The Niners Chemnitz basketball team didn't stand a chance in the top game of the German league. The Saxons, who had previously been in third place, suffered a heavy 87:117 (36:56) defeat at second-placed Ratiopharm Ulm. Seven players - Ben Saraf (24), Alfonso Plummer (18), Justinian Jessup (17), Marcio Santos, Nate Hinton, Tobias Jensen and Noa Essengue (10 each) - scored in double figures for the home side. Jonas Richter (19), Victor Bailey Jr (15), Kevin Yebo (11), Nicholas Tischler and Roman Bedime (10 each) scored the most points for the visitors.
The Chemnitz club was already down and out in the first ten minutes. Ulm was 18:2 ahead after six minutes in this summit encounter and extended that lead to 33:4 by the ninth minute. The home side then controlled proceedings on court. Chemnitz was inferior to its opponents in terms of both its shooting percentage from the floor (46:55) and rebounds (29:43). The Saxons also conceded 19 turnovers.
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