Cluj-Napoca (dpa/lsw) - Thanks to a great race to catch up, the basketball players from ratiopharm Ulm won the Eurocup guest game at the Romanian club U-BT Cluj-Napoca. The Bundesliga side prevailed 84-81 (34-44) on Wednesday evening and improved their record halfway through the games in Group A to five wins and four losses. Best pitcher for Ulm was Robin Christen with 26 points. Karim Jallow contributed 21 points to the success.

A week after the surprising success against leaders Bourg-en-Bresse, the Swabians slept through the start and were twelve points behind after the first quarter. As a result, coach Anton Gavel's men were able to balance the game, but they were still ten points behind at the beginning of the final quarter.

In the dramatic final phase, Ulm took the lead for the second time in the entire game with 58 seconds to go at 81:79, but Cluj equalized it. Juan Nunez then secured Ulm victory eleven seconds before the end with a three-point shot.