He took the German “civil war” and re-entered the orbit of six Bayern Munich!
With him Carsen Edwards to… break up the counters and set career records in points and PIR in the EuroLeague, the Bavarians destroyed the “Uber Arena” by scoring 99-84 of Alba Berlin for the 23rd matchday of the competition!
The explosive guard stopped at 34 points – had a record 32 points, while having 6 assists and 6 rebounds in 33 minutes of participation, accumulating 34 points in the evaluation system. With this victory, Herbert’s team improved to 13-10, as Alba suffered its ninth consecutive defeat in the competition.
The first scorer for the Berliners was McDonnell with 18 points.
The match:
Excellent first quarter for both teams, with the defenses going…walk and the attacks throwing “fires”! OR Bayern Munich came into the match stronger and led 9-2 in the and shortly after 15-6 in five minutes thanks to her versatility in attack. With Procinda and Wenzel coming forward, the Alba Berlin reacted and closed the quarter in absolute balance (27-27).
In fact, with a quick 7-0 run early on second period, the Berliners led for the first time with +5 (34-29), with Da Silva and Obst responding with a 6-0 of their own for 34-35 at 13′. From then on, the two teams traded back-to-back blows, with neither able to escape with more than 4 points. The winners of the case were the guests, who went to locker room ahead with 52-50.
In the third quarter, Carsen Edwards was in… the twilight zone and with eight points sent the difference to +6 (57-63) in the 25th minute, with Alba responding from the “drawing board” to overtake (66-65) three minutes later. However, with Obst’s five personal points, Herbert’s team closed out the period at +2 and 70-68.
The match:
Excellent first quarter for both teams, with the defenses going…walk and the attacks throwing “fires”! OR Bayern Munich came into the match stronger and led 9-2 in the and shortly after 15-6 in five minutes thanks to her versatility in attack. With Procinda and Wenzel coming forward, the Alba Berlin reacted and closed the quarter in absolute balance (27-27).
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In fact, with a quick 7-0 run early on second period, the Berliners led for the first time with +5 (34-29), with Da Silva and Obst responding with a 6-0 of their own for 34-35 at 13′. From then on, the two teams traded back-to-back blows, with neither able to escape with more than 4 points. The winners of the case were the guests, who went to locker room ahead with 52-50.
In the third quarter, Carsen Edwards was in… the twilight zone and with eight points sent the difference to +6 (57-63) in the 25th minute, with Alba responding from the “drawing board” to overtake (66-65) three minutes later. However, with Obst’s five personal points, Herbert’s team closed out the period at +2 and 70-68.
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And while everything looked like the match would turn into… a thriller, Bayern and Edwards they had a different opinion! With the explosive guard taking action and dominating, scoring nine points in the first three minutes (!), the visitors went +10 (72-82), with back-to-back 3-pointers by Gifai and Obst widening the gap at +16 and 88-72 at 35′! A difference that Alba was never able to reverse, resulting in Bayern leaving the capital with a great double (84-99)!
The quarters: 27-27, 50-52, 68-70, 84-99.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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