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Photo: ZUMA PRESS – Scanpix
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Artūras Gudaitis played one of the best games of the season and Zenit Saint Petersburg (8-4) celebrated a dramatic victory in the Euroleague.
Man of the match
Xavi Pascual’s pupils after a changing fight at home 79:75 (14:20, 21:23, 21:17, 23:15) forced the Bayern Munich basketball players (9-5) to surrender.
The hosts were in the lead most of the time and Bayern had a 13-point lead at the start of the third quarter, but then Zenit began to close the gap: Pascual’s army finished the third quarter with an 8-0 lead. (56:60) and Alexino Poythressas in the middle of the decisive quarter. The result is now 66:66.
The fate of the match was decided in the closing minutes: at first Billy Baron scored a triple and tied the score (75:75), and in the next attack Will Thomas put the hosts ahead in the match for the first time: 77:75. The match point was helped by the Poythress colon after Jean Shish’s mistake.
For the winners, Gudaitis scored 12 points (5/6 doubles, 2/2 penalties) in 21 minutes, bounced 6 balls, made 2 assists and scored 20 utility points.
Zenit: Billy Baron 20 (4/5 trit.), Will Thomas 13 (6/6 penalty, 7 rebounds, 25 balls), Artūras Gudaitis 12 (5/6 balls, 20 balls .bal.).
Bayern: Jalen Reynolds 13, DJ Seeley and Wade Baldwin (20 in favor) 12 each, Paul Zipser 10.
Match summary:
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