Crvena Zvezda rout Bayern 103-73, Bayern lose fourth straight

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet beat FC Bayern Munich 103-73 on Thursday night at the Belgrade Arena in Round 9 of the EuroLeague. The margin was 30 points, reached with five minutes left, and every one of the 12 Bayern players who appeared had a negative plus-minus. All 12 Zvezda players had a positive one. The crowd was 15,236.

Zvezda are 6-3. Bayern are 2-7 and have lost four in a row. Their last win was 101-93 at Anadolu Efes in Round 5. Since then they lost 95-87 at Besiktas after trailing by 28, 107-91 at home to Dubai, 88-84 at home to Barcelona and now this.

Bayern lead early

Bayern's last lead came early. Miles Norris scored a basket and a free throw to put them in front 9-7 with 6:44 left in the first quarter. Zvezda answered 12 seconds later with a three by Christian Koloko, 10-9, and did not trail again. They led 19-15 after the first quarter.

The game turned in the second quarter. Zvezda led 23-19 with 7:06 left. Then they scored 13 straight points, from 7:06 to 4:06, and it was 36-19. Zvezda led by 10 for the first time at 29-19 with 5:58 left, and went in at halftime 48-31.

The third quarter

Zvezda won the third quarter 31-23 and led 79-54 after three. The lead reached 30 at 93-63 with five minutes left in the fourth, and the last five minutes were 10-10.

How Zvezda scored

The numbers explain the margin. Zvezda made 24 of 39 two-point shots and 15 of 34 threes, 53.4% overall. They had 29 assists on their 39 field goals and only seven turnovers.

Nick Weiler-Babb scored two points and had nine assists in 20 minutes 34 seconds, and Zvezda outscored Bayern by 20 with him on the floor. Chima Moneke scored 15 with five rebounds and five assists. Tyson Carter made four of six threes for 14, and Jordan Nwora also scored 14. Koloko scored 12 in under 14 minutes on 5-of-6 shooting. Semi Ojeleye scored 12 and David Kramer 10. Zvezda also had seven blocks to Bayern's two.

All 12 Zvezda players scored. None of the starters played more than 22 minutes.

What went wrong for Bayern

Bayern shot 25 of 65, 38.5%. They made 17 of 43 two-point shots and 8 of 22 threes. Washington scored 16 with six of eight free throws, Norris scored 14 and Lučić 12. Bayern had 15 offensive rebounds, 18 assists and 13 turnovers, and made 15 of 18 free throws.

Lučić played the most minutes of any Bayern player, 26:20, and had a plus-minus of minus-24. Rokas Jokubaitis played 15 minutes, scored no points and had four assists and three turnovers.

What is next

Round 10 is played on Thursday and Friday. Bayern visit LDLC ASVEL in Villeurbanne on Thursday, November 5, at 20:00 CET. Zvezda visit Olympiacos in Piraeus the next night, Friday, November 6, at 20:15 CET.

Scoring

Crvena Zvezda: Chima Moneke 15, Tyson Carter 14, Jordan Nwora 14, Christian Koloko 12, Semi Ojeleye 12, David Kramer 10, Jared Butler 9, Chris Jones 6, Dejan Davidovac 5, Nick Weiler-Babb 2, Johnathan Motley 2, Ognjen Dobrić 2.

Bayern: Duane Washington 16, Miles Norris 14, Vladimir Lučić 12, Niels Giffey 7, Tobias Jensen 7, Johannes Thiemann 6, Oscar da Silva 4, Andreas Obst 3, Justus Hollatz 2, Austin Wiley 2, Rokas Jokubaitis 0, Johannes Voigtmann 0.

By quarter: Crvena Zvezda 19, 29, 31, 24. Bayern 15, 16, 23, 19.