Bayern made a surprise with Baskonia in an NBA match

In an amazing match, Bayern beat Baskonia in Munich 112-109 in overtime (rec. 94-94) for the 24th game of the Euroleague and left them behind in the “hunt” for the top eight, making them a surprise, until the next , of the competition, and rising to 7-17.

The Bavarians reached +4 in the first half, maintained a lead throughout the match, reached 94-85 in the last two minutes, but there the Basques tied it at 94-94, a score that led to the extra five minutes, where there with more composure the Germans reached the final victory.

Ibaka contributed more to this with 17, Lucic with 17, Harris, Francisco with 13 and Bolmaro with 12 points.

For the Basques, Howard stood out with 27 points and 7/12 three-pointers, Miller-McIntyre with 20, Costello with 18, Marinkovic with 16 and Moneke with 13 points.

The match

Bayern reached 3-0 and 5-3 and there they received a 4-0 run with the right solutions inside the opponent’s basket for 5-7. The lead now began to alternate steadily with the many options that the two coaches cursed, with Ibaka leading the way for the Bavarians offensively, having as an opponent “awe” Howard. A 6-0 run by Pablo Lasso’s players on the Basques’ poor defense in the ruck made it 22-17 and Harris’ 3-pointer made it 25-19 at the end of the first quarter.

The Bayern regionals went on a 7-0 run at the start of the second period to make it 32-22 for the Bavarians and two more consecutive 3-pointers made it +13 for the Bavarians. A 5-0 run by Baskonia was reduced to -8 and the difference was between +8 and +10 during that time. Miller-McIntyre took matters into his own hands and reduced it to -7, Bayern responded with a 5-0 run, but Lucic found his hand for +10.

Miller-McIntyre began to score continuously in the next period and cut to -4, and another three-pointer by him and Bolmaro made it 56-52 at the end of the first half. Bayern had 16/22 two-pointers, 7/8 three-pointers and 14 rebounds and Baskonia 13/18 two-pointers and just 7 rebounds.

Back-to-back 3-pointers by Bayer to open the third period led to an 8-0 run for the home team. Howard dropped to -6 himself, but Edwards responded with a run of his own for +8. Gifai made it 71-60, but two consecutive 3-pointers by Howard made it 73-69. Kochar cut to 73-72 and Howard’s 3-pointer made it 74-73 with 7/8 out of 6.75 for the American guard. Harris’ home run made it 79-74 and Francisco’s 3-pointer made it 82-76 at the end of the quarter.

Bayern maintained +6 to +8 at the start of the fourth period, but Lucic’s three-pointer made it 89-80. Ibaka took the offensive initiatives again and brought the 91-83 and 94-85. There, the many rebounds of the Basques brought the surprises for the 6-0 run for 94-91 with 30 minutes to go. Miller-McIntyre’s 3-pointer brought the 9-0 run and 94-94 at 3”. Obst and Miller-McIntyre missed the final 3-pointers on either side and the match went into overtime.

After back-to-back ties at the start of overtime, Miller-McIntyre’s 3-pointer made it 96-99 for Baskonia. Edwards’ 4-0 run made it 100-99, but Miller-McIntyre’s 3-pointer made it 100-102. Lutić made it 107-104, Marinkovic’s three-pointer tied it 107-107 and Wyler-Bubb’s made it 110-107 at 16”. Theodore’s shots were down to 110-109 at 9”. Marinkovic fouled Gifai, who with the two shots he made, made it 112-109 at 6”. Marinkovic missed a three-pointer and Baskonia fell “victim” of surprise.

The quarters: 25-19, 56-52, 82-76, 94-94, 112-109

The statistics