The German team prevailed in a titanic clash decided by a moment of genius from Nick Weiler-Babb
Sheer grit saw Bayern across the finish line against Crvena Zvezda
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FC Bayern Munich lived to fight another day after digging deep into its resources for a 97-93 overtime home win against Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade in the Play-In Showdown, booking a clash with 11-time Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champs Real Madrid on Friday. The winner of that contest will advance into the playoffs, with the prize being a best-of-five quarterfinal series against Olympiacos Piraeus, which topped the regular season standings.
Bayern ultimately came out on top against battling Zvezda thanks to iron-willed determination in the face of adversity, having conceded a last-gasp sucker punch at the end of regular time. A deft Zvezda sideout left Filip Petrusev unmarked in the paint 1.6 seconds before the fourth quarter buzzer to level the score, 84-84, forcing overtime in which Bayern guard Nick Weiler-Babb produced a moment of game-winning magic.
Off balance and facing his own baseline, Weiler-Babb unleashed a full-court overhead pass that found Devin Booker alone as a ghost at the other end to slam-dunk and gave Bayern a decisive 94-89 lead.
It was a fitting climax to an absorbing contest in which the lead kept changing hands throughout, with both sides rallying from double-digit deficits before Bayern showed it had more in the tank down the stretch.
Booker, who racked up a team-high 21 points and 5 boards, acknowledged it took every ounce of energy to force Zvezda into submission.
“We never gave up as this team always had a lot of grit and a lot of fight and tenacity,” the big man said. “We let a couple of games slip before but not tonight. Every time we pick up on the defensive end, it translates all over our game as our offense comes no matter what. We fed off the energy from the crowd tonight and we came away with the victory.”
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Real Madrid-FC Bayern Munich | Play-In Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Kharchenkov’s flying slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Devin Booker: 'We were not gonna let this game slip'
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FC Bayern Munich-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | Play-In Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Edwards weaved his way for a layup! Motorola Magic Moment
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Petrusev with a ferocious dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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The Fantasy Challenge Podcast tackles the Play-In Showdown
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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FC Bayern Munich-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Elias Harris beats the shot-clock buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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An audacious three-pointer from Yago! Motorola Magic Moment
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Petrusev with a sublime alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Real Madrid | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Shabazz Napier: 'Today we showed resilience'
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FC Bayern Munich-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Filip Petrusev: 'We had great energy all game'
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Miller-McIntyre steals and dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nick Weiler-Babb: 'Big-time players make big plays'
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FC Barcelona-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Harris dunks home Voigtmann’s sweet dish! Motorola Magic Moment,
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Rokas Giedraitis: 'We fought all game and that was the key'
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Kalinic rejects Fournier! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Bayern Munich-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 29 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Edwards's acrobatic layup! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 29 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Vladimir Lucic: 'It was an important win tonight'
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FC Bayern Munich-Crvena Zvezda Meridanbet Belgrade | RS Round 28 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Voigtmann dunks with aplomb! Motorola Magic Moment
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What a wild three from Napier! Motorola Magic Moment
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An almighty rejection from Bolomboy! Motorola Magic Moment
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Lucic dunks in traffic! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Paris Basketball-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 27 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 27 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Kalinic with the slam-dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Edwards goes coast to coast! Motorola Magic Moment
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Bolomboy on the alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nick Weiler-Babb: 'In the second half, we came out to play'
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FC Bayern Munich-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Joel Bolomboy: 'It took a team effort'
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ALBA Berlin-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Vladimir Lucic: 'We started a little bit nervous'
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FC Bayern Munich-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 25 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Isaiah Canaan: 'Tonight was a team victory'
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 25 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Bolomboy’s hustle pays dividends! Motorola Magic Moment
Weiler-Babb elaborated that conceding an easy basket at the end of regulation had left Bayern with the challenging task of shaking off the disappointment in overtime, when captain Vladimir Lucic gave the home team a perfect start with a couple of successive three-pointers.
“It was a hard-fought game, lots of ups and downs as both teams made runs and also struggled in certain periods,” the versatile guard said after amassing 15 points, 6 boards and as many assists.
“We stuck together and came out on top after the letdown at the end of the fourth quarter. We didn’t end the regular season the right way and knowing that we had to win today, we locked in and bounced back in the second half.”
The effort also drew praise from head coach Gordon Herbert, as Bayern produced a flawless third quarter which turned a 39-46 halftime deficit into a 71-61 lead at the end of the third quarter, Herbert, who took charge at Bayern last summer after a glorious three-year spell with the German national team, also singled out 18-year old prospect Ivan Kharchenkov who sank a career-high 11 points in just over 6 minutes on the court in the first half.
“We had a really good third quarter as our starters came out and played with a lot of energy,” said the 66-year-old Canadian tactician. “We got a lot of defensive stops in the third. They had a run, we hung on and congratulations to our players. We were up 10 and then down by 4, but we stayed with it and never gave up. It was our fifth game in 10 days, we needed to rotate and Ivan gave us good minutes in the first half.”