Break it up Bayern Munich starring Petrushev the Red Star!
The team of Yannis Sfeiropoulos had absolute control of the match and finally celebrated the impressive victory with 101-77returning to positive results after its two consecutive defeats by Villeurbanne and Partizan.
Thus, Red Star improved its record to 6-6while on the other hand the Bavarians experienced just their second defeat in their 9 most recent matches for the Euroleague, falling to 8-4.
Leading the way for the winners, who finished the game with 36 assists to 8 turnovers, Petrushev (25 points with 8/10 two-pointers, 2/2 three-pointers, 3/6 shots, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal), while significant help was provided by Daum (16p), Dobrich (15p) and Kalinic (10p). On the other hand, for Bayern they stood out Booker (14p) and Bitim (13p).
The match:
The match started with Petrusev showing his … ferocious moods early on scoring his team’s first five points for 5-3, with Edwards and Booker reducing the points (9-8 and 11-10) for the visitors . Kalinic and Daum put Red Star at +6 for the first time (18-12), while Petrusev made it 25-17 to reach 15 personal points from the first period, before Da Silva made the 25-19 at the end of the quarter.
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At the start of the second period, Bayern managed to take its first lead of the game (26-28), thanks to five consecutive points by Bitim and a layup by Harris, but then went without a basket for almost three minutes, allowing the home team to make a 12-0 run and go ahead with 38-28, while Asteras kept the double digits in their favor differences, until Napier reduced with a three-pointer for the 50-42 of the first half.
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The home team continued to be in complete control in the third period, pushing the difference in their favor for the first time to +20 (67-47), while Petrusev made it 77-51 by reaching 25 personal points, while the third quarter ended with the Red Star in front of me 79-52. Typical procedure in the fourth period, with the difference even slipping away to +32 (99-67), before the final came 101-77.
The quarters: 25-19, 50-42, 79-52,
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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