Overview
- Alba beat FC Bayern 71:61 on Friday to stave off Bayern’s matchball and force a decisive Game Five in Munich.
- Bayern had earned the first matchball after a 91:83 win in Berlin on Wednesday by shifting offense away from Andreas Obst.
- Andreas Obst returned from a recent stomach illness to deliver a 33-point performance in Game One, but Berlin’s Game Two defensive focus on him briefly changed the series dynamics.
- Xavier Rathan-Mayes did not play in Games Two and Three after a reported dispute with coach Svetislav Pešić, a move that has altered Bayern’s rotation and bench scoring options.
- The series now moves to the SAP Garden on Sunday with broadcasters Dyn carrying the game and with Pesić’s planned retirement pushed back by at least two days because the title remains undecided.