2021-22Regular SeasonRound 10
November 16, 2021 CET: 20:30
Local time: 20:30 AUDI DOME

Lucic inspires Bayern to overcome Fenerbahce

FC Bayern Munich held off Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 71-63 in a hard-fought battle at the Audi Dome on Tuesday. A 15-2 run gave Bayern early control, and the hosts stayed in front, 35-30, at the break. Vladimir Lucic had a 10-0 personal run early in the third quarter, but Fener struck back with a 2-14 run to make it close. The visitors could never get ahead, though, and Bayern finished stronger to take the win. Lucic inspired Bayern with 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, while Corey Walden scored 16 points and Augustine Rubit added 13. Marko Guduric led Fenerbahce’s challenge with 16 points, while Jan Vesely scored 12 and Devin Booker added 10. Bayern improves to 4-6, while Fenerbahce drops to 3-7.

Rubit scored the first 4 points before DyShawn Pierre and Guduric responded for Fener from close range. Devin Booker scored twice for the visitors, but Rubit was on target again for Bayern as it stayed close, 10-10, midway through the first. Walden hit the game’s first triple and Rubit stayed hot to stretch Bayern’s lead, which was extended by Lucic’s triple and 4 points from DeShaun Thomas, making it 22-12 at the end of the first. Andreas Obst started the second quarter with a long-range strike before a steal and score from Sehmus Hazer revived Fenerbahce. Achille Polonara followed up with a baseline dunk but Nick Weiler-Babb’s triple kept the lead in double digits. Guduric took over with a three-point play and a buzzer-beating three-pointer, and Pierria Henry’s steal and dunk followed by Guduric’s free throws pulled the visitors closer, 31-29. Thomas’s fierce dunk kept Bayern ahead, 35-30, at half-time.

Guduric’s close-range score was bettered by a triple and layup from Lucic in a low-scoring start to the third. Lucic repeated from long-range and close-range for another double-digit lead, 45-32. Melih Mahmutoglu ended Fenerbahce’s drought from the foul line, a three-point play by Vesely was followed by a put-back from Polonara, Mahmutoglu with a triple and Nando De Colo scoring his first points with a transition layup to make it 47-44. Polonara added a huge slam before Lucic rescued Fener with free throws, making it 49-46 after 30 minutes. The first three minutes of the final period saw only foul shots, before Guduric’s threeball and Hazer’s steal and slam tied it up, 52-52. Two scores from Rubit, including an and-one, sent Bayern back in front, 59-54, with 4 minutes left. Walden’s triple gave Bayern a more comfortable margin, before Vesely’s three-point play restored Fenerbahce’s hope. Othello Hunter’s inside basket and putback dunk protected the lead, and Lucic’s three-pointer to cap a superb individual performance sealed the deal.

Magnificent seven for Trinchieri

Bayern coach Andrea Trinchieri employed a short rotation in Tuesday’s win over Fenerbahce, effectively only using seven players. Three of his 12-man roster did not play at all – Jason George, Gavin Schilling and Nihad Dedovic – while two more, Ognjen Jaramaz and Andreas Obst, spent no more than six minutes on the floor. Another complication was Augustine Rubit getting into foul trouble, which meant the remaining six players did the bulk of the work. Vladimir Lucic was the most tireless with 34:47 on the floor, followed by DeShaun Thomas (30:17), Corey Walden (27:35), Nick Weiler-Babb (26:15), Darrun Hilliard (25:10) and Othello Hunter (24:53).

Lucic dominates third quarter

FC Bayern Munich found a hero from the usual source to establish big lead early in the third quarter, as Vladimir Lucic scored 10 points in a row to extend the home team’s lead from 35-32 to 45-32. Last season’s All-EuroLeague selection hit two triples and two layups during that golden run, which took place in just over three minutes as Bayern’s defense also played its part by keeping Fenerbahce scoreless. Lucic later added free throws near the end of the quarter, meaning he scored 12 of Bayern’s 14 points in the third quarter.

Fener hits first quarter scoring problems again

After compiling a club record low 3 first quarter points at home to AX Armani Exchange Milan last Friday night, Fenerbahce suffered similar – if not quite so bad – struggles in the early stages against FC Bayern Munich on Tuesday. The Turkish team only scored 12 points in the first quarter despite a solid conversion rate, 5-of-8, from two-point range. The main problems were a lack of long-range shooting as all 3 three-point attempts were missed, and carelessness with the ball as 5 turnovers were committed. That slow start ultimately proved very significant as Fenerbahce was never able to get back in front despite improving the rest of the way.

Corey Walden - FC Bayern Munich - EB21
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Euroleague.net
Referees: HIERREZUELO, DANIEL; DIFALLAH, MEHDI; HORDOV, TOMISLAV
Attendance: 3733
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FC Bayern Munich22131422
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul12181617
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FC Bayern Munich22354971
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul12304663
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 26:15 3   1/2   1 2 3 2 2   1   4   6
1 THOMAS, DESHAUN 30:17 6 2/5 0/3 2/2 1 4 5 2   4     1 2 4
2 WALDEN, COREY 27:35 16 2/3 2/3 6/6       1 2 3     3 7 18
8 HUNTER, OTHELLO 24:53 6 3/7     3 3 6 2 1 1     2 2 10
10 JARAMAZ, OGNJEN 6:13         1   1   2 1     1   1
11 LUCIC, VLADIMIR 34:47 22 4/6 4/7 2/2   7 7 3 2 2     1 2 28
12 GEORGE, JASON DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 OBST, ANDREAS 5:13 3   1/2                   1 1 2
14 DEDOVIC, NIHAD DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 RUBIT, AUGUSTINE 19:37 13 6/7 0/2 1/1   1 1 2 1       4 2 12
32 HILLIARD, DARRUN 25:10 2 1/4 0/5     2 2 2 1     1 4   -6
34 SCHILLING, GAVIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1 1 2     2          
Totals 200:00 71 18/32 8/24 11/11 7 20 27 14 11 13 1 1 21 16 75
        56.3% 33.3% 100%
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
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
2 HAZER, SEHMUS 15:00 5 2/3   1/2   2 2 2 3 2     3 1 6
3 SHAYOK, MARIAL 3:27                   1     2   -3
5 AKPINAR, ISMET 4:12                              
10 MAHMUTOGLU, MELIH 6:22 3   1/4                        
19 DE COLO, NANDO 24:09 2 1/4 0/6   1 2 3 1   3     1 1 -6
20 HENRY, PIERRIA 25:40 3 1/4 0/2 1/2   1 1 2 2 1   1 1 1  
21 PIERRE, DYSHAWN 16:51 4 2/2     2 2 4 2 1 2         9
23 GUDURIC, MARKO 24:36 16 3/5 2/5 4/4       2   2     3 4 12
24 VESELY, JAN 32:44 12 3/5   6/6 4 3 7 3 1 4 1   3 8 23
31 BOOKER, DEVIN 24:08 10 3/5 0/1 4/4 1 5 6   1       1 3 16
33 POLONARA, ACHILLE 19:53 8 3/4 0/2 2/3 2 4 6 1   1     2 3 11
44 DUVERIOGLU, AHMET 2:58           1 1               1
Team           1 1 2     2          
Totals 200:00 63 18/32 3/20 18/21 11 21 32 13 8 18 1 1 16 21 69
        56.3% 15% 85.7%
Head coach: DJORDJEVIC, SASA

Head Coaches

TRINCHIERI, ANDREA
FC Bayern Munich
"It was a physical, tough defensive game. We were up two times by double digits. They came back twice, but we resisted. It was a game where we were better on defense and we tried to put the ball in the hands of the players who were hot.”
DJORDJEVIC, SASA
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

“First of all I have to congratulate Bayern, they played really tough. In important moments of the game, they scored some really important baskets. Lucic had a really exceptional game. We didn’t find an easy way to the basket, they locked the basket for us and offensively we were not that good.”

“With all the intensity on the floor and all the effort we put, we still have to know how to react. Another game is in front of us, and we have to go again. It was a great to come back here, a lot of familiar faces. It’s been a while but it felt like always. When players like Lucic are in the zone, they are in the zone. He’s in great game shape and he showed it tonight. You have to give credit to a player like that. He should enjoy this moment of this basketball career because he deserves it.”

Players

WALDEN, COREY
FC Bayern Munich
“We showed toughness. Our communication was better, playing as a team, our chemistry was better. When things got tough, we didn’t fold and we didn’t back down. We have to be even more scrappy, even more locked in, focus on assignments and have each other’s backs. Keep communicating and building the chemistry.”
LUCIC, VLADIMIR
FC Bayern Munich
“It was a tough game. They’re a great team, as you saw they had great support from their fans here in Munich. Unluckily they lost a few games and we expected a tough game. For us, it’s an important win especially after a few lost games in Europe and one on Sunday in the German Cup, and I think we showed good mentality as a group to come back in this basically back-to-back-to-back week, so I’m happy for the win. Our defense helped each other, the communication was much better. That was a problem in previous games so we did a good job tonight.”