By the end of the third quarter, FC Bayern's basketball players looked like a Euroleague bankruptcy.
Then Andrea Trinchieri's team at CSKA Moscow turned it up.
The
basketball players
of
FC Bayern Munich
surprisingly won
the
Euroleague
against title favorite
CSKA Moscow
.
Thanks to a strong final quarter, the Bundesliga team won the second place in the table on Friday with 69:66 (40:39) and after 23 matchdays they are on the playoff course with 14: 9 wins.
“That was an example of mental strength.
It's great that we have a 2-0 record - it's difficult to beat these teams, ”said
Bayern
top scorer
Wade Baldwin
(22 points).
“Wine is about quality,” said coach
Andrea
Trinchieri
.
But he was "super happy" with the win.
Euroleague: FC Bayern basketball player makes a strong comeback in Moscow
In a match that was balanced over long distances, the guests went
into the break
thanks to a strong performance by
Baldwin
with a one-point lead.
The American scored 14 of his 22 points in the first two quarters and had a large share in the narrow half-time lead.
Even after the break, it was a close encounter until the 35th minute (50:49).
After that,
however, nothing
worked at
Bayern
.
By the end of the third round, the German top team didn't score a single point.
CSKA
pulled away to 60:50.
Time and again,
Moscow
came
to simple points through Darrun Hilliard.
FC Bayern Basketball: First win against CSKA Moscow in Euroleague
But the Munich team came back with the
2019
Euroleague
winner.
The Munich team turned the match around with a 13-2 run and were 63:62 with two and a half minutes to go.
In the final phase, both clubs missed a preliminary decision due to individual mistakes.
After
Dennis Seeley
increased 7.1 seconds before the siren to 69:66 with a converted free throw, the surprise was perfect.
For
Trinchieri's
team it was the first
Euroleague
win against
CSKA
in the eighth attempt.
(dpa / SID)