There were many nice birthday presents. The raccoon “Willy”, for example, the new and first, bright blue mascot. A full hall – 12,000 people came to the arena in Volkspark to congratulate. Including many companions from ten years of professional history.
FC Bayern Munich had also played along for a long time and – weakened in their third appearance in five days – did not look like the German basketball Croesus, but rather like a table neighbor of the Hamburg Towers: They held until the last action of this game, which went into overtime North Germans could have won, but a block by former NBA professional Serge Ibaka secured Bayern’s 81:80 victory on Sunday afternoon with seconds left before the end – while the “towers” and everyone who likes them after this When they were excited about the biggest game in the club’s history, Bayern around world champion Isaac Bonga only recognized a familiar framework from the Euro League.