Series holds: Hamburg Towers also win against Heidelberg

The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), official sponsorship name since 2016 EasyCredit Basketball Bundesliga (EasyCredit BBL), is the highest playing class in the German Basketball of Men. It was founded in November 1964 at the decision of the German Basketball federal (DBB) and introduced to the season 1966/67. Already in 1939 and between 1947 and 1966 a German basketball championship of the gentlemen was played. In the Bundesliga, a major round in the league system, in which each of the 18 clubs in rounding and return against each other club, is played. Then the eight best clubs in Play-Offs play the German basketball champion. The last two teams are climbed into the Proa, which forms the second highest lake class below the Bundesliga since 2007. Rekordmeister with 14 titles are the Bayer Giants Leverkusen, which mainly dominated the 1970s and 1990s. Current master is Alba Berlin.

The Hamburg Towers celebrated their fourth win of the season in series in the basketball Bundesliga. On Friday night, the team of coach Pedro Calles sat down in the island Parkhalle against the two-sided rising climber MLP Academics Heidelberg with 81:75 (36:31). Best Hamburger Werfer was Maik Kotsar (21). The newly committed to the week Ray McCallum came to almost four minutes of use, but remained without corporation.

The hamburgers started weakly in their sixth pointing game and were fast 0: 6 behind. Until shortly before the half-time break, however, an open game should then develop, with the Towers no basket for almost five minutes after a 29: 31 residue, but even seven points achieved.

In the second round, however, the hosts could not continue to settle for the time being and had to even accept the compensation in the meantime. Only in the middle of the final district did the lead then grew to eleven points. Nevertheless, it should be exciting in the end. Finally, Maik Kotsar was able to provide the crucial points.