Packing BBL season start: Bonn wrestles Master Alba

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Surprise at the kick-off: Master Alba Berlin has had a damper at the start of the season started in the 56th Bundesliga season. The defending champion lost the Telekom Baskets Bonn on Thursday night in a temporary duel with 86:88 (48:41), Parker Jackson-Cartwright became a matchwinner for the guests.

Alba played the tangible victory in a dramatic ultimate phase, the Berliner cashed in the 55th duel with the Rhine countries the 19th defeat. At the weekend, the other 16 teams also rose to the co-favorites such as Cup winner Bayern Munich and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in the season.

The Alba team of the new coach of Israel Gonzalez, which increased from Co- to the head coach in the summer and followed on Aito Garcia Reneses, laid only the foundation stone with a strong first quarter. Luke Sikma scored the first points of the new season, then the captains also sat down thanks to a good threesome quota.

But the initially surprised Bonn reported heavily back, turned with the agile Jackson-Cartwright, the best passener of the game (25 points), the residue from the meantime 13 points in a lead - 67:66 (29th). It now developed a hot final phase in which the viewers saw best entertainment with a better end for the guests.

Spectator return will not become a self-runner

The clubs longed the viewer return this season, the prerequisites are different from Halle to Halle. This is due to the various corona protection regulations, but also on the different approach of the clubs. Some clubs method according to 2G, some according to 3G concept.

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BBL Managing Director Stefan Wood expects it to take until the audience gets us back to the live experience. We have to see how many really come. It will take efforts to bring the spectators back into the hall. That will not be a self-runner, but succeed over time, said wood a few hours before the start of the season at a media appointment in Berlin.