75:61 Monaco : Alba Berlin will move on to the Eurocup quarter-finals

Seven minutes and forty seconds in Basketball a lot of time. To turn to achieve enough to 17 points, Martin Hermannsson, a week ago, or a large backlog. On Tuesday, Alba Berlin has brought the dubious feat of meeting in the second quarter, 7:40 minutes, not a single litter. As it is not made AS Monaco in the penultimate around game much better and the Berlin well-defended, it was enough to 75:61 (26:16, 10:11, 23:19, 16:15). By the away win in front of 1595 viewers Alba has reached the quarter-finals in the Eurocup for the third Time after 2010 and 2014. "That was the goal, what we set ourselves before the season," said Hermannsson. "Especially with the defense we are very pleased."

unlike the surprising Bundesliga defeat in Göttingen on Saturday, the team Aito Garcia Reneses was launched, this Time wide awake. The Berlin luchsten the Monaco shoot down the Ball and finished concentrated. After only six minutes, it was 17:4. From this tab, Alba, erasing in a weak second quarter. In spite of the long point lack of the hosts do not approach closer than three meters, the former Albanian Center Elmedin Kikanovic Berlin were well under control. Rokas Giedraitis with 19 points for Alba's best bowler ended the slump with two threes in a row and so it went with a 36:27 to the break.

Basketball-Eurocup, Alba wants to against Monaco in the quarter-finals to move

In the third quarter, the visitors built the lead even succeeded in Alba, to bring the game without major difficulties. Only Joshiko Saibou made the Berliners. The Guard came shortly before the conclusion of the unhappy and injured on the right foot. (Tsp)