Overview

• Game 2 is set for June 18 at Neu-Ulmer Arena with Ulm needing a win to level the best-of-five final after an 82-66 loss in Munich.
• ratiopharm Ulm won 15 of 16 regular-season home games and expects about 6,000 fans to fuel its comeback effort.
• Coach Ty Harrelson has set up post-practice video sessions in a campus cinema equipped with specialized seats to absorb sweat and noise for clearer analysis.
• The club criticized the Basketball Bundesliga for denying its request to postpone potential fourth and fifth finals games that overlap with the NBA draft.
• Prospects Noa Essengue and Ben Saraf face a scheduling conflict between the draft and later series games, prompting Ulm’s appeal for a calendar change.