The caught Alba upsets Zalgiris in the final with an upset and scores his second EuroLeague victory

Alba Berlin celebrated only its second win after twelve EuroLeague games, winning 64:62 against Zalgiris. A two from Johannes Tiemann in 39 minutes and a three from Jonas Maticek in 6 minutes before the final decided the result after the guests remained goalless in the last 1:39 minutes of the game.

What’s even more impressive about this win is that Alba competed without Sterling Brown, Matt Thomas, Luis Olidi, Marcus Eriksson and Zyga Samar. Of course, Zalgiris also had to miss out as both Brady Manek and Arnas Butkevicius are injured.

0-6 points from surprise, 13-16 points from opponent’s mistakes, 11-2 points from second chances.

THE REFEREES: Mogulkots, Zomasky, Gordon

THE DECADES: 13-20, 25-28, 39-45, 64-62

ALBA BERLIN (Gondaleth): Prosinda 8 (2/6 three-pointers), Spagnolo 6, Wetzel 9 (6 rebounds), Delow 6 (1/6 three-pointers), Maticek 8 (2), Snyder 5 (1), Coumaji 3, Tieman 16 ( 6 rebounds), Bin 3 (1/3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds)

ZALGIRIS (Maxvitis): Evans 8 (1/4 three-pointers, 4 turnovers), Lekavicius, Hayes 4, Gentraitis 15 (3/5 three-pointers, 5 rebounds, 4 steals), Schmitz 4 (7 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 turnovers), Biroutis 2, Sumner 4 (3 fouls), Dimsa 11 (1), Lavrinovicius 6 (2/2 three-pointers, 6 rebounds, 3 fouls), Ulanovas 8 (1/3 three-pointers, 3 assists, 3 fouls)

The team statistics of Alba Berlin: 15/38 2-pointers, 7/27 3-pointers, 13/17 shots, 36 rebounds (20 defensive – 16 offensive), 9 assists, 11 steals, 13 fouls, 2 blocks

Zalgiris team statistics: 12/24 2-pointers, 8/21 3-pointers, 14/16 shots, 34 rebounds (29 defensive – 5 offensive), 12 assists, 7 steals, 23 turnovers, 4 blocks

The next games of the two teams: On matchday 13, Alba hosts Efes (December 7th, 9:00 p.m.) and Zalgiris hosts Monaco (December 8th, 8:00 p.m.).