The Vitoria team “Baskonia” (11/7) with two Lithuanians suffered a failure in the Euroleague, which is on the road 79:92 (24:34, 20:18, 16:23, 19:17) lost against Bayern Munich (7/11).
Bayern showed an impressive attack in the first half, which they won by a double-digit margin – 34:24. Although “Baskonia” started with 9 points in the second quarter and came close (33:34), the hosts managed to hold – 43:35. That difference remained even after half of the match was played – 52:44.
After the big break, the German club was able to push forward again to win the group 12:1 and build up a solid lead – 68:51. The Spanish visitors could no longer recover: they were close at 69:81, but Bayern’s 9 unanswered points (90:69) gave them a record lead and allowed the match to end calmly.
After playing 17 minutes, Tadas Sedekerskis scored 2 points (0/1 three-pointers, 2/2 free throws), caught 5, intercepted 1 ball, assisted, fouled, violated rules 2 times and collected 7 utility points.
In 25 minutes, Rokas Giedraitis scored 10 points (4/6 two-pointers, 0/3 three-pointers, 2/2 free throws), had 5 rebounds, caused 2 fouls, made an error, had a block and collected 12 utility points.
“Bavaria”: Cassius Winston 16, Augustine Rubit 13 (17 minutes), Nick Weiler-Babb 12 (5 rebounds), Corey Walden (3/4 3-pointers), Niels Giffey and Othello Hunter (3/5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds. per who.) after 11.
“Basconia”: Markus Howard 21 (4/10 from three-point range), Darius Thompson 13, Matthew Costello and Rokas Giedraitis 10 each.
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