FC Bayern Munich set a club record in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague by defeating Olympiacos Piraeus 74-68 on Friday to extend its winning streak to a best-ever four games.
Bayern pushes win streak to four
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FC Bayern Munich set a club record in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague by defeating Olympiacos Piraeus 74-68 on Friday to extend its winning streak to a best-ever four games. Wade Baldwin led all scorers with 18 points while Vladimir Lucic collected 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists for Bayern, which improved to 4-1 in the standings for a share of first place. Bayern also got 10 points each from Jalen Reynolds and Nihad Dedovic. Olympiacos came into the game with a three-game winning streak of its own but could not make it four in a row despite Kostas Papanikolaou scoring 13 points, Charles Jenkins hitting for 12 points and Shaquielle McKissic hitting for 11 points. The visitors' record fell to 3-2.
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Leon Radosevic got the scoring started with Dedovic then taking over for Bayern with 6 straight points for an 8-5 lead. Papanikolaou evened the game with a three-pointer but could only watch as Lucic and Baldwin hit back-to-back from the arc at 16-10. Reynolds added a pair of inside baskets for the hosts, who were leading 22-18 after 10 minutes. Jenkins opened the second quarter with a three-pointer to cut the gap tp 22-21. Bayern continued its strong play with Lucic leading a 7-1 spurt for a 31-22 lead. Olympiacos slowed down Bayern's offense and got triples from Jenkins and Sasha Vezenkov in trimming the gap to 33-32. Bayern's lead was 39-34 after hitting the final 4 points of the first half.
McKissic started hot in the second half with a three-pointer and monster dunk ahead of Georgios Printezis's basket to knot things at 41-41. Octavius Ellis converted a three-point play and Kostas Papanikolaou picked up 4 points as Olympiacos nosed ahead 49-50. Baldwin answered with 6 straight points off jumpers in helping Bayern lead 61-53 after 30 minutes. Bayern held Olympiacos without a basket for the final 6:13 minutes of the third quarter. Baldwin remained hot with 5 straight fourth-quarter points in pushing the cushion to 68-57. Olympiacos managed to get stops defensively and McKissic keyed the offense in a 4-11 surge to pull within 72-68 inside the final minute. After taking jumpers much of the game, Baldwin drove to the basket and was fouled, making 2 free throws with 34 seconds left for the final scoreline, 74-68.
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Bayern history
Bayern came into the contest with a three-game win streak in the EuroLeague for just a second time. Bayern's only previous stretch of three straight wins came in Rounds 11 to 13 in 2018-19. This victory meant a new club mark.
Baldwin executes against former team
Wade Baldwin made his European debut with Olympiacos last season and played 24 games for the Greek powerhouse. The 24-year-old guard showed his former team just what they are missing as he collected 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Telling numbers
Bayern held Olympiacos to just 21.4% on three-pointers while also punishing Olympiacos for its mistakes with a 21-10 advantage in points off turnovers even though Olympiacos' 15 turnovers was just 1 more than what Bayern committed.