It was not the high-scoring game everybody expected for the top two offensive teams in the EuroLeague. Both teams sputtered at times and Bayern prevailed 79-78 in a back-and-forth second half, when no team led by more than five points. It is a tough loss to absorb for Olimpia. Trailing by 18 early in the game, the pendulum switched in the second quarter and at the half the margin was reduced to one point. In the second half the game changed owner many times. When Olimpia looked like it was taking over, Bayern – led by 48 points combined by Devin Booker and Carsen Edwards – responded and looked ready to get away one more time. At the end of third, Bayern led by six points, but Olimpia was ready to compete. “With two minutes left in the game, up by five, it looked like the game was won – Coach Messina said – Congratulations to Bayern. They kept playing. We made huge mistakes offense and defense, we didn’t rotate, we had a couple of turnovers and he didn’t take the rebound on the most important possession of the night. We paid those mistakes dearly.” Fabien Causeur, who had another incredible night, on a left-handed drive tied the game up at 78. Nick Weiler-Babb got fouled with 11 seconds left in a traffic rebound. He made one free throw, so Olimpia had one last chance. On a middle pick and roll, Mirotic got pushed and fell down. So, Shields could tried to be aggressive in the middle against a double team. He finished with a hook shot that was in and out. The night was supposed to be a celebration of Josh Nebo return. He was huge in the 16 minutes allowed, but infortunately he had another injury to his right arm and had to leave the court early. “It is a huge blow for us, we’ll know more ina matter of days,” Messina said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was not the high-scoring game everybody expected for the top two offensive teams in the EuroLeague. Both teams sputtered at times and Bayern prevailed 79-78 in a back-and-forth second half, when no team led by more than five points. It is a tough loss to absorb for Olimpia. Trailing by 18 early in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"tipo_news":[18,198],"class_list":["post-89962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tipo_news-news_generali","tipo_news-news_generali-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n