Overview
- Alba clinched the 2026 German championship with an 84–81 win in Munich on Sunday after erasing a 20-point halftime deficit to topple defending champions Bayern.
- The series had been tied 2–2 when Alba forced a winner-take-all Game 5 following a 71–61 victory in Berlin two days earlier in front of about 8,899 fans.
- Jonas Mattisseck provided a hot start for Alba, Malte Delow hit the go-ahead three to put Berlin in front, and Justin Bean was a key scorer during the series comeback efforts.
- Coach Pedro Calles’s adjustments and late-game execution were cited as decisive factors in the rally, and the result denied veteran Bayern coach Svetislav Pesic a final title in his last game.
- The title is Alba’s first since 2022 and shifts the recent balance of power in the Basketball-Bundesliga by preventing Bayern’s attempted three-peat.