In the first Play-in game, the Munich team must win on Tuesday to keep the chance of the play-offs.
Losing prohibited: World champion coach Gordon Herbert and Bayern Munich’s basketball players are damn to victory so that the dream of the final four of the Euroleague does not burst. Only if the German champion wins the first play-in duel with red star Belgrade on Tuesday (8.30 p.m./Magenta Sport), the hope of the play-offs continues.
“In the first game against red star we saw how we should not do it, we were too slow and physically too little aggressively in all matters,” said FCB professional Elias Harris: “Belgrade plays very aggressively, her offensive rebound is very strong. In the second game, we saw that we are able to defeat them if we have to deal with their physique. Fans. “
Bavaria needs two victories in a row
Against Belgrade there was a crashing bankruptcy (77: 101) and at home in the main round (100: 82). The new SAP Garden, in which Bavaria plays its Euroleague home games, could also become a factor in play-in. In the 17 home games, the more than 11,000 spectators whipped down the Munich in the regularly sold -out arena.
With two defeats at the end of the main round, the Bavarians not only played the direct play-off ticket, they even slipped to ninth. This makes the way over the play-in. With a bankruptcy against Belgrade, the Munich team is out, and in a win on Good Friday you need another success with the loser of the second play-in game Real Madrid against Paris Basketball.
Only then would Herbert and Co. be qualified for the quarter-final series against the main round and title candidate Olympiakos Piraeus. Bayern would somehow would have to master this insoluble task in order to achieve the Final Four in Abu Dhabi (May 23 to 25 May). Herbert had given the final tournament as a goal at the beginning of the season. So far, Munich had come to the play-offs in 2021 and 2022, but left there in the quarter-finals.