Coach Herbert's men rewrote the club's record book in the win
Bayern puts on offensive show in 115-86 rout of ALBA
FC Bayern Munich bounced back from a road loss earlier in the week to rout German rival ALBA Berlin 115-86 and remain perfect at home this season. Bayern took control of the game with a 34-15 second quarter and never looked back in improving to 7-3 - including a 5-0 mark at home. The 62 points in the first half was a club record for Bayern and just 3 points off the EuroLeague best of 65 points. Bayern tied its club record with 18 three-pointers and was just 1 point shy of its scoring record.
Carsen Edwards led the way with 25 points, Devin Booker scored 18, Nick Weiler-Babb picked up 12 points and a career-high 11 assists and Andreas Obst had 11 points. ALBA was not able to match its effort from its Round 9 overtime win over EA7 Emporio Armani Milan as head coach Israel Gonzalez was still missing seven key players and fell to 2-8. Matteo Spagnolo set a new career high in points with 23 just two days after registering his previous best of 20 points. Trevion Williams collected 16 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals, and Yanni Wetzell and Elias Rapieque both added 11 points in the loss.
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Booker started on fire for Bayern with 6 points and Obst and Edwards drained back-to-back triples as the hosts went up 14-6. While Booker moved to 11 points in the quarter, Spagnolo matched that with his own 11 points and Williams came on with a three-point play and 2 assists to help ALBA move ahead 23-24. Booker remained a force with a three-pointer and Bayern led 28-27 after 10 minutes.
Shabazz Napier came on for the hosts in the second quarter with 2 three-pointers among his 8 points to get the advantage to 38-30. Spagnolo moved to 16 points for ALBA but Edwards went off with 3 triples within 51 seconds to start a 19-2 surge for a 59-38 lead. Edwards added a three-point play for 19 points in the first half, which ended with Bayern leading 62-42.
Bayern’s offense continued to cruise in the second half with Obst and Edwards hitting triples for a 74-47 lead. The hosts’ sharpshooters just kept shooting with Weiler-Babb draining three-pointers and Edwards making his 6th triple for an 85-54 advantage. Yam Madar and Obst each added another triple and then Oscar da Silva hit a buzzer-beater from beyond half-court for a 96-56 Bayern lead after 30 minutes.
ALBA tried to make the result a bit more respectable and opened the fourth quarter with the first 8 points. Williams and Ziga Samar helped ALBA trim the gap to 102-76 with about 4 minutes to play. The only question would be if Bayern would set a new club scoring record down the stretch but the team came up just 1 point short.