ALBA Berlin with a team effort to overcome Zenit / News - Basketnews.com

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German side ALBA Berlin (8-16) surprised Zenit Saint Petersburg (14-9) to get an important win. The German side won 76-67 (23-12, 11-22, 17-14, 25-19)

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A powerful dunk by Ben Lammers gave ALBA Berlin an eight-point lead with just a little bit more than 1 minute remaining on the clock (68-60) to secure the win for the German side.

ALBA Berlin started the final quarter in a strong way with a couple of good plays from Zoosman, who helped the team build a six-point lead (57-51). Zenit kept struggling to find easy baskets offensively while ALBA extended their lead to 7 points with three minutes remaining (65-58).

The game remained extremely close in the third quarter too with the two teams exchanging leads for most of the period. Only in the last few seconds of the quarter, ALBA was able to create a little separation with a three-pointer from Tamir Blatt (51-48).

In the second quarter, fueled by Billy Baron's game from deep, Zenit started to climb back and with an 11-3 run they cut down ALBA's lead to just two points (32-30). The two sides finished the first half tied at 34.

ALBA Berlin started the game in a strong way and built a solid lead already in the first quarter, helped by the plays of Maodo Lo and Luke Sikma. The German side finished the first quarter up by 11 points (23-12).

Maodo Lo was the top scorer for ALBA Berlin with 15 points (2/2 2PT, 2/4 3PT, 5/6 FT), 4 assists, and 2 rebounds.

Billy Baron and Mindaugas Kuzminskas both finished with 18 points for Zenit.

ALBA Berlin: Maodo Lo 15, Christ Koumadje 9, Johannes Thiemann 8,

Zenit: Billy Baron 18, Mindaugas Kuzminskas 18, Jordan Mickey 10

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