The Niners Chemnitz have kept their chance of a play-in place in the German Basketball League alive. After a dramatic game, the Niners won 84:82 (52:39) in front of 10,435 spectators at second-placed Alba Berlin on Sunday. As a result, the team of Head Coach Rodrigo Pastore is back in tenth place. Chemnitz's best scorers were Kevin Yebo with 18 points and Kostja Mushidi and Amadou Sow with 15 apiece.
The visitors were only without John Newman, who was ill, and were delighted to have a large number of fans in attendance. Around 1,500 fans almost created a home match atmosphere. And they had every reason to cheer at first. Their team got off to a concentrated start with plenty of energy. The lead reached double digits after just under six minutes (20:10).
