The Niners Chemnitz basketball team suffered its first home defeat of the Bundesliga season. The team of Head Coach Rodrigo Pastore lost to Alba Berlin by 85:89 (48:44) after a collapse in the final quarter. Ty Brewer and Kevin Yebo were the Niners' best scorers with 18 points apiece.
After a rocky start, Chemnitz took control thanks to its accuracy from beyond the arc. They took a 28:19 lead after the first quarter with eight threes. Berlin then adjusted better to the home side's play and tied the scores at 39:39 in the 18th minute.
The Niners maintained a narrow lead for a long time after the break, before Alba turned the game around at the start of the final quarter with a 17:0 run to make it 84:72 in the 36th minute. Chemnitz did not give up and cut the deficit to 83:87 with 46 seconds remaining, but the club from Saxony was no longer able to turn the game around.
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