Comeback was the name of the game for Maccabi Tel Aviv as they downed Bayern Munich 90-82 wiping out a 6-point deficit over the course of the final frame to notch the win. Oded Katash’s squad looked to find their rhythm over the first 30 minutes of the game but Andrea Trincheiri’s team controlled the pace of play with guards Cassius Winston and Corey Walden along with Andreas Obst leading the Germans to a 67-61 advantage after three quarters.

However, the hosts finally found their stride in the fourth quarter as Lorenzo Brown, Bonzie Colson and Wade Baldwin ratcheted up the offense with a 7-0 run to send the yellow-and-blue on their way to a 29-15 frame and the victory. With the triumph, Maccabi now sit with a record of 13-12 and a date at Monaco on tao for next Thursday in the principality.

Brown led all scorers with 27 points and 6 assists, Baldwin added 15 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists while Colson put in 15 points and grabbed 8 boards in the win. Walden scored 19 points, Obst added 14 points and Winston scored 10 points in the loss.

“It was all about the defense,” Maccabi coach Oded Katash said. “We cannot control missing shots, as I said at halftime, but we need to focus on the things we can control, and it’s rebounding and fighting. We were lucky that we got the rhythm in the last 12 minutes of the game. I think we turned the game around, but we should have started like that, with the same attitude.”

“We didn’t stop Lorenzo Brown in the last quarter,” Bayern bench boss Andrea Trinchieri commented. “That was the thing. We were ahead for three quarters and a half, and then Lorenzo Brown makes some tough shots, while we made mistakes on defense.”

The game’s MVP Lorenzo Brown spoke about the win, ”[Coming back like this] feels amazing. The most important thing is that we got the win. It was a great game on both ends. They made us work, and we have to appreciate that. We stepped up defensively [in the second half]; our main goal was to try to stop their main guys. They hit some though shots towards the end; sometimes it happens. But we got the win which is the most important.”

Cassius Winston scored for Bayern Munich and Lorenzo Brown found the bottom of the basket for Maccabi Tel Aviv to get the game off and running while Jarell Martin also found points but Nick Weiler-Babb matched him as Winston and Brown scored again along with Freddie Gillespie to give the visitors and 12-10 lead midway through the first quarter. Josh Nebo scored his first bucket of the game in the paint, Wade Baldwin hit a midrange, Darrun Hilliard added a deuce, Niels Giffey and Bonzie Colson traded buckets but Andreas Obst hit a high archer to end the opening frame all knotted up at 18-18.

Brown began the second quarter with a 3-point play, Giffey and DJ Seely both went from deep, Othello Hunter scored a layup and one, Oded Katash’s squad came back as Su Braimoh, Baldwin and John Dibartolomeo all scored but a wide open Winston from downtown put Andrea Trinchieri’s team in front 34-28 with five minutes remaining in the first half. Martin scored a 3-point play, Colson scored a pair inside as Sorkin and Corey Walden traded baskets but Bayern still kept the lead 44-39 at halftime.

Gillespie with an easy two in the paint and Winston with a triple started off the third quarter, Obst went from deep after a pair of offensive boards while Baldwin hit back to back 3-pointers but Bayern still remained in the drivers seat with 56-48 lead midway through the frame. Brown went for a pair from downtown, Giffey also scored from beyond the arc, Weiner-Babb scored a 3-point play, Roman Sorkin scored a 3-point play and the dunked to keep Maccabi within striking distance down 67-61 after thirty minutes of action.

Brown and Colson began the fourth with points, Hilliard drained a 3-pointer, Hunter came back with a pair in the paint, Colson added another basket and Obst went from deep to keep the score even at 74-74 with 6:05 remaining in regulation time. Brown put in a layup and a triple, Colson put in a deuce, Obst did the same, Sorkin dunked, Brown and Baldwin scored and also hit their free throws to take the comeback win.