Bayern Munich defeated Asvel Lyon -Villeurbanne in the Euroleague

Bayern Munich’s basketball players are still spoiled by success in the Euroleague. After their safe victory against Milan on Tuesday, they beat the French club Asvel Lyon-Villeurbanne with 76:67 (38:30) on Thursday, also in the sold-out SAP Garden. Gordon Herbert’s team only had problems with the French at the beginning of the game, who quickly took the lead 7-2. After that, the Munich dominates the game over long distances without being really challenged. At the end of the second quarter, they lost their comfortable leadership (38:24) quite negligently when Villeurbannes Paris Lee reach two threes into a row. In the third quarter, the Munich team even expanded their lead to 18 points – and showed poor concentration again: with only nine points ahead, they went into the fourth quarter.

There they let Villeurbanne come even further, but the Bavarians avoided an unnecessary tremor. Also because they appeared as their opponent as a team. Top scorer Andreas Obst (15 points) returnee Vladimir Lucic (10) and Carsen Edwards (14) all scored in double digits and also let Devin Booker forget the serious injury. The center had slipped on an advertising sticker in the league game against Berlin on Sunday, had twisted its knee and, according to club information, failed for around two months. In the cup final tournament in mid-February and in the important final phase of the Euroleague main round, the American will be missing from Bavaria.

23.3 seconds before the end tore up both arms against Villeurbanne. He had accommodated his last three in the basket – the decision in a rather sluggish meeting.