In… orbit of six remained the Maccabi Tel Avivwhich got away much harder than it shows final 89-74 from Munich and its headquarters Bayern for the 31st matchday of the Euroleague.
Thanks to a terrific fourth quarter, the Israelis reached their 18th pink card of the season, staying in 7th place and at -1 from the six.
Leading for the winners was Rivero with 17 points, with Baldwin and Brown to follow in performance with 15 and 12 points respectively.
For Bayern, who fell to 13-18, stood out Bolmaro with 21 points.
The match:
THE Bayern entered the game very strongly and, with the help of her good defense, led 6-0 in the first three minutes of the match. Somewhere there, Maccabi Tel Aviv revved up and with polyphony in the attack ran a partial 12-2 for the overtake (8-12) in the 6th minute. With ten personal points from Bolmarothe Bavarians took the lead again (21-19), for the visitors to come and close the quarter with three points in the last minute at 21-22.
THE second period evolved into a one-role performance, as the Israelis they were outstanding on both ends of the floor, shooting the lead up to and including 16 (30-46)! In this quarter, it was Webb and Blatt who pulled the … paddle, with Nimbo and Rivero adding valuable solutions defensively, with Maccabi going to locker room in front with 48-35.
The reaction of the Germans came to third period, where with a sustained counterattack they re-entered the competition. With Bolmaro and Ibaka leading the comeback and Edwards and Lucic following closely behind, Pablo Laso “gnawed away” at the difference, closing the quarter with minimum difference value (62-63).
With morale high, Bayern entered the fourth and final period with momentum gained and thanks to a quick 5-0 run, he pulled ahead after halftime for 67-63 and 69-65 at 32′. At that point, Maccabi Tel Aviv showed… signs of life and two two-pointers by Baldwin and Brown tied the match (69-69 at 33′). In fact, the second, together with Cleveland, led the overthrow of the guests and with consecutive three-pointers sent the difference at +11 (69-80) at 37′finally arriving at victory with the final 74-89.
The quarters: 21-22, 38-45, 62-63, 74-89.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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