With a run in the fourth quarter, Bayern Munich defeated Baskonia 76-68 at the “Buessa Arena” for the third game of the EuroLeague and took their second victory of the competition, leaving the Basques one and bottom in the standings.
The Spaniards had a consistent lead through the first three quarters, but in the fourth period a 9-0 run by the Bavarians brought them to +5 to maintain the lead, despite the home team’s attempt to reduce it.
Pioneers in this were Edwards with 14, Francisco with 12 and Gifai with 11 points. For the Basques, Marinkovics stood out with 13 and Sendekerskis, Moneke with 10 points each.
The match
Gillespie went 0-4 to start the game, but a 5-0 run by Baskonia made it 10-6 for the Basques. With Costello leading the way, Baskonia kept +1 to +3 in this period, but the Germans found the solutions for 5-0 and 14-16. Moneke’s 3-pointer made it 19-18 and, with the lead back and forth, Mannion’s 3-pointer made it 22-20 at the end of the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second period, Baskonia maintained +1 +3 with the right options in the Bavarian racket and star Diop. Moneke and Diop brought +5 for the hosts and Costello’s three-pointer brought 7 for the Spaniards. Francisco’s 5-0 run cut it to 39-37 and Weiler-Bubb made it 39-39 for a 7-0 run to tie the game, but Marinkovic’s 3-pointer made it 42-41 at halftime.
Sendekerskis alone maintained the +3 to +4 for Baskonia at the start of the third period and Marinkovic with a personal run of 5-0 brought the total run of the Basques to 8-0 and he “cut off” the Germans’ lead when they were trying to get closer. Kochar made it 58-49 and with a 4-0 run we reached +10, but a 5-0 run by Bayern cut it to 62-57 at the end of the quarter.
Moneke made it 64-59 at the start of the fourth quarter, but there Bayern responded with a 10-0 run led by Gifai for Pablo Lasso’s players to 64-69. The latter with many attacking options responded to Bayern’s counter-attack with a 5-0 run for the final result.
The quarters: 22-20, 42-41, 62-57, 68-76
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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