FC Bayern Munich is still waiting for its first win of the season in the basketball Euroleague.
The Bundesliga club also lost their third game against FC Barcelona at 73:84 (34:37) and remains without a point in the table basement. Already on Thursday (8.30 p.m.) Olimpia Milan comes to the Isar.
As in the past quarter-final playoffs (2:3 for Barcelona), both teams fought a close match for a long time at the beginning of May. It was 18:18 after the first quarter. At the break, the guests led just 37:34. Bayern could always rely on Augustine Rubit, who was Munich’s best with 13 points after 20 minutes.
Barcelona pull away in the third quarter
But then Barcelona showed all their class. Even without the injured top star Nikola Mirotic, the team of Lithuanian coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius pulled away in the third quarter. The duo of Nicolas Laprovittola and Alex Abrines kept getting easy points, leaving them 12 points behind after 30 minutes. In the final quarter, coach Andrea Trinchieri’s team couldn’t get back into the game and ended up suffering the third defeat in the third match with 73:84. The best thrower for Munich was Rubit with 19 points.