The game between FC Bayern Munich and Olympiacos Piraeus features many interesting matchups, including the one between Corey Walden and Tyler Dorsey.
Major matchup: Walden, Bayern vs. Dorsey, Olympiacos
Walden is one of Bayern's main perimeter weapons, averaging 10.0 points on 41.8% three-point shooting - on 4.6 attempts from beyond the arc – and 89.2% on free throws. He adds 2.6 assists and 1.0 steals for a PIR average of 10.5. Walden, however, had one of his worst games this season against Olympiacos with just 2 points and a PIR of -1. He missed all of his 5 shots from downtown in that game. Walden has scored 16 points or more six times this season and is eager to prove he can step up for his team in this critical matchup.
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Dorsey is an effective scorer who pulls the trigger from downtown very often and with good effectiveness. He ranks sixth in three-point attempts per game (5.4) and has made 40.3% of those. In fact, out of the top 20 players in three-point attempts, Dorsey and Walden are two of the four players - along with Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Isaiah Canaan of UNICS Kazan - to shoot better than 40%. Dorsey is averaging a career-high 13.1 points this season, but was limited to 10 points in an 83-60 home victory against Bayern in Round 15.