Bayern Munich overcome 16-point deficit to take down Anadolu Efes / News - Basketnews.com

Bayern won the fourth quarter by 13 points and comfortably defeated Efes even though the Turkish team was leading by 16 points in the third quarter.

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FC Bayern Munich (8-12) had a significant deficit in the third quarter but came back and defeated Anadolu Efes Istanbul (10-10) 89-81 (24-21, 12-19, 23-24, 30-17).

Player of the Game EFF 22 Othello Hunter Points 18 Accuracy 7-10 Rebounds 9 Assists 0

Anadolu Efes were leading by 16 points in the middle of the third quarter (59-43) but the German team bounced back. Bayern ended the quarter with an impressive 16-5 run and were down by just five points (64-59).

The same story continued in the fourth quarter as well. Othello Hunter hit a three-pointer to tie the game with just under 5 minutes to go (74-74), and the away team never looked back.

Shot after shot, Bayern continued to overtake Efes and already had a 10-point lead with two minutes remaining in the game (87-77). The reigning EuroLeague champions didn't manage to come back and suffered their second loss in the last three games.

Othello Hunter continued his impressive recent form with a game-high 18 points, while also grabbing 9 rebounds. Cassius Winston added 14 points and 8 assists.

Vasilije Micic led Efes with 15 points on 6-for-16 shooting, Elijah Bryant added 13 points and 5 rebounds.

Efes: Vasilije Micic 15 (3/8 2PT, 3/8 3PT), Elijah Bryant 13 (5/6 2PT, 5 REB), Tibor Pleiss 11.

Bayern: Othello Hunter 18 (3/4 2PT, 4/6 3PT, 9 REB), Augustine Rubit 14, Cassius Winston 14 (3/6 2PT, 1/7 3PT, 5/6 FT, 8 AST), Niels Giffey 11 (3/4 3PT), Ognjen Jaramaz 10.

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