Bayern’s top scorer Carsen Edwards misses the decisive game at Real Madrid. The 27-year-old is plagued by back problems.
Job news for FC Bayern’s basketball players: Top scorer Carsen Edwards will miss the play-in final in the Euroleague against Real Madrid due to injury.
As the club announced on Friday, the 27-year-old American fails due to back problems “for the next few weeks”.
Carsen Edwards we lack the basketball players of FC Bayern for several weeks
With a view to the showdown on Good Friday (8:45 p.m. in the live ticker), the failure weighs particularly difficult. In order to secure the last ticket for the title fight of the best eight European teams, the Gordon Herbert team needs a win.
Edwards was the outstanding player in the Bayern jersey in this Euroleague season. He was appointed to the 2024/2025 all-euroleague first team for his outstanding achievements on Friday. According to FCBB captain Vladimir Lucic (2020/21), he is only the second player of a Bundesliga team who is in the top 5 of the European premier class.
Second best scorer of the Euroleague
“Carsen had an outstanding Euroleague season, he absolutely deserved this large award,” said Herbert.
On average, the explosive Go-to-Guard achieved remarkable 20.5 points per game, second place behind the alleged MVP Kendrick Nunn by defending champion Panathinaikos (21.1). Never before had an FCBB professional delivered such scoring numbers.
In addition to Edwards and Nunn, Nigel Hayes-Davis (Fenerbahce Istanbul), TJ Shorts (Paris Basket) and Sasha Vezenkov (Olympiakos Piraeus) were elected to the all-euroleague First Team by media, media representatives, coaches, coaches.
Bayern star stops back injury
Edwards situation is now being rated continuously, the Bayern said. Already at the successful play-in start against Red Stern Belgrade (97:93 NV), Edwards fought with “first symptoms”.
In the Bundesliga, Herbert protected the power pack (14.9 pps) several times during the season, and Edwards paused in five of the 27 games.