With a mythical Claiborne, CSKA Moscow saved the case from Bayern Munich!

CSKA Moscow prevailed … by fire and iron Bayern Munich (77-74) for the 12th game of the Euroleague, continuing the positive results.

The team of Dimitris Itoudis … owes a lot for the pink match sheet to Will Claiborne, who while he was missing throughout the match, spoke in the last two minutes of the match and with ten points gave a huge victory to the Russians.

The 31-year-old American forward of the home team finished the game with 17 points and 5 rebounds, while closely followed the Σενγκέλια with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, helping CSKA to rise to 7-5.

For the Germans, his magical appearance went awry Billiards (28 points, 5 rebounds), falling to 5-7.

The match



Great start for her Bayern Munich, which after losing 3-0, ran one fast series 7-0 for the lead in 4 ‘. CSKA Moscow was quite misplaced through the “painted”, in contrast to the Bavarians who with the spearhead Darun Hilliard (10 points) closed the first period at +6 and 24-18.

Hilliard’s attack continued in the second half, with the 28-year-old German forward scoring eight points, increasing the difference at +9 (27-36 at 17 ‘). Dimitris Itoudis saw his team unable to react, having “stuck” in the attack resulting in going back to the locker room in the score with 41-32, mainly due to Sengelia’s personal choices.

At the beginning of the second half, Andrea Trinkeri’s team increased the difference for the first time to double digits and the +13 for 45-32. From that point on, CSKA Moscow stepped up their performance, found a rhythm in the attack, and with Hackett and Claiborne scoring the last 12 points of the Russians reduced to four (45-49 in 26 ‘). A little later, in fact, with Kurbanov’s three-pointer, they went ahead after almost 26 minutes of play (53-51 in 28 ‘), with Lucic still giving the lead to Bayern with four accurate shots in end of the quarter (56-57).

With Hilliard and Thomas on target two big three-pointers, Bayern Munich took a small but significant lead at the beginning of the fourth and final period (58-64 in 33 ‘). CSKA Moscow, however, reacted once again in the match and with a counterattack equalized to 67-67 in 37 ‘.

The game turned into a “thriller”, with the hosts leading 70-69 thanks to Claiborne’s three-pointer at 1:43 ‘before the end, with Bayern taking advantage of the opponents’ mistakes and moving forward 70-73 in 39 ‘. . However, the quality and mentality of Claiborne “saved” CSKA Moscow from the “canvas”, with the 31-year-old forward equalizing in 73-73 at 53 ” before the end with a new three-pointer, while with two two-pointers in the last 28 seconds he gave a huge victory to his team with 77-74!

The quarters: 18-24, 32-41, 56-57, 77-74

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