FC Bayern Munich vs. AS Monaco

2021-22Regular SeasonRound 21

FC Bayern Munich 78

AS Monaco 83

January 13, 2022 CET: 20:30

Local time: 20:30 AUDI DOME

James shoots Monaco to victory in Munich

Mike James shined with 26 points and 6 assists to lead AS Monaco to a 78-83 road win over FC Bayern Munich at Audi Dome on Thursday night. The visitors used a 0-12 run to finish the second quarter with a 35-40 halftime lead and though Bayern tied the score early in the third quarter, it would never lead again. The result gave Monaco a season sweep of Bayern and left both teams with 8-11 records. Danilo Andjusic contributed 16 points, Dwayne Bacon scored 11 and Donatas Motiejunas had 10 for the winners. Corey Walden paced Bayern with a career-high 26 points, 5 assists and 4 steals and Vladimir Lucic added 14 points in defeat.

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Monaco took the lead early on a Will Thomas jumper and a James free throw. Leon Radosevic got Bayern on the scoreboard with his first basket of the season. Motiejunas took a steal in for a slam and followed it with a hook shot for a 5-10 lead midway through the quarter. Walden hit back for Bayern with back-to-back threes to take the lead. James had the visitors back on top with a three and a mid-range jumper. After a layup by Leo Westermann and 1 free throw by Ognjen Jaramaz, Monaco led 18-19 at the end of the first quarter.

Bayern regained the lead on a K.C. Rivers triple before Othello Hunter threw down an alley-oop dunk. The lead continued to switch sides as Brock Motum and Walden traded threes. Lucic’s reverse layup made it 28-24. The lead continued to grow with Walden’s fifth three and a pull-up jumper by Jaramaz to make it 35-28. After a timeout, Motiejunas made a hook shot and Alpha Diallo added a triple. James tied it with a floater, Dwayne Bacon made the go-ahead free throws and James came up with a steal and a triple on the halftime buzzer, capping a 0-12 Monaco run for a 35-40 advantage at the break.

DeShaun Thomas started the second half with a triple and a put-back slam to even the score. Andjusic restored a Monaco lead with a three-pointer. The Bayern offense went cold, missing five straight shots, as the visitors built a 40-46 lead. Nick Weiler-Babb revived Bayern with a layup off a steal, but a three by Will Thomas kept Monaco in charge. Even though Lucic heated up, another three by Andjusic made it 49-55. Bacon stretched the lead to 8 before Lucic and James traded threes to end the third quarter with the visitors up 54-62.

Baskets by Bacon and Motiejunas gave Monaco the game’s first double-digit lead, 56-66, early in the fourth quarter. After a Bayern timeout, Hunter made free throws and Jaramaz buried a three-pointer to halve the deficit. However, Andjusic made free throws and James made a three to keep Monaco comfortably ahead. Walden stepped up with 5 quick points and a steal that led to a Hunter dunk to make it 68-73 with 4 minutes remaining. After a Monaco timeout, James made a tough shot and Bacon split free throws. Walden made 2 foul shots to bring Bayern within 72-76 with 1:29 to play. A triple by James was a dagger that Bayern could not recover from and Andjusic sealed the game from the foul line.

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Monaco gets lifts off the bench

FC Bayern Munich had played just 48 hours earlier and was bound to be a bit more tired than AS Monaco, whose Round 20 game had been suspended. Bayern needed a lift from the bench, but instead, the visitors got more production from their reserves. Danilo Andjusic scored 16 points and Dwayne Bacon 11 as the Monaco reserves outscored the Bayern second unit 26-34. And that was despite the fact that key reserves Donta Hall and Leo Westermann combined for just 2 points in less than 10 minutes due to injuries. In such a close game, the play of the other Monaco reserves made a huge difference.

Career night for Walden

Corey Walden had one of the best games of his career on Thursday night for FC Bayern Munich against AS Monaco. He scored 26 points, dished 5 assists and swiped 4 steals. Walden made all 3 of his two-pointers, was perfect in 5 trips to the foul line and shot 5 for 10 on three-pointers. That added up to a performance index rating of 34. He set his career-high in scoring by 6 points and bested his previous high in PIR by 2. Walden also made 1 more three-pointer than ever before and tied his career-high in steals. All in all, it was an impressive showing for Walden, even though it came in defeat.

Monaco’s game-changing run

The momentum seemed to be with FC Bayern Munich when it took a 35-28 lead with 4 minutes remaining in the second quarter. AS Monaco called timeout and everything change after that. Bayern would not score again until halftime as the visitors reeled off 12 unanswered points and would never trail again. Donatas Motiejunas started the march with a hook shot before Mike James found Alpha Diallo for a three. James then drove and tied it with a floater, though he missed the free throw that came with it. Dwayne Bacon picked him up with a pair of free throws and on the last play of the half, James stole an inbounds pass, dribbled to the three-point line and launched a bomb that made it 35-28. Even though Bayern made runs in the second half, the game was never the same after Monaco’s 0-12 run.

Mike James celebrates - AS Monaco - EB21

Thursday, January 13, 2022

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Referees: BELOSEVIC, ILIJA; ROCHA, FERNANDO; KARDUM, LUKA

Attendance: 0

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
FC Bayern Munich	18	17	19	24
AS Monaco	19	21	22	21

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
FC Bayern Munich	18	35	54	78
AS Monaco	19	40	62	83

FC Bayern Munich

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
0	WEILER-BABB, NICK	21:47	4	2/3			1		1	3	1	1			2	1	6
1	THOMAS, DESHAUN	17:18	9	3/4	1/2		3	2	5								12
2	WALDEN, COREY	29:15	26	3/3	5/10	5/5		2	2	5	4				3	5	34
3	RIVERS, KC	17:06	3	0/2	1/4					1	1	2				2
8	HUNTER, OTHELLO	25:19	8	3/5		2/2	1	5	6	1				1	3	2	11
10	JARAMAZ, OGNJEN	18:34	6	1/4	1/6	1/2	2	2	4							2	3
11	LUCIC, VLADIMIR	27:43	14	3/3	2/5	2/2				2		1			2	5	15
12	GEORGE, JASON	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	OBST, ANDREAS	5:46													1	1
21	RUBIT, AUGUSTINE	21:50	6	3/4	0/1		1	6	7			2			3	1	7
31	SISKO, ZAN MARK	6:27		0/2				1	1	2		2			2		-3
43	RADOSEVIC, LEON	8:55	2	1/2	0/1			1	1			1			2		-2
	Team							2	2								2
	Totals	200:00	78	19/32	10/29	10/11	8	21	29	14	6	9	0	1	18	19	85
				59.4%	34.5%	90.9%

Head coach: TRINCHIERI, ANDREA

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

AS Monaco

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
3	DEMAHIS, RUDY	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	BACON, DWAYNE	25:06	11	4/8		3/4		4	4		1	1			1	3	12
9	WESTERMANN, LEO	5:10	2	1/1				2	2	1					1	1	5
10	THOMAS, WILL	28:16	7	2/3	1/1		1	1	2	1					1		8
11	DIALLO, ALPHA	21:10	3	0/1	1/4		1	3	4	2		1			4	3	3
12	MOTUM, BROCK	9:02	5		1/1	2/2									2	1	4
20	MOTIEJUNAS, DONATAS	25:29	10	5/8		0/2	1	4	5	1	1	1	1		2	5	15
24	OUATTARA, YAKUBA	22:14	3		1/1			3	3						2		4
32	GRAY, ROB	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	ANDJUSIC, DANILO	24:42	16	1/3	3/3	5/5		2	2	1		2			2	2	15
45	HALL, DONTA	4:18		0/1				1	1
55	JAMES, MIKE	34:33	26	5/10	5/7	1/3		4	4	6	1	4			4	3	23
	Team											2					-2
	Totals	200:00	83	18/35	12/17	11/16	3	24	27	12	3	11	1	0	19	18	87
				51.4%	70.6%	68.8%

Head coach: OBRADOVIC, SASA

Head Coaches

TRINCHIERI, ANDREA

FC Bayern Munich

“Congratulations to Monaco. I believe that we did whatever we could. We played 48 hours ago. A double week for only one team, you see we didn't have the right energy at the end, but I believe that we control the boards, and dished more assists, we had less turnovers, and everybody would think that we lost because of Mike James, he made amazing baskets, but when I play against James I always put, I'm ready for his 25 points. We played good defense, he scored very tough shots. The problem is that 16 points from Andjusic with 3 out of 3 three-point shots. It’s something that was clear in the game plan, we didn’t follow the game plan and this cost us the game. We had great effort, we played hard, we played like a team, we played 48 hours ago and this is a factor. With these suspensions of games and postponed games, it's different to play for every 48 hours or to rest. It's totally different. But the reasons and what happened is clear.”

OBRADOVIC, SASA

AS Monaco

“This means a lot for the confidence to trust the system, the program. We did pretty good. Defensively we improved I have to say, first of all. There is of course space for another step to make, but I think with this win everything will be easier, analyzing and working on our weaknesses. We can see more of our strengths. [The key was] good defense, In this gym with Bayern which has a lot of weapons, we were pretty good, tough at each position. Aside from some injuries inside without some players who didn't show up, we found a way to win. This is a great win. We showed character.”

Players

JAMES, MIKE

AS Monaco

“[The key was] just getting in more of a rhythm, getting back healthy. Playing again. It's been a long time since we played a real EuroLeague game. Just happy to be back. Happy we won. On to the next one. Just settling down. We hadn't played a EuroLeague game in a real long time so we were all kind of getting winded, so we were making little errors and not running our plays all the way right. I think once we got into our plays and started sharing the ball, it worked out for us.”

MOTIEJUNAS, DONATAS

AS Monaco

“I think on the defensive end [we won the game]. I think defensively for sure. Defensively we played hard most of the game, did the correct things that coach was asking us, so the game plan worked. Offensively sometimes we played a little bit selfish, but in the end, everything turned out to be fine. Mike [James] scored some amazing shots which helped us to overcome this tough, tough team and we're happy to take this win.”