ALBA scored its most points in a non-overtime game this season
ALBA, Hermannsson tied assist records as offense shined
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ALBA Berlin has been struggling in many areas this season with the offense being a major issue. But the German side put together a superb performance on the offensive end in finally snapping its long losing streak.
ALBA ended a 10-game losing skid with an 87-93 victory over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, scoring a season-high points in a non-overtime game. The most points this year for Israel Gonzalez’s team was in the 105-101 overtime victory over EA7 Emporia Armani Milan in Round 9. ALBA was victorious for the first time since December 4.
“It’s a much better feeling on the other side of the column. We’ve had a really difficult stretch the last couple of months. Just proud of the boys in the locker room. We deserve it and hopefully we can build off it,” said Yanni Wetzell, who poured in a career-high 22 points.
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It wasn’t easy though as ALBA built a 16-point lead in the final quarter, but watched as Maccabi pulled within 3 points inside the final 2 minutes. Still, ALBA came up with the big plays down the stretch to knock off Maccabi.
“I’m glad we weathered the storm. We talked about it in a timeout. They’ve made their run, now it’s time to put our foot on the gas and make ours. I’m proud of how we held it together in those last minutes,” Wetzell added.
“We needed this a lot. We fought for this one for sure. This is a much better feeling than walking away with nothing,” said Martin Hermannsson, who collected 11 points and 11 assists.
The 11 assists tied his own club record along with Reggie Redding in 2014-15, Peyton Siva in 2019-20 and Jayson Granger in 2020-21.
ALBA ended up dishing out 31 assists in the game while committing only 8 turnovers. The team evened its club record of 31 assists from 2020-21 and 2022-23.
ALBA came into the game ranked 17th in scoring at 79.7 points and last in turnovers committed with 15.3 per game. Those numbers will improve after the win over Maccabi. And Coach Gonzalez is confident his team has turned a corner.
“I am very happy with the pride they played with today and solving all the problems that we have and winning the game,” he said. “To react like that today we took a step forward in our mentality. We were able to focus and have a goal and they did it very well today.”