg Baskets will do everything they can to make it to the grand final. Basketball fans can look forward to an exciting final drama!
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