Maccabi Tel Aviv fell to Bayern Munich 98-93 as the yellow-and-blue once again gave up a 15-point second half lead as Carsen Edwards, Devin Booker, Andreas Obst and Shabazz Napier scored in bunches over the final 15 minutes to take the win. With the loss, Maccabi’s Euroleague record drops to 4-11 as their chances to advance to the Play In dimmed yet again.

Oded Katash’s team was clicking on all cylinders from the get go as Wenyen Gabriel, Tamir Blatt and Levi Randolph scored with ease to take a 50-43 lead at halftime. Jaylen Hoard, Blatt and Randolph scored at will to keep the lead early on in the second half, but Obst hit his shots from the outside, Edwards sliced to the basket, Booker found points in the paint an Napier put in some critical buckets to and Gordon Herbert’s team the win.

Hoard scored 25 points, Randolph added 20 points, Gabriel scored 16 points while Blatt scored 13 points and dished out 20 assists in the loss. Edwards scored 25 points, Obst added 23 points, Booker scored 14 points and Napier chipped in with 13 points in the win.

“This is not the first time it happened to us in the second half [where we lost a lead],” Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach Oded Katash said. “It was a very high tempo game. Bayern are first in the Euroleague in attempts from 3 and in 3-pointers themselves and they hit some really tough shots. We were there and we were fighting. I really liked the way we played and the way we competed under the circumstances.”

“I think the sign of a good basketball team is when you don;t play well you find a way to win,” Bayern Munich Head Coach Gordon Herbert said. “They are a good offensive team and we tried some things defensively but we were passive and we gave up 30 points, that’s on me. When we were down by 15, Shabazz Napier and Devin Booker came in and made some plays and we rode their energy the last 15 minutes.”

Andreas Obst went from deep for Bayern Munich while Wenyen Gabriel and Rokas Jokubaitis both scored inside for Maccabi Tel Aviv to get the game off and running, Tamir Blatt dialed up from long distance, Carsen Edwards came back with a jumper but Jaylen Hoard scored a pair in the paint but Obst went for downtown once again as the yellow-and-blue stayed in front 16-12 midway through the first quarter.

Edwards went from long distance, Jake Cohen scored off an inbounds play, Levi Randolph hit his patented midrange fadeaway, Marial Shayok scored off a steal, Shabazz Napier found points on the outside and inside to cut the lead but a triple by John Dibartolomeo and a deuce by Shayok gave Oded Katash’s squad a 30-22 lead after ten minutes of play.

David DeJulius led off the second quarter, Edwards and Danko Brankovic responded, Gabriel put in points, Will Rayman scored while Hoard dunked and added a layup to keep Maccabi in front 41-33 with 5:03 left in the half. Blatt dialed up for a pair from deep, Booker put in a 3-point play, Nick Weiler-Babb and Edwards scored but Maccabi stayed ahead 50-43 at halftime.

Gabriel opened the third quarter by cleaning up the boards, Randolph went from deep, Booker and Gabriel traded buckets, Obst went from beyond the arc, Randolph again nailed a triple, Hoard scored and Blatt drilled home yet another one from downtown to bump up the advantage to 65-50 midway through the frame.

Obst scored from the outside and Booker on the inside along with Johannes Voightmann tried to cut into the lead, Randolph scored his 3rd 3-pointer of the quarter, but Obst scored a pair from 3-point land and Napier added points to cut the lead to 72-67 after thirty minutes of action.

Napier nailed a pair of 3-pointers and Booker scored to begin the fourth quarter to give the hosts the lead, Randolph and Niels Giffey traded triples, Edwards put in a pair of layups to hand Bayern a 82-78 lead with five minutes remaining in regulation time. Randolph scored but so did Voightmann, Hoard dunked, Obst knocked down a corner 3-ball, Edwards put in a layup and a jumper, Hoard scored but i was too little, too late for Maccabi.