Even in dramatic fashion in the final minutes, Barcelona beat Bayern 72-70 at Palau Blaugrana for the 23rd matchday of the EuroLeague and remained at the top of the standings.
The two teams started with many solutions in the racket and neither could gain an advantage at the beginning of the match. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Barcelona brought them +1 to +2 after that, but the offensive versatility and more solutions of the “Blaugrana” gave them a 7-0 run for 17-10. A 4-0 Bayern lead reduced it to -3, but a 4-0 run by Sarunas Jasikevicius’ players brought the score to +7 at the end of the first quarter.
Rubit led a 5-0 run at the start of the second period to put the Bavarians up 1-1, but the Catalans responded with a 7-0 run led by the German racket Vesely for 28-20. Abrines’ three-pointer brought +9, but at 34-27 Andrea Trinchieri’s players made a 6-0 run with the right choices in the racket and, led by Viberg, brought the score to 34-33 at the end of the half. The “Blaugrana” had 19 rebounds and 10 assists, but were misguided from the field, while the Germans made 5/6 shots.
Weiler-Bam’s 3-pointer made it 34-36 for Bayern at the start of the third period, but consecutive 3-pointers by the Catalans made it 7-0 run and +6 for the Spaniards. Walden took matters into his own hands and helped a 5-0 run to cut it to -1 for Bayern. Barcelona put the ball right inside the opponent’s racket and kept +1 to +4 and Abrines finished the quarter at 51-47.
Yokubaitis brought the +7 in the first minutes of the start of the fourth period and a 7-0 run with the regionals brought 63-51 for the “Saras” team. Walden starred in a 9-0 German run for 63-60, and a 3-pointer by Wyler-Bubb cut it to 65-63. Mirotic’s 3-pointer made it 70-65 at 1’52” and Jaramaz’s 70-68 at 1’06”, with the Serb tying the score with two shots at 70-70. Higgins with two shots on Barcelona’s double attack made it 72-70 at 21” and Yaramaz took the last attack, closed on the over play defense and missed the 3-pointer in the exhalation, giving the pink card to Barca.
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