His all-around game allowed the visitors to grab their 11th win
Nick Weiler-Babb set the tone again for Bayern at Unipol Forum
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Regular Season
Round 17 of 34
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FC Bayern Munich broke a four-game road losing streak in Round 17 by downing EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 78-79, and Nick Weiler-Babb had to do a lot with it.
Weiler-Babb was the catalyst of a 6-24 opening run in which he did a little bit of everything. In the first 8 minutes of the contest, he had 7 points, 4 assists and 2 steals for a PIR of 14.
The 29-year-old ended up playing almost 29 minutes, finished the game with 10 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and a PIR of 25. Weiler-Babb also hit the go-ahead free throw, fixing the final score, 78-79, with 11.8 seconds left.
When Shavon Shields missed a jump hook in front of him and Devin Booker grabbed the rebound, Weiler-Babb went to celebrate with his teammates on the bench.
It is not the first time that Bayern wins when Weiler-Babb plays well or shares the ball the way he did against Milan. Bayern is 4-0 this season when the Germany international dishes 7 assists or more, and 4-1 when he gets a PIR of at least 20.
In his fifth Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season with Bayern, Weiler-Babb is posting better numbers than ever. Last season, he averaged 6.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and a PIR of 7.4. This season, Weiler-Babb boosted all of his numbers to 8.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.1 rebounds, 1.6 steals and a PIR of 13.4.
Above all, Bayern returned to winning ways on the road, as Weiler-Babb said after the game.
"It was ugly, I will tell you that much. We started off the game really well, but we came back together after a bad second quarter and fought. We fought hard until the end. We needed a big win on the road, too," Weiler-Babb said after the game. "We came together at halftime in the locker room, talked about what we needed to improve on, and then we just stuck together, kept the pace up."
As always this season, Carsen Edwards and Devin Booker were really solid at Unipol Forum. Edwards finished the game with 25 points. Booker added 23 and 7 rebounds.
"A win is a win. We have had some ups and downs in this game, but I think it's important that we got this win no matter how it was," Edwards said. "As a team, we just try to focus on getting stops and staying together. I think when you are on the road like this, obviously they are going to get their runs and everything, especially a good team like this. We just got to stay together and try to get stops."
Bayern remains undefeated at the brand new SAP Garden and hosts defending champion Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens in its final Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game in 2024.