The Niners Chemnitz basketball team has celebrated its third successive victory in the German league. The team of Head Coach Rodrigo Pastore prevailed by 99:96 (74:74, 34:34) after two periods of overtime against the penultimate-placed MLP Academics Heidelberg on Wednesday evening. In front of 4,342 spectators, Nike Sibande was the Niners' best scorer with 18 points as they moved up to tenth with 20:22 points.
Chemnitz initially found it very difficult because it moved the ball too slowly in attack and did not find its shooting rhythm. As a result, the visitors were able to open up a slight gap of 29:22 midway through the second quarter. The deficit acted as a wake-up call for Chemnitz, who equalized by the break.
