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Moscow (AP) - The basketball players of FC Bayern Munich surprisingly won the Euroleague against title favorite ZSKA Moscow.
Thanks to a strong final quarter, the Bundesliga team won the second place in the table on Friday with 69:66 (40:39) and after 23 matchdays they are on the playoff course with 14: 9 wins.
Thanks to a strong performance by Wade Baldwin, the guests went into the break with a one-point lead in a match that was balanced over long distances.
The American scored 14 of his 22 points in the first two quarters and had a large share in the narrow half-time lead.
Even after the break, it was a close encounter until the 35th minute (50:49).
After that, however, nothing worked at Bayern.
By the end of the third round, the German top team didn't score a single point.
CSKA pulled away to 60:50.
Time and again, Moscow came to simple points through Darrun Hilliard.
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But the Munich team came back with the 2019 Euroleague winner.
The Munich team turned the match around with a 13-2 run and were 63:62 with two and a half minutes to go.
In the final phase, both clubs missed a preliminary decision due to individual mistakes.
After Dennis Seeley increased 7.1 seconds before the siren to 69:66 with a converted free throw, the surprise was perfect.
For the team of coach Andrea Trinchieri it was the first Euroleague victory against ZSKA in the eighth attempt.
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