Bayern Munich’s basketball players took an important step on the way to the play-offs in the Euroleague with a canteen victory over Red Star Belgrade. The German champion overtook the Serbs in the table with the 100: 82 and is fifth on the same with the AS Monaco, with which the Munich people have lost the direct comparison. Only the first six teams move directly into the knockout phase.
Bavaria’s basketball players completely slept down and saw themselves behind only a few minutes with eleven points behind (3:14). But the quick start of the guests looked like a wake -up call. Shortly afterwards, the Munich team found the game and were able to turn the game in the first quarter.
With a crazy run of 25 unanswered points around the break, Munich finally tore the game itself. Top scorer Carsen Edwards achieved eleven of his 30 points alone. Even if the guests were able to shorten again in the final section, Bavaria ultimately brought the 17th victory home confidently. Building player Edwards met six of his ten attempts from beyond the triple line.
Mammoth program without National player da silva
Just before the game, the Munich team had announced that they had to do without the German international Oscar da Silva for several weeks. The 26-year-old had contracted an inner ligament injury in the right knee in the Euroleague game against Paris Basketball in the previous week (88:93) and was operated on Wednesday.
The Munichers have a real mammoth program ahead of them in March. Bayern have to play a total of eleven matches in the calendar month in the Bundesliga and Euroleague. The next endurance test is already waiting on Sunday (6 p.m.) when the MLP Academics Heidelberg are guests in the state capital. In the European competition on March 14th in the local arena against Anadolu Efes Istanbul.