2017-18QuarterfinalsGame 3
FC Bayern Munich 91
UNICS Kazan 81
March 14, 2018 CET: 20:30
Local time: 20:30 AUDI DOME

Cunningham, Barthel take Bayern to semis

FC Bayern Munich advanced to the 7DAYS EuroCup semifinals for the first time in club history by topping UNICS Kazan 91-81 in do-or-die Game 3 of their quarterfinals series on Wednesday. Bayern won the series 2-1 and will now face Darussafaka Istanbul in the best-of-three semifinals. Reggie Redding led the winners with 23 points, Jared Cunningham added 21 while Danilo Barthel, Vladimir Lucic and Stefan Jovic each had 12 for Bayern. Trent Lockett paced UNICS with 16 points, Melvin Ejim and Stephane Lasme each scored 12 and Jamar Smith 11. After an outstanding Anton Ponkrashov gave the visitors a 61-63 lead late in the third quarter. Lucic, Maik Zirbes and Jovic fueled an 11-0 run that put Bayern in charge. Lockett and Smith brought UNICS within 78-75, but Cunningham and Barthel took over in crunch time to seal a ticket to the next round.

Lockett and Redding got their teams going with respective three-pointers. Quino Colom and Lasme soon gave UNICS a 3-7 lead. Cunningham struck from downtown and Jovic added jumpers, but Lasme kept UNICS ahead, 10-13. Cunningham took over with a four-point play, but Ejim followed a layup with a triple give UNICS a 14-18 advantage. Redding kept pushing Bayern with free throws and back-to-back triples, but Maurice Ndour dunked twice and Ejim added a slam-and-foul for a 22-27 UNICS lead. A three-pointer by Cunningham and free throws by Lucic tied the game at 27-27 after 10 minutes. Lucic scored down low early in the second quarter, but a 0-6 run that Anton Ponkrashov capped with foul shots gave UNICS a 29-33 edge. Ndour took over with a put-back layup and Grigory Shukhovtcov added a jump hook, but Bayern find a go-to guy in Barthel, who had 7 quick points for a 38-37 score. Danilo Andjusic stepped up with a three-point play, but Hobbs and Cunningham fueled a 7-0 run that restored a 44-40 Bayern lead. Free throws by Colom and an alley-oop layup by Lucic fixed the halftime score at 46-42.

Smith struck from downtown and Ejim added a layup for a 46-47 UNICS lead after the break. Cunningham took over with a three-point play, but Lasme followed with a jumper and dunk. Booker fouled out and free throws by Colom and Anton Ponkrashov soon gave UNICS a 55-58 lead. Redding and Jovic tried to change things for Bayern, but Ponkrashov singlehandedly kept UNICS in charge, 61-63. Lucic and Zirbes rescued Bayern and a driving layup by Cunningham gave his team a 69-63 lead after 30 minutes. A three-pointer by Jovic capped an 11-0 Bayern run early in the fourth quarter. Lasme and Smith tried to change things for UNICS, but a layup by Djedovic and a put-back basket by Hobbs made it a double-digit game, 78-68. Lockett and Smith combined for all the points in a 7-0 run that brought UNICS within 78-75, but Redding scored around the basket and dunks by Cunningham and Barthel sealed the outcome at 84-75 with two minutes to go.

Jared Cunningham - FC Bayern Munich (photo FCBB) - EC17
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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Referees: RYZHYK, BORYS; ROSSI, MICHELE; SUKYS, ARTURAS
Attendance: 5845
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FC Bayern Munich27192322
UNICS Kazan27152118
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FC Bayern Munich27466991
UNICS Kazan27426381
FC Bayern Munich
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
3 HOBBS, BRAYDON 15:02 5 1/1 1/5     2 2 2   1     1   3
7 KING, ALEX DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 CUNNINGHAM, JARED 33:58 21 3/6 3/9 6/6   1 1   1 3   1 3 7 14
11 LUCIC, VLADIMIR 25:01 12 4/5 0/2 4/4 1 4 5 2         2 3 17
14 DEDOVIC, NIHAD 10:21 2 1/2 0/1     1 1 1   2   1 2 1 -2
15 REDDING, REGGIE 32:28 23 5/6 3/6 4/4 3 4 7 4 1 1 1   2 3 32
16 JOVIC, STEFAN 26:58 12 3/5 2/6     3 3 7   2   1 2 3 14
22 BARTHEL, DANILO 22:13 12 5/6 0/2 2/3 1 4 5 2 1     1 2 5 18
25 GAVEL, ANTON 2:43           1 1 1         1   1
31 BOOKER, DEVIN 13:48 2 1/2     3 3 6 4   1     5   5
33 ZIRBES, MAIK 17:28 2 1/4     1 1 2 1   1   1 2   -2
35 JALLOW, KARIM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           5 3 8     1         7
Totals 200:00 91 24/37 9/31 16/17 14 27 41 24 3 12 1 5 22 22 107
        64.9% 29% 94.1%
Head coach: DJORDJEVIC, SASA
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
UNICS Kazan
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
3 EJIM, MELVIN 21:33 12 4/9 1/1 1/1 4 3 7   1 2 1   2 1 13
5 NDOUR, MAURICE 24:37 8 4/6     1 4 5 1 3 1 1   2 3 16
7 PONKRASHOV, ANTON 20:47 9 1/5 1/4 4/4 1 2 3 2   2     2 2 5
10 COLOM, QUINO 26:19 8 1/2 0/7 6/6   1 1 7         1 6 13
12 SHUKHOVTCOV, GRIGORY 1:40 2 1/2   0/1                 2 1 -1
13 LASME, STEPHANE 22:14 12 6/7     1 2 3       3   3 3 17
15 SMITH, JAMAR 32:57 11 2/6 2/7 1/1   1 1 3 1 1   1 1 2 6
16 TRUSHKIN, VLADISLAV 2:57     0/1                       -1
24 LOCKETT, TRENT 28:32 16 2/2 4/5   1 5 6 3 1 1     4 1 21
27 KOSHCHEEV, ANDREY 6:59         2 1 3 1   1     3    
33 ANDJUSIC, DANILO 8:23 3 1/2 0/1 1/1       1 1       1 2 4
42 KOLESNIKOV, EVGENY 3:02                         2   -2
Team             2 2               2
Totals 200:00 81 22/41 8/26 13/14 10 21 31 18 7 8 5 1 23 21 93
        53.7% 30.8% 92.9%
Head coach: PRIFTIS, DIMITRIS

Head Coaches

DJORDJEVIC, SASA
FC Bayern Munich
"First of all, it was a huge, physical effort for both sides, and this is one of the things I give credit to my coaching staff and my players, how they managed to play until the end with the energy that was needed for this kind of game. UNICS is a very, very experienced team, a team that was made to win the EuroCup. This is their way to go to the EuroLeague, where they have been several times in the last 10 years. We must be not just satisfied or happy, but proud of what we did, but it is over. Nothing is done yet, it is just a small step; we have to continue enjoying the ride and the process of becoming a team that might have a chance to play for this title. We have to think about the next opponent that we have and forget about this game as soon as possible, which nevertheless, we received a big push from our fans, which I thank personally. I believe they understand how important they are for us here. It is something that we count on, of course, in the future. The nervousness was obvious in all three games, in both sides, especially in our side shooting-wise. In our first half here [in Game 1] and the second half in Kazan [in Game 2], we had 0 of 11 three-pointers. It is not easy to play games like this without good shooting percentages from the three-point line. We managed to get some open looks; sometimes we rushed them, but we had very good ball movement and good open looks. The game was won defensively. Once we controlled the offensive rebounding of UNICS, that was the biggest key for us in this game. We managed to keep all the defensive rebounding options on our side and I believe they didn't box out well in the second half. After that, we had some good runs and some points in transition."
PRIFTIS, DIMITRIS
UNICS Kazan
"It was a tough game, like all the games that we played with Bayern. First of all, congratulations to Bayern for qualifying to the semifinals. For us, as long as the game went to this extended score, 91 points, our chances were becoming less and less, because this high score, allowing 91 points, is too much to win a game on the road. Offensively, we scored - we had 81 points, but we should have approached some quarters in a more defensive way. Bayern had a very good day in comparison with our previous games, shooting better three-point shots, especially in the first half, and found multiple ways to score against us. We were not so focused off the ball and they scored a lot of backdoor baskets or behind our backs. Anyway, for us the EuroCup competition is finished and we have to focus on the VTB League. Congratulations again to Bayern. All the best for the rest of the season."

Players

CUNNINGHAM, JARED
FC Bayern Munich
"Our crowd got us into it. We just stuck to our game plan. We had crucial times at the end when we made plays and that is what got us the win."
LASME, STEPHANE
UNICS Kazan
"Bayern is a well-coached team. They did a good job keep their composure, even when the game was not going for them. Congratulations to them - they played hard for 40 minutes. We made a lot of mistakes defensively and that is what cost us the game."
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