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After the trip to Bavaria, there will be one game left: Žalgiris will close the international season next week playing at home with the Athens Panathinaikos team.
Three waypoints left
Kaunas’ team won exactly half of the Euroleague match – 16 of 32 – and ranks eleventh. Although “Žalgiris” is only two points behind eighth position, with two rounds left until the end of the regular season, Kaunas residents can no longer advance to the playoffs due to worse results in their matches with major competitors. The best place Kaunas basketball players can still occupy is ninth.
Two teams left until the end of the regular season, five teams secured playoff tickets: Barcelona (23 of 32), CSKA Moscow (21 of 31), Anadolu Efes of Istanbul (21 of 32), Olympia of Milan and Istanbul Fenerbahçe (20 of 32 each).
Five teams fight for the other three innings: Bayern Munich (19 of 32), Baskonia Vitoria, Real Madrid (18 of 32 each), Zenit Saint Petersburg (17 of 31) and Valencia (17 of 32). of 32).
The most successful season
Bayern are competing in the Euroleague for the sixth time, but have never been to the playoffs before this season. The closest goal to Munich basketball players was in the 2018-2019 season, where they won 14 of 30 games and finished 11th. Even if Bayern fail to maintain their current position in the top eight this year, this season would be the best ever. To date, the Munich club have never won at least half a game in a season.
Before this season, Bayern were also not mentioned in the playoffs. However, the Munich basketball players managed to surprise and laid the foundation for success in the first weeks of the tournament.
It is true that the Munich team lost the first game of the Euroleague season to Milan, but immediately afterwards they won four victories in a row and established themselves at the top of the table. The Bavarian club have never dropped below seventh place all season (excluding the first round) and have never lost more than two matches in a row.
Coach Andrea Trinchieri quickly found ways to get the team back on its feet after every failure, and Bayern kept their fate in their hands the entire time.
The opportunity was not taken
The Munich team was able to enter the playoffs on Tuesday, but after an even fight, they lost to Fenerbahce 68:77 (W. Baldwin 20, P.Zipseris 12, V. Lučičius 11).
“I do not blame the basketball players. We did not feel the rhythm of the game, but the opponents played very well, said coach A. Trinchieri. – However, our situation has not changed, we will have to win the next game. Everything is in our hands, but we will have to play better on Thursday and I know we can play better attacking. “
In the crucial part of the season, Bayern’s situation was exacerbated by the fact that the team is unable to utilize all the major basketball players. The injured Bosnian Nihad Jedovic (6.5 points) and the injured American Nick Weiler-Babb (6.3 points) were unable to enter the square on Tuesday.
Without playing even more responsibility, the three leaders whose play determines Bayern’s results are the most important: Americans Wade Baldwin (15.3 points, 3.9 seconds, 4.2 minutes) and Jalen Reynolds (13.8 points, 6 quarterfinals) and Vladimir Lučičius (13.8 points, 4.8 copies).
German national team player Paulis Zipseris (9.4 points) and former Vilnius basketball player “Rytas” DJ Seeley (8.2 points) can also breathe a little more.
The victory was snatched by M. Grigonis
The first matches of “Žalgiris” and “Bayern” in Kaunas took place on 23 December. Kaunas led most of the time, but won only by a minimal difference of 74:73.
In the first and second quarters, Žalgiris had a double-digit lead, but in the fourth quarter, Bayern outperformed the result. In the last seconds, however, the victorious colon was marked by Marius Grigonis.
M. Grigonis scored 22 points and was the most productive player of the match. Artūras Milaknis scored 11 points, Augustine Rubitas – 9. Among the guests, the best players were Jalen Reynolds (17), Nick Weiler-Babb (16) and Paul Zipser (14).
In total, Žalgiris and Bayern met six times. The Munich team won the first three games, but then the Kaunas basketball players won three times in a row.
In Germany, the third
In the German league, the Munich team ranks third. Bayern have won 21 of 26 games and are behind Riesen in Ludwigsburg (23 of 25) and ALBA Berlin (21 of 25) in the Euroleague, who have not played in any European tournaments this season.
Munich’s EWE (19 of 25) and Krailsheim’s Merlins (18 of 25) are not far behind the Munich basketball players.
Last Saturday, Bayern landed at the Hamburg Towers Club after overtime at 86:91 (J. Johnson 16, P. Zipseris 14, L. Radoševičius 13).
“We weren’t in the mood for this game and because we couldn’t quickly break down the rivals, we couldn’t reorganize ourselves,” admitted Bayern manager A. Trinchieri.
The Munich team suffered up to four out of five defeats on the field. Bayern previously fell into the squares of EWE, ALBA and outsider Chemnico Niners. Meanwhile, only the Merlins club managed to extract the victory from Munich.
J. Reynolds (13.2 points), W. Waldwin (12.9 points, 3.8 points), DJ Seeley (11.9 points), J. Johnson (11.7 points, 6.3 points) and N Weiler-Babb (11.6 points).
