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Bayern defeats ASVEL 71-84 to reel off fourth straight win
FC Bayern Munich continued its climb up the standings as it completed a perfect double-round week with a 71-84 victory at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne for its fourth straight win. Bayern took control of the game with a 2-11 finish to the third quarter to improve to 5-2 and move to 2-2 on the road.
Devin Booker paced Bayern with 16 points, Oscar da Silva had 15 points, Shabazz Napier 12, and Johannes Voigtmann chipped in 9 points and 11 rebounds, while Carsen Edwards was held in check with just 8 points. But ASVEL did not have enough weapons as it fell to 2-5 with its fourth loss in the last five games. Nando De Colo hit 5 three-pointers for 19 points and 7 assists, and Theo Maledon had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
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Maledon was leading the way early with four points and an assist on an Edwin Jackson triple to lead 7-3. Edwards and Voigtmann both hit from deep to tie the game, and Da Silva gave Bayern its first lead at 11-13. Napier added a triple of his own for a 13-16 Bayern advantage before making two free throws as the guests led 17-19 after 10 minutes.
Bayern started the second quarter strong, especially defensively, giving up just one basket in the first 4+ minutes as Da Silva and Ivan Kharchenkov both drained three-pointers in a 2-10 run to extend the lead to 19-29. Edwards added his second triple and the Bayern advantage swelled to 21-35. ASVEL got a triple from De Colo and a three-point play from Mbaye Ndiaye to trim the gap to 27-35. Booker added two baskets and Bayern went into the break 10 points ahead, 33-43.
Bayern’s excellent outside shooting continued and the cushion moved to 35-51 after three-pointers from Voigtmann and Nick Weiler-Babb. Admiral Schofield responded with back-to-back triples and a long ball from De Colo had the deficit down to 47-53. Bayern benefitted from an unsportsmanlike foul from Shaq Harrison as it extended the advantage to 47-61, then an Andreas Obst three-point play made it 49-64 after 30 minutes.
Napier’s three-pointer and another score from Da Silva allowed Bayern to build its biggest lead of 19 points, 50-69. And five straight points from Booker pushed the margin to 20 points, 54-74, with under 5 minutes to go. Some ASVEL three-pointers made the final scoreline look more respectable as it got as close as 11 points inside the final minute.