Darius Miller and his German squad win third straight league championship

Add another championship to Darius Miller’s résumé.

Sweet Sixteen title with Mason County in 2008. NCAA title with Kentucky in 2012. And three German league titles with Brose Bamberg in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Miller and Brose Bamberg clinched their third straight Beko BBL championship Sunday by completing a sweep of EWE Baskets Oldenburg with a 76-58 victory. It was the team’s ninth league title overall.

Miller had 10 points, three rebounds and three assists in Game 3 of the series.

Brose Bamerg opened the series with a 96-60 rout in which Miller had 14 points, four assists and two rebounds. He added 12 points, seven rebounds and two assists in an 88-76 win in Game 2.

Overall, Miller averaged 12.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in the championship matchup. He was 10-for-17 (58.8 percent) from three-point range.

Last season, Miller was named the Finals MVP after averaging 18 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and one blocked shot in the championship series. That included an 8-for-9 performance from three-point range in Game 1.

Miller averaged 12.4 points and 3.4 assists per game in the finals in Brose Bamberg’s 2015 championship run.

This story was originally published June 11, 2017 at 4:29 PM with the headline "Darius Miller and his German squad win third straight league championship."