The basketball players from double winners Bayern Munich are gradually getting going in the new year. In the EuroLeague, world champion coach Gordon Herbert’s team dramatically defeated top team AS Monaco 95:94 (53:40) and celebrated their second win in a row.
In the most important European competition, Bayern in tenth place remain on course for the play-ins. In the first leg almost a month ago in the Principality, the Munich team lost significantly 74:93, on Wednesday a very strong first quarter ensured a good starting position with a 17-point lead. Overall, Bayern hit twelve of 19 attempts for three points in the first half.
Nervous thriller in the final phase
However, the Monegasques, third in the EuroLeague table before the game, turned up the heat more and more in the second half. Just under two minutes before the end, Jordan Loyd equalized for the guests to make it 88:88, and a nervous thriller developed. With 8.4 seconds left, Shabazz Napier put Munich ahead by one point with a three-pointer, Monaco could no longer find an answer. The best thrower was Bayern’s playmaker Carsen Edwards with 25 points.
On Friday evening, Herbert’s team has to play again in the EuroLeague, then they face Virtus Bologna.