Having reached +22 in the second period, Barcelona only defeated Bayern 87-79 in Munich for the 32nd game of the Euroleague and with a record of 21-11 they will definitely be in second place, waiting for the rest of the results to see if they will have company Panathinaikos and Monaco and leaving the Bavarians at 13-19 and very likely now out of the top ten and play in.
The “blaugrana” gained a double-digit difference from the second period onwards, but in the fourth the Bavarians’ streak was reduced to -8, but there most of the solutions of the Spaniards helped them in the final victory.
For the Catalans, Parker stood out with 15, Laprovitola with 14 and Veseli with 12 points. For the Bavarians, Weiler-Bubb and Ibaka stood out with 17 points.
The match
Vesely was the star in the initial lead swap in the opening five minutes, with three-pointers either side and attacking versatility for both coaches. A 9-0 run led by Kalinic brought +7 for the “Blaugrana” and a new 5-0 brought +8 for Roger Grimau’s players and the attacking versatility of the Spaniards brought them to +6 at the end of the first quarter .
An impressive 13-0 run by “Barca” at the start of the second period brought a double score for the Catalans and +19 with Parker and the rest of Grimmau’s peripherals as protagonists. A new 4-0 run brought +22 for the “blaugrana”. Ibaka led a 6-0 run by the Bavarians for -16 and he himself helped for 30-47 at the conclusion of the half. Bayern had 7/8 shots and 15 rebounds and Barcelona had 5/10 three-pointers, 10/12 shots and 20 rebounds.
Barcelona maintained +12 to +14 at the start of the third period. With a 7-0 run, Barcelona reached +20 with many solutions from all positions on the floor and Laprovitola +22. With a 6-0 run, Bayern cut to -17 and, with several runs on either side, the difference went up and down from +15 to +18, with thirty minutes ending at 53-71.
Vesely made it +2 at the start of the fourth period, but Wyler-Bubb cut it to -5 with a personal 5-0 run. With a new 5-0 run by the Bavarians, Bayern dropped to -11 and the difference varied between +9 and +11. Francisco’s three-pointer cut it to 72-80 and Bonga’s to 75-83 with 2’16” left. Lucic’s shots cut it to 77-83 at 1’04”, but Laprovitola made it 77-85 at 49”. Veseki “cleaned up” the match with 77-87 at 26” and the quarter ended at 79-87.
Source: Sport Fm
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