ALBA Berlin stayed alive in the German championship series with a 71-61 home win over Bayern Munich in Game 4 on Friday night, preventing Bayern from clinching the title away from home after losing the previous game in Berlin. The series is now headed to a decisive fifth game in Munich in two days.
Justin Bean led ALBA with 17 points and nine rebounds, while Makta? Delow added 11 points. The hosts controlled the second half after a back-and-forth opening stretch, and the teams went into halftime with Bayern ahead by three.
Bayern’s top scorer was Nenad Dimitrijevic, who finished with 14 points, but it was not enough to stop the loss. Bayern managed only 16 points in the entire second half, as ALBA tightened up defensively and took control after the break.