Bayern was unable to take advantage of a historic night by Carsen Edwards
Edwards's record night, strong third quarter not enough as Bayern slip up

FC Bayern Munich suffered a major setback in its hopes of grabbing home-court advantage in the playoffs in wasting a 16-point fourth-quarter lead as well as a night for the ages by star guard Carsen Edwards in losing at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv.
Bayern was trailing at halftime before Edwards drained 8 three-pointers and scored 26 points in the third quarter. Both marks established EuroLeague records for a single quarter. Still Maccabi fought back to record a 93-90 victory.
Bayern came into the game in fifth place and could have secured a playoff spot (top 6) with a victory if Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade beats Anadolu Efes Istanbul on Friday. But Bayern could not finish the deal in falling to 19-14.
The most deflating aspects of the loss were that Bayern had last week pulled off a big double round sweep at FC Barcelona and against Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, and that Maccabi has already been eliminated from contention for the post-season.
“We had a good third quarter and fought our way back. Then we had some turnovers at the offensive end and they hit some threes and they got back into the game. They made some big plays,” said Bayern head coach Gordon Herbert, who watched his team commit 7 turnovers in the final 10 minutes.
Bayern had been feeling good after three quarters, especially after watching Edwards put in an otherworldly performance in the third stanza. He had just 2 points in the first half but hit first first three-point attempt after the break. He added 2 more threes and Bayern was starting to roll - up 50-57.
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Edwards finally missed from long range, but Maccabi couldn’t breathe a sigh of relief because he knocked down 5 triples in a span of 76 seconds and added a layup as Bayern went up 57-71. Edwards added triple No. 8 to make it 59-74 for 26 of his 33 points in the game.
Edwards broke the record of 7 three-pointers in a single quarter, set by Kendrick Nunn for Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens in December 2024 against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. And the Bayern star’s 26 points in the frame set a mark for most points in a quarter, besting the 21 points by Nunn against Milan and by Toney Douglas for Anadolu Efes Istanbul in January 2018 against Fenebahce Istanbul.
The Bayern star drew the praise of Maccabi head coach Oded Kattash, who said: “Carsen Edwards hit some crazy shots. It was a great performance by him. He had a crazy 5-6 minutes. He couldn’t miss a shot.”
But in the end, Bayern failed to come up with the win, putting itself behind the eight ball in terms of home-court advantage. Herbert’s team will finish the regular season at home against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. And in the end, the German side might be left wondering what if.