Chemnitz loses summit meeting against Bayern Munich 73:86

The Niners Chemnitz basketball team have lost the summit meeting in the German league. On home court, the team from Saxony lost 73:86 (44:38) to their closest rivals FC Bayern Munich on Sunday. Bayern thus celebrated its eighth win in a row. Despite their third defeat of the season, the players of Head Coach Rodrigo Pastore remain top of the table.

Carson Edwards (20 points), Vladimir Lucic (13), Niels Giffey (12) and Sylvain Francisco (11) played the biggest part in the visitors' success. Jeffery Garrett (18), Wesley van Beck (16) and DeAndre Lansdowne (13) scored the most points for Chemnitz.

The front-runners set the tone in the opening spell and were 44:34 ahead after 17 minutes. However, Chemnitz then failed to score for seven minutes. Munich exploited the weak spell and turned the game around with a 12:0 run to 46:44 (24th minute).

The two teams traded blows right into the fourth quarter. However, the visitors had the longer breath in the final period and decided the game in their favor with seven points in succession. The Saxons were unable to get back into the game after trailing 69:75 in the 36th minute due to their poor shooting percentage.