Bavaria – Zalgiris 74-65: Bayern return to octave hunting

It took Bayern two minutes to overcome Zalgiris’ obstacle, which they won 74:65 for their 20th game in Munich. EuroLeague and rose to 8-10 in the season and re-entered the battle for the octave. The hosts did not start the game well, but increased their pace in the second half, with Jaramaz, Luτσιiτς and Walden being substantial and very effective. Leon Radosevic, who was out for several months due to a leg injury, also made his first appearance for Bayern Munich in the EuroLeague this season.

The guests, on the other hand, who showed a competitive face in the first half, then went black and gave the Germans the right to take the reins in their hands. Bayern’s first goalscorer was Jaramaz with 16 points, while Nibo scored 14 points for Zalgiris, who remained in last place with a 3-14 record.

The race

Despite the hosts’ dynamic start to the game, Zalgiris found his way and joined the opposing basket, balanced the game and finished the first third on point (16-15) and played good and disciplined basketball every now and then. Nibo was fun for the guests, he was the main spokesman for the Lithuanian attack and together with Tai Webster they brought Zalgiris to power, but Lucic with two consecutive threesomes brought the difference to three or two minutes before half time. With a very difficult basket, Lekavitsius presented again with four guests, with both teams going into the locker room with a score of 34:33 in favor of the hosts.

With the start of the second half, the hosts secured a difference of eight points (45:37), with Yaramaz doing an excellent job. The guests stood on the ground in a mediocre manner and found no solutions in the attack compared to the first half and were caught by the German defense. Obst increased his performance and brought the Germans to +6 (61-54) at the end of the third third. Lekavitsius took the initiative in attack for Zalgiris, put difficult shots together and the guests back into the game. However, Yaramaz took his weapon again and wounded the Lithuanians to widen the gap and ultimately give the Bavarians the victory.

THE REFEREES: Javor, Pastusiak, Vikliski

THE TEN MINUTES: 16-15, 34-33, 61-54, 74-65

BAGERN (Trinkieri): Weiler-Bab 3 (1), Thomas 4 (2/2 two points), Walden 9 (1), Rivers 5, Hunter 3, Jaramaz 16 (3), Lucic 12 (3), Obst 11 (3 .)), Rubit 11 (3/4 three points, 7 rebounds), Sislo, Radosevic.

ZALGIRIS (Zdovc): Webster 10 (1), Blazevic 7, Lekavitsius 10 (4/7 two points), Nibo 14 (6/8 two points, 9 rebounds), Giankounas 3, Milaknis 5 (1), Strelnieks 1, Cavanaugh 5 (1), Gifai 3, Ulanovas 4

Team statistics – Bavaria: 15/30 two points, 11/28 three points, 11/13 shots, 27 rebounds (20 + 7), 15 assists, 7 steals, 11 mistakes, 2 blocks.

Group statistics – Zalgiris: 20/43 two points, 4/19 three points, 13/15 shots, 33 rebounds (21 + 11), 11 assists, 6 steals, 13 mistakes, 2 blocks.

The following games of the teams: Zalgiris’ game for the 21st game of the tournament against the Red Star was postponed due to a corona virus while Bayern meet Monaco at home (January 13th, 9:30 p.m.).