Lucic makes his debut, Obst returns, Bayern easily beats Efes and advances

On the evening that Vladimir Lucic made his debut in the 2023/24 season, on the evening that Andreas Obst returned to the floor, it was the evening that Bayern lost 86 in the 15th game of the EuroLeague in Munich :71 against Anadolu Efes.

Bayern improved to 7-8 (5-1 home and 2-7 away), with Obst making the outside shots, Isaac Bonga padding his stats, Serge Ibaka continuing his dominant performances and generally many contributing to the positive result that At least Bayern are on the right track for the play-in of the competition.

Efes fell to 7-8 (5-1 home and 2-7 away), this time with Elijah Bryant and Ande Zizic, but still needs forty minutes to find chemistry and balance. Shane Larkin was misguided, Darius Thompson was uncreative, and the still adaptable Daniel Oturu was Erdem Can’s most consistent player.

Bayern finished the game with 14/29 three-pointers (48.3%), giving out four times as many assists due to errors, three of 22 three-pointers were made by Efes, who had 10 blocks.

THE REFEREES: Difala, Cortes, Rossi

THE DECADES: 20-17, 50-41, 71-59, 86-71

BAYERN MUNICH (Lasso): Weiler-Bam 8 (2), Francisco 7 (0/3 2-pointers, 2/5 3-pointers, 1/2 shots, 6 assists), Edwards 10 (2/5 2-pointers, 2/ 6 3-pointers, 5 assists, 3 steals), Gifai, Radoncic, Bonga 15 (5/6 2-pointers, 1/3 3-pointers, 2/2 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals), Lucic 2, Obst 17 (1/1 2-points, 4/4 3-points, 3/3 shots), Ibaka 13 (5/9 2-points, 1/2 3-points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals), Harris 2, Booker 5 (1)

ANANTOLOU EFES (January): Larkin 10 (2/3 two-pointers, 1/6 three-pointers, 3/3 shots, 7 rebounds, 6 assists), Bryant 7 (2/7 shots, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 turnovers) , Gazi 1, Thompson 13 (6/9 2-points, 2 assists, 4 turnovers), Olac 2, Oturu 19 (9/10 2-points, 8 rebounds), Daum 13 (3/4 2-points, 2/8 3-points -Throws, 4 rebounds), Zizic, Jones 6 (3/5 2-point shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists)

The team statistics of FC Bayern Munich: 17/41 2-pointers, 14/29 3-pointers, 10/11 shots, 31 rebounds (21 defensive – 10 offensive), 24 assists, 12 steals, 6 turnovers, 14 fouls

Anatolou Efes’ team statistics: 26/38 2-pointers, 3/22 3-pointers, 10/13 shots, 38 rebounds (29 defensive – 9 offensive), 14 assists, 5 steals, 10 blocks, 18 turnovers, 17 fouls

The next games of the two teams: On matchday 16, FC Bayern will host Monaco (December 22nd, 9:30 p.m.), while Anatolou Efes will play against Baskonia in Istanbul (December 22nd, 7:15 p.m.).