2019-20Regular SeasonRound 9
November 19, 2019 CET: 20:30
Local time: 20:30 AUDI DOME

Bayern comes back to sink Olympiacos

FC Bayern Munich used a huge fourth-quarter rally to beat visiting Olympiacos Piraeus 85-82 on Tuesday night at Audi Dome. Bayern ended its three-game losing streak and improved to 4-5, while Olympiacos dropped to 3-6. The Reds were in control and up by 12 points early in the fourth quarter, but Bayern put together a 27-8 charge to turn the game around and register another home win. Each Bayern starter finished in double figures in points with Maodo Lo stepping up late and finishing with 19 points and 7 assists, while Danilo Barthel also came up big in the fourth quarter and scored 18 points. Greg Monroe collected 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals, while Vladimir Lucic and Paul Zipser had 13 points apiece. Wade Baldwin came off the bench to net 19 points for Olympiacos, Nikola Milutinov had 14 points, Georgios Printezis added 12 and Kostas Papanikolaou scored 10 in a losing effort.

Bayern took control early with a 17-2 run. The hosts forced 6 turnovers in less than 6 minutes, while Lo hit a three-pointer and Monroe started a fast break and then scored inside to open a 17-6 lead. Papanikolaou got the Reds going and a pair of baskets from Baldwin cut it to 19-16. Lucic hit a triple-plus-foul to make it 23-17 after 10 minutes before Brandon Paul and Taylor Rochestie each had a triple for Olympiacos to get within 28-25 early in the second. Monroe was a force inside for Bayern, but Rochestie continued fueling Olympiacos before Vassilis Spanoulis hit a three-pointer to help put the visitors up 39-40. A pair of shot-clock beating floaters from Printezis kept the visitors in front, 43-44 at halftime. He then scored in a low post again and Papanikolaou added a triple to make it 45-51 early in the third. Monroe scored inside, but Baldwin had a triple followed by a steal and a fastbreak dunk before a pair of inside baskets from Milutinov made it 50-61 late in the third. The visitors took a 55-63 advantage into the fourth quarter and Printezis helped extend it to 55-67. But Lo hit from downtown, followed by Lucic scoring twice inside. That's when Barthel caught fire, scoring once from long range and twice more from close range to put Bayern in front 72-71 with 3:30 to go. Then Lo took over, hitting back-to-back triples and dishing to Monroe for an easy to make it 82-75 with 46 seconds left that sealed the outcome.

Fifth time a charm

This was first-ever Bayern win against Olympiacos. In four previous head-to-head games, Olympiacos was 4-0.

Scoring spurt

Bayern scored 38 points in a span of 24 minutes from midway through the first quarter until the early stages of the fourth. Then, down 55-67, the teams started clicking and three-pointers from Maodo Lo and Danilo Barthel sparked the hosts, who went on a 27-8 charge and scored 30 points in less than 8 minutes to win this game.

Starters vs. bench

Olympiacos had a great contribution from its bench, which accounted for 40 points, however, it was the starting five of the hosts that came up biggest in this game. Bayern's starters combined to score 78 of their team's 85 points, with each player finishing with at least 13 points.

Another Printezis milestone

Five days after reaching 3,000 points for his career, Georgios Printezis became only the second man in competition history to make 1,000 two-pointers. Printezis reached this milestone in trademark style, with a shot-clock beating turnaround floater to make it 39-42 in the penultimate minute of the second quarter. The only player with more two-point shots than Printezis is FC Barcelona center Ante Tomic, who has 1,092 entering Round 9.

Next up

Round 10 takes place later this week and it will feature a pair of German-Greek clashes. Olympiacos will remain on German soil to face ALBA Berlin on Thursday, while Bayern stays at home and welcomes Panathinaikos Athens on Friday.

Maodo Lo - FC Bayern Munich - EB19
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Euroleague.net
Referees: GARCIA, JUAN CARLOS; JOVCIC, MILIVOJE; THEPENIER, HUGUES
Attendance: 4461
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FC Bayern Munich23201230
Olympiacos Piraeus17271919
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FC Bayern Munich23435585
Olympiacos Piraeus17446382
FC Bayern Munich
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
7 KING, ALEX 6:55               1         2   -1
8 KOPONEN, PETTERI 12:10   0/1 0/1     2 2 2         1 1 2
10 MONROE, GREG 28:36 15 7/17   1/1 1 6 7 3 3 1     2 1 16
11 LUCIC, VLADIMIR 30:26 13 4/7 1/3 2/3 1 4 5 2 3 2   1 2 4 16
12 LO, MAODO 28:58 19 2/4 4/5 3/4   1 1 7 2 1     2 3 25
16 ZIPSER, PAUL 30:47 13 4/5   5/6 1 1 2 1   1 1   4 3 13
20 NELSON, DEMARCUS 9:38     0/1     1 1 1 1 1     1 1 1
21 FLACCADORI, DIEGO 7:40 2 1/2 0/1         1   1     2 1 -1
22 BARTHEL, DANILO 31:02 18 5/5 1/2 5/6 1 3 4 1   1     2 5 23
26 LESSORT, MATHIAS 6:32 5 1/2   3/4           3     1 2 1
43 RADOSEVIC, LEON 7:16   0/1     2 2 4           1 1 3
44 GRANT, SASHA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           2   2               2
Totals 200:00 85 24/44 6/13 19/24 8 20 28 19 9 11 1 1 20 22 100
        54.5% 46.2% 79.2%
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
Olympiacos Piraeus
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 PUNTER, KEVIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1 ROCHESTIE, TAYLOR 23:01 9 2/6 1/2 2/2 1 2 3 6   1     2 2 12
2 BALDWIN IV, WADE 29:09 19 6/9 2/3 1/3   2 2 1 2 2     2 3 17
3 PAUL, BRANDON 16:22 3   1/4     1 1 1   2       2 2
6 KONIARIS, ANTONIOS 11:09     0/1             1     3 2 -3
7 SPANOULIS, VASSILIS 15:43 6 0/1 1/4 3/3   2 2 2   3       2 5
11 MILUTINOV, NIKOLA 27:56 14 6/7   2/3 1 4 5     1     3 3 16
14 VEZENKOV, SASHA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 PRINTEZIS, GEORGIOS 28:43 12 6/8 0/2     4 4   1       4   9
16 PAPANIKOLAOU, KOSTAS 24:36 10 3/3 1/3 1/2 2 2 4 2 2 2 1   2 1 13
21 RUBIT, AUGUSTINE 14:19 7 2/2   3/4 3 3 6     2     3 3 10
33 REED, WILLIE 9:02 2 0/2   2/2 1 2 3   1 2   1 3 1 -1
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 82 25/38 6/19 14/19 9 22 31 12 6 16 1 1 22 19 81
        65.8% 31.6% 73.7%
Head coach: KEMZURA, KESTUTIS

Head Coaches

RADONJIC, DEJAN
FC Bayern Munich

"Congrats to the players on a good game and win. Congrats to the fans; they gave us great support, especially in the last 10 minutes, which was very important to us. The beginning of the game was good, but in the second quarter, we made some mistakes on defense, bonus fouls gave them easy points, unsportsmanlike foul, bad defense, rebounds. In the third quarter, Olympiacos played quite good and controlled the situation, but we changed everything in the last quarter. It was excellent defensively and we made some tough shots on offense. We played smarter than before during the game and it was an important win in the end because of the problems we have with injuries, schedules, everything. I am really really satisfied tonight."

"First of all, it is a big win for us because of the problems we have with injuries. Olympiacos is a strong team with players with huge experience. They played much better, had a good advantage, but in the last quarter, we played quite good defensively. We were smart on offense and better than before. We made some important, tough shots. What was also important was the support of our fans, which was really good until the end of the game."

KEMZURA, KESTUTIS
Olympiacos Piraeus
"It was a tough and tight game that we lost in the end. Congrats to Bayern, especially on their performance in the last quarter. They made some big threes and we had problems matching the intensity in the end. Up to that point in the fourth, we fought hard. Then, we just lost control of the game."

Players

BARTHEL, DANILO
FC Bayern Munich
"Somehow we found some energy in the fourth quarter. Maybe my three-pointer started things, but I am proud that we found a way, especially on defense, to stop the guys. That gave us confidence. Maodo hit some tough shots in the end, that was big-time. Against Panathinaikos, we can expect another tough game with a lot of intensity. It is an important week for us and a tough game coming up, but I think today we showed we are ready."
LO, MAODO
FC Bayern Munich
"We were behind going into the fourth, but we as a team knew if we stay within 8 to 10 points we will give ourselves an opportunity to win the game. Then we made a run in the fourth that obviously gave us momentum and motivation. My shots helped, but they came out of the overall atmosphere we had in the fourth quarter as a team. It is good that players in the starting five stepped up, but in other games, our bench is very good as well. I think that is one of the strengths we have, we are deep, we have some players injured who are going to come back. I think we are going to be good."
BALDWIN IV, WADE
Olympiacos Piraeus
"My team showed me what they believe, they gave me a second chance and I want to take advantage of it. We are a good team and I hope that there will be wins. Tonight we had control, but our opponent took big shots at the end of the game, mainly with Lo, and turned the game around."