Maccabi grabs its fifth win in the last seven games
Maccabi survives historic Edwards explosion, rallies to upset Bayern 93-90

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv survived a historic outburst by Carsen Edwards to rally and shock FC Bayern Munich 93-90 to continue its strong close to the season. Edwards broke the records for most three-pointers and points in a quarter - 8 and 26 respectively in the third quarter - and helped Bayern lead by 16 points early in the final frame. But Maccabi surged back to win the game, the Israeli champ’s fifth victory in the last seven games for an 11-22 record.
In the team’s final home game of the season, Jimmy Clark paced six Maccabi scorers in double figures with 20 points while Levi Randolph scored 17 points - including 4 free throws in the waning seconds, Rokas Jokubaitis had 12 points, Omer Mayer 11 and Rafi Menco and Roman Sorkin both chipped in 10 points. Bayern suffered a tough loss in its fight for home-court advantage in the playoffs in falling to 19-14 after sweeping the double-round last week. Edwards finished with 9 triples and 33 points in the loss and Shabazz Napier tallied 17 points.
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Bayern started the game with Devin Booker in the first five, a welcome return for the big man who had not played since Round 24 due to a knee problem. And the big man hit a triple to open the scoring. Bayern’s defense held Maccabi to one score in the first 3 minutes and led 2-6. The hosts played a good stretch of defense in their own right with a 12-3 run in nearly 7 minutes to lead 14-9. Bayern showed its explosiveness though with 10 points in 71 seconds - 8 of them by Napier - and led 17-22 after the opening quarter.
Randolph had 5 points as Maccabi opened the second stanza with a 7-0 spurt to reclaim the lead 24-22 in holding Bayern scoreless for more than 2 minutes. The cushion grew to 29-24 thanks to a triple from Maccabi’s young talent Mayer. Bayern was back in front 33-34 after three-pointers by Andi Obst, who drained another long ball to make it 38-39. Clark was the main man at the other end with back-to-back triples and a big dunk to give him 14 points in the second quarter and give Maccabi a 48-44 cushion at the break.
Bayern came out of the locker room with better defense, forcing four turnovers in the first 4 minutes. Then started the Carsen Edwards show! He drained 2 three-pointers in a 0-10 start to the third quarter to lead 48-54. Five more Edwards triples extended the Bayern cushion to 57-71. And Edwards was not done yet with his record-breaking eighth three-pointer of the quarter for a 59-74 advantage, which was 61-74 after 30 minutes.
Three Niels Giffey free throws extended the lead to 61-77 to start the final frame. Rafi Menco exploded for his first 7 points for the hosts. Bayern still seemed in control after 2 three-pointers to remain up 70-83. But Maccabi was not ready to give up with 11 straight points to pull within 81-83 with 4 minutes to go. The hosts kept charging and Clark converted 2 free throws with 61 seconds left to tie the game 87-87. After an Edwards turnover, Trevion Williams scored inside with 26 seconds remaining. And Randolph sandwiched 4 free throws in the final 5.7 seconds around another Edwards triple to give Maccabi the win.