Decision game in the Ratiopharm-Arena: Ulm against Würzburg!

Decision game in the Ratiopharm-Arena: Ulm against Würzburg!

In the exciting semi-final series between the Ratiopharm Ulm and the Fit/One Würzburg Baskets, things get down to business! The third game took place last Saturday, in which coach Sasa Filipovski took his entire five five minutes before the end at a gap of minus eleven points before the end. Filipovski was convinced that Würzburg had lost the game anyway and wanted to protect fresh forces for the fourth game. However, this decision had an effect, because in a gripping fourth duel on Tuesday evening the Würzburgers won 78:77 and thus forced a decisive fifth game.

The last game of the semi-final series takes place on Thursday evening in the Ratiopharm-Arena and was relocated to 8 p.m. from 6.30 p.m. Both teams have to deal with personnel problems this season. While Würzburg's Bazoumana Kone failed due to illness and Mike Lewis injured himself in the second quarter, the Ulm had to struggle with Marcio Santos' foul management. In the exciting final phase of the fourth game, Würzburg MVP Jhivvan Jackson received his fifth foul shortly after the last quarter, whereupon Ulm led with 77:75, but could not score any further points.

key moments of the games

Zac Seljaas was crucial for the victory of the Würzburgers when he blocked an important church and was involved in the crucial point. On the side of Ulm, Karim Jallow showed a strong performance with 20 points and 12 rebounds, but lost the ball in the last attack. Filipovski praised the characters of his team and their fighting spirit, who already led to a decisive game in the quarterfinals.

The Würzburg Baskets had previously won the second game of the semi-final series with 87:77 and compensated for the series. Ulm stayed in striking distance almost continuously during this game, but a weak phase in the second quarter caused a decisive distance that they could no longer catch up. The Ulm triple quota was extremely disappointing with 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 in the play-offs as the first finalist. They play Cars Edwards, Elias Harris and Oscar da Silva without their top performers. Despite these challenges, Bayern Munich did not play overly dominant in these play-offs and even had to lose a semi-final game against Heidelberg and accept an extension in another game. In view of this situation, the tension in the basketball Bundesliga seems to be great.

The upcoming games promise a lot of action, and both Ratiopharm Ulm and Fit/One Würzburg Baskets will do everything they can to move into the grand finale. The basketball fans can look forward to an exciting final drama!

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