2018-19Regular SeasonRound 30
FC Bayern Munich 84
Herbalife Gran Canaria 77
April 05, 2019 CET: 20:00
Local time: 20:00 AUDI DOME

Bayern goes out with a win

FC Bayern Munich capped its Turkish Airlines EuroLeague campaign with an entertaining 84-77 win over the visiting Herbalife Gran Canaria on Friday in the Audi Dome, making the home fans happy until next season. Bayern, which was in the playoff race until last week, finished with a 14-16 record in 11th place, while Gran Canaria had 8 wins and 22 losses to end the season 14th in the standings. In a game it never trailed, Bayern was paced by Derrick Williams, who finished with 20 points and 6 rebounds. Vladimir Lucic scored 13 and Petteri Koponen netted 10 points in victory. Siim-Sander Vene had 19 points for Gran Canaria, Jacob Wiley added 15, and Marcus Eriksson finished with 10 in defeat.

The teams exchanged punches in the early going with a free-flowing game. Vene and Nemanja Dangubic traded triples, then Nikola Radicevic and Koponen did the same. Wiley scored 7 points to tie the game at 20-20, but Williams hit back-to-back threes to end the first quarter and Stefan Jovic scored twice to open the second quarter and make it 30-20. Vene's triple snapped a 10-0 Bayern run, and D.J. Strawberry followed up with a long-range shot of his own, helping the visitors get within 32-28. But Maodo Lo had couple fastbreak baskets and Williams scored 6 more points, including a pair of dunks, to give Bayern 44-35 halftime lead. Nihad Dedovic and Danilo Barthel quickly restored a double-digit lead in the third quarter. Bayern forced 5 turnovers in first 4 minutes after halftime, and a couple of those, steals from Lucic and Devin Booker, led to fastbreak dunks by Lucic for a 55-41 scoreboard. A three-pointer from Lucic helped extend the difference to 65-45, and after that the hosts kept the margin safe. Bayern entered the fourth quarter with 73-53 lead that climbed to a high of 22 points before Eriksson hit 2 triples to spark a 3-15 Gran Canaria run that trimmed the deficit to 80-70 with 2:30 to go. An alley-oop from Koponen to Williams ended the run, a even though Radicevic cut it to 82-77 with a three-pointer, Bayern closed the game out.

Key momentum change

Bayern controlled most of the game by forcing 18 turnovers on Gran Canaria, 5 of which came early in the third quarter as the hosts raced to a double-digit lead.

Stellar stat

Bayern made 28-of-40 two-point shots, its highest total this season and the club's third most all-time in the competition.

Hidden stat

Gran Canaria made 7 two-points shots and 5 triples in the first half, and all but one of those field goals was assisted.

End of the road

For both teams this game was last in this EuroLeague campaign. Bayern entered this season with 15 total EuroLeague victories, only to win 14 games this season alone. Gran Canaria finished its historic EuroLeague debut with 8 wins.

Derrick Williams - FC Bayern Munich - EB18
Friday, April 5, 2019
Euroleague.net
Referees: LAMONICA, LUIGI; MAJKIC, MARIO ; UDYANSKYY, EDUARD
Attendance: 4037
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FC Bayern Munich
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 DANGUBIC, NEMANJA 16:03 8 2/3 1/1 1/2 1   1         1 2 2 6
3 HOBBS, BRAYDON DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 KING, ALEX 1:09           1 1   1           2
8 KOPONEN, PETTERI 19:04 10 1/2 2/3 2/2   1 1 3         1 1 12
10 RADOSEVIC, LEON 13:20 2 1/1           2     1   4   1
11 LUCIC, VLADIMIR 24:07 13 5/6 1/3   1 2 3 2 2     1 2   14
12 LO, MAODO 22:11 8 3/3 0/1 2/4         3 2       5 11
14 DEDOVIC, NIHAD 19:17 2 1/2 0/3     2 2 1   1     4 3 -1
16 JOVIC, STEFAN 19:32 8 4/4     2 1 3 8 2 4     2 2 17
22 BARTHEL, DANILO 21:40 6 2/5 0/1 2/2 2 4 6 3       1 4 3 9
23 WILLIAMS, DERRICK 24:50 20 6/9 2/4 2/3 1 5 6   1 4     1 3 19
31 BOOKER, DEVIN 18:47 7 3/5   1/2 1 1 2 2 1     1 3 3 8
Team             1 1     3         -2
Totals 200:00 84 28/40 6/16 10/15 8 18 26 21 10 14 1 4 23 22 96
        70% 37.5% 66.7%
Head coach: RADONJIC, DEJAN
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Herbalife Gran Canaria
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 WILEY, JACOB 20:03 15 6/9   3/3 2 2 4 2 1 3     1 2 17
2 BALCEROWSKI, ALEKSANDER 6:46 3 0/1 1/1     1 1           2   1
4 OLIVER, ALBERT 3:06               1   1     1   -1
5 HANNAH, CLEVIN 18:13 5 1/1 1/2   1 1 2 3   4     2 2 5
8 ERIKSSON, MARCUS 21:14 10 0/3 2/5 4/4 1 1 2 2   1   1   2 8
9 VENE, SIIM-SANDER 28:27 19 5/6 2/3 3/4 3 1 4 2 1       3 4 24
12 BALVIN, ONDREJ 19:57 6 3/3       4 4 3   5 2   4 3 9
21 PAULI, ORIOL 15:07   0/1 0/1 0/2   1 1 1           2  
22 RABASEDA, XAVIER 24:57 2   0/3 2/3   1 1 2 1   2   1 2 5
24 STRAWBERRY, DJ 18:46 8 1/1 2/4   1 1 2 1   2     3 2 6
31 RADICEVIC, NIKOLA 18:41 9 0/1 2/5 3/4   1 1 4   2     3 3 7
41 TILLIE, KIM 4:43     0/1         1         2 1 -1
Team           1 2 3     1         2
Totals 200:00 77 16/26 10/25 15/20 9 16 25 22 3 19 4 1 22 23 82
        61.5% 40% 75%
Head coach: MARTINEZ, PEDRO

Head Coaches

RADONJIC, DEJAN
FC Bayern Munich

"We played a good game, except the last few minutes. We controlled the game the entire time, and got one more win. We played a great season. Before the season we talked about our goal of being competitive during the season, and in the end we have 14 wins. It is the most by a German club in a EuroLeague season, and I am very satisfied with our performance in the EuroLeague this season."

"I want to thank my players, and thank the fans for their support this entire season. We learned a lot in these 30 rounds, and I hope we will use our EuroLeague experience in the German League. We gained experience by playing against the best teams in Europe, which is very important for us and will be very important for us."

MARTINEZ, PEDRO
Herbalife Gran Canaria
"Today was not an important game for us thinking in the classification, but we played with a good mentality, fighting for the 40 minutes. In several moments, it seems that Bayern was going to beat us easily, but I think that we didn't give up and we fought until the end and we have to be happy because in some moments it was close to a big difference. Now we just have to think in the next step, the Spanish League and be focused to achieve our goals in that competition, where we are not in a good position."

Players

WILLIAMS, DERRICK
FC Bayern Munich
"It's been an amazing journey this year with the guys in the EuroLeague. Being able to travel to countless number of countries, being able to play different number of teams that I've heard of back home (thinking) one day I've been able to play against them, as well. It's been amazing. We got 14 wins in the EuroLeague this season. Probably many more than many people thought. We shocked a lot of people. These guys couldn't make my experience this year, my first in the EuroLeague, any better. These guys are wonderful, every single one of my teammates. It's been amazing."
LUCIC, VLADIMIR
FC Bayern Munich
"We had some good games, beat some good teams this season. I think we missed some chances to be in the playoffs, which would be a good thing for us and the club of Bayern Munich. But we need to be happy with this amount of victories, and be focused for the German championship. I think wins against Fenerbahce, Barcelona or Panathinaikos gave us strength and confidence that we can play at this level."
RADICEVIC, NIKOLA
Herbalife Gran Canaria
"It was a game with many ups and downs for us, but in the end we managed to come back into the game with good defense and doing the things we need on offense. It was a historic season for the club and I think we fought until the end."
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