By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
With five players scoring in double figures, Bayern Munich defeated Syntainics MBC 96 – 87 to begin the 2023-24 German League season with a win and quite the offensive performance for the crowd in BMW Park.
Newcomer Leandro Bolmaro led Bayern scorers with 16 points while Isaac Bonga posted 16 points, six rebounds, and five rebounds. His fellow world champion with Germany Andreas Obst scored 15, Sylvain Francisco dropped 12 points and Elias Harris had 11 points in a very balanced output for Pablo Laso’s team.
In his first official game in Europe since his return from the NBA, veteran big man Serge Ibaka delivered six points (on 3-11 shots), five rebounds, and two blocks over 16:39 minutes. He wasn’t able to make shots but delivered some fine highlights.
Diante Baldwin (17 points, five rebounds), Stefan Bircevic (16 points, six rebounds), Charles Callison (14 points), Johnathan Stove (13 points) and former Bayern Munich player and club great John Bryant (11 points) finished in double-digit numbers for Syntainics.
easyCredit BBL Regular Season Round 1
ratiopharm Ulm – Niners Chemnitz 90-85
Rasta Vechta – Bamberg Baskets 101-79
MLP Academics Heidelberg – ALBA Berlin 81-90
Hakro Merlins Crailsheim – Rostock Seawolves 85-81
Basketball Lowen Braunschweig – EWE Baskets Oldenburg 91-86
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg – Veolia Towers Hamburg 79-87
FC Bayern Munich – Syntainics MBC 96-87
Telekom Baskets Bonn – Tigers Tubingen (4/10)
Wurzburg Baskets – BG Gottingen PPD