Thursday, December 9th, 2021
Seventh win in the Euroleague
Bavaria beats formerly best team in Europe
After four defeats at the start of the Euroleague, FC Bayern’s basketball players are now in good shape. Against defending champions Istanbul, Munich are behind in the third quarter before Andrea Trinchieri’s team continues their impressive home series.
Bayern Munich proved its home strength in the Euroleague basketball even without fans by defeating defending champion Anadolu Istanbul. Coach Andrea Trinchieri’s team defeated the Turkish national champions 83:71 (44:38) and celebrated their fourth home win in the European premier class in a row. With 7: 7 wins, Munich are now in tenth place ahead of the top club from Istanbul (6: 8). The first eight move into the playoffs after 34 regular season games.
Vladimir Lucic stood out from the Bayern team with 18 points and 12 rebounds, Augustine Rubit and DeShaun Thomas also had 18 points. National player Tibor Pleiß scored seven points for the guests. The two former NBA players Rodrigue Beaubois and Shane Larkin (18 points each) could not prevent the defeat as their team’s best thrower.
“It’s really a great win for us. I’m very happy,” said Trinchieri, looking back at the start of the season when his team had lost the first four games in the EuroLeague: “At that time it looked like we had to climb a huge mountain. Today we won seven games. “
At the beginning of the third quarter Bayern had led with ten points, a little later they were behind (55:56). Trinchieri took a break and got his team back on track. After a dream start in the final section, the gap was again ten points (77:67). The Munich team could not be taken away from the lead. Due to the Corona regulation in Bavaria, the game took place in front of empty stands.
The Munich team will continue on Sunday in the top game of the Bundesliga at Meister Alba Berlin (6 p.m. / MagentaSport). The cup winner travels to the capital as leader of the table, the Berliners are still in the Euroleague at Panathinaikos Athens on Friday evening. Alba is currently in 14th place with a record of five wins and eight defeats, but could catch up with Istanbul with a success in Greece.