Bamberg rallies from 12 down to beat Unics

Brose Bamberg outlasted Unics Kazan 89-86 on Thursday at Brose Arena for its maiden win of the season. Unics suffered its second loss in as many games. Janis Strelnieks shined with 17 points for the winners, including the go-ahead three in the final minute. Nikos Zisis scored 16 points and sent 12 assists, Nicolo Melli and Darius Miller added 15 points apiece. The German champs made 22 of 23 free throws in an impressive shooting effort led by Melli, who was perfect on 7 tries. For Unics , Keith Langford led the way with 24 points, Coty Clarke added 20 plus 7 rebounds, Quino Colom scored 15, Artsiom Parakhouski 11 and Anton Ponkrashov had 7 assists in defeat. Unics fell despite outpacing their opponents in rebounding (37 to 26). Bamberg faces Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens in its next EuroLeague game, while Unics plays Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul.