Marcus Eriksson drops 20 points, ALBA survive an overtime thriller against Ulm / News - Basketnews.com

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ALBA Berlin (5-3) edged out Ratiopharm Ulm (4-4) 71-66 (14-21, 17-19, 18-11, 14-12, 8-3) to take their third German Basketball Bundesliga win in a row.

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Ulm were leading the game until the mid-fourth quarter (57-51). Then, ALBA arranged a 10-0 push and retook control of the game (61-57).

They had the same 4-point lead with 1:47 to go but Ulm responded with a crucial 4-0 mini spurt to tie the game at 63 with 22 seconds to play. Semaj Christon converted a lay-up. Jaleen Smith had a chance to win the game but his two-pointer was off the mark.

Marcus Eriksson, Yovel Zoosman, and Oscar da Silva contributed with important baskets in the overtime and ALBA secured the narrow win.

Marcus Eriksson was a top scorer for ALBA, accumulating 20 points (3/3 2PT, 4/12 3PT, 2/2 FT), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 15 PIR.

For the losing side, Cristiano Felicio posted a double-double with 15 points (6/10 2PT, 3/3 FT), 13 rebounds, 1 assist, and 21 PIR.

ALBA: Marcus Eriksson 20, Luke Sikma 10 (7 REB, 5 AST), Johannes Thiemann 10 (4 REB), Oscar da Silva 7 (4 REB), Jaleen Smith 7 (10 REB, 5 AST).

Ulm: Cristiano Felicio 15 (13 REB), Sindarius Thornwell 11 (4 REB), Semaj Christon 10, Fedor Zugic 10.

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