He celebrated this year’s sixth victory in the “Audi Dome” and eighth overall in the Euroleague Bayern Munich, who “survived” in the thriller with Valencia, winning 85-84. At 8-9 the record of the Bavarians, while the Spanish, who suffered their first away defeat after three successive doubles, they fell to 9-8.
Leading the winners, who had six players with double-digit points, was Bolmaro with 13 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, while Booker had the same number of points. On the losing side, Davis had an excellent performance with 21 points and Jones with 19 points and 7 assists.
The match:
The two teams took turns scoring at the start, with the Bavarians making a 5-0 run and turning 10-10 at 5′ into 15-10 at 7′. The “bats” reacted and the first quarter ended with a score of 16-16. On the Bayern side, the first scorer was Edwards with 6 and on the Valencia side, Jones with 7 points.
Radonic scored the first basket of the second quarter to give Bayern the lead again, with Valencia responding with a 7-0 run in 63 seconds to make it 18-23! The hosts had exactly the same reaction, who made their own 7-0, making it 25-23 at 14′. From that point on, they kept pace with the score, with the first half to close with 38-39! It is characteristic that neither team had a player with double-digit points. Bayern already had 10 and Valencia 9 players who had put their names on the goalscoring board.
Davis became the first in double figures with 11 points, hitting the first baskets of the second half, making it 38-43. He was followed by Jones, who with a three-pointer reached 12 and made it 45-52 for Valencia, with +7 being the biggest difference in the game. Bayern reacted and with an improbable 13-2 run, took a 58-54 lead in the 28th minute. With three-pointers by Jones and Rivers, the guests regained the lead (58-60), with the third quarter to close with a score of 60-62.
Bayern was held scoreless in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter, with Valencia scoring four, making it 60-66. Pablo Lasso’s timeout “took place”, with Booker and Obst scoring and not letting their opponent escape (65-68). The visitors continued to be in control, reaching 68-71, but suffered a blackout, which the hosts took full advantage of, with an 8-0 run, to find themselves at +5 (76-71), three and a half minutes before end.
A basket by Jones cut Valencia to within a point and the two teams entered the final minute tied at 82-81. A two-pointer by Lucic put Bayern up 84-81, with the visitors missing a chance to send the game into overtime when Jones missed a three-pointer with seven seconds left. A layup by Edwards made it 85-81, Robertson’s 3-pointer cut to 85-84, which was the final score.
The quarters: 16-16, 38-39, 60-62, 85-84.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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