Round of 16 in the BBL Cup: Alba defeats defending champion Bamberg

Despite acute staff shortages, Alba Berlin beats defending champion Bamberg with 83:71 in the BBL Cup. After a weak first half, the albatrosses turned up after the break and deserved to get ahead. Alba Berlin has moved into the quarter-finals of the BBL Cup. The Berliners defeated Bamberg in the round of eight with 83:71 and thus reciprocated for the defeat in the cup final of last season. At the beginning of October, the Franks had also decided the Bundesliga duel in the capital clearly with 98:83 for themselves. Best Berlin throwers in front of 8,615 spectators were Justin Bean with 20 and Malte Delow with 18 points. Alba went into the game weakly: Jack Kayil was missing due to a muscle injury on the calf, and Center Norris Agbakoko and playmaker Martin Hermannsson were not available. So newcomer Yankuba Sima was used directly on the center position. In the game the guests got the better start and took the lead first. Especially from a distance, the owners had a hard time: With a previous three-way quota of a meager 28 percent this season, the throws were also against Bamberg for a long time cold. Only Justin Bean scored the first Berlin threesome at 9:11 before Sima followed his first points in the Alba jersey. The first half remained error-prone and marked by weak quotas on both sides. Bamberg used the ball losses of the hosts more consistently and took a 41:33 lead into the cabin – although Alba had even four more throws to book by then. Alba meets the threesomes and draws away After the change of sides, the sheet turned. The capitals acted much more intensively on the defensive, minimized their error rate and increasingly dominated the rebound. Bamberg lost the ball ten times in the third quarter alone. Alba worked his way and took the lead for the first time shortly before the end of the third leg (47:46). In the last quarter, Berlin finally settled. Several successful distance throws brought an interim ten-point lead (76:66), which the hosts did not give away. Bamberg was able to shorten again in the meantime, but Berlin controlled the final phase sovereignly. A burden has fallen from his shoulders. We have all taken a step forward, said Albas Malte Delow after the successful quarter-final move on the microphone of streaming provider Dyn. The subsequent witness of the quarter-final draw was the Alba on 12/13. December brought an away game with ascent Hagen. Broadcast: rbb|24, 19.10.2026, 22:11 Video: rbb|24, 19.10.2026, Jonas Schützeberg