Alba Berlin defeated in Germany 91-86 the Maccabi Tel Aviv of Giannis Sfeiropoulos for the 12th game of the Euroleague and reached 4-8, leaving the champion Israel at 7-5.
The Germans took the lead from the second ten minutes onwards and withstood the pressure of the Israelis in the fourth, reaching the final victory.
Leading the winners were Erison with 19, Kumaji with 12 and Lo with 11 points. For the “team of the people”, Wilbekin stood out with 22, Zizic with 17 and Williams with 15 points.
With 65% on two points and 42% on three points, Alba did a great job in the first half offensively. The hosts had 11 players who scored and good peripheral defense. For its part, Maccabi had 25% on three-pointers.
In the third ten minutes, Alba was at +10 in 26 ‘. There, Kumaji and Blatt dropped to -7 at the end of the third period.
Wilbekin took matters into his own hands in the fourth period and scored consistently from the periphery, with the support of Zizic, Caleiro and Nanali. Thus, it reduced to -3 and -4 to 51 ”, but the Israelis did not have time to complete the overthrow.
THE TEN MINUTES: 21-17, 45-35, 65-58, 91-86
BERLIN ALBA (Gonzalez): Lo 11 (1 three points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists), Da Silva 8 (4/4 two points), Smith 5 (1), Eriksson 19 (5), Matisek, Olinde 4, Kumaji 12 (4/5 two points, 4 / 4 shots, 5 rebounds), Team 6 (2), Shikma 8 (2 3-pointers, 3 rebounds, 4 assists), Blatt 6 (2), Zusman 8 (2), Lammers 4
MACABI TEL AVIV (Sfeiropoulos): Wilbekin 22 (2/4 two points, 5/9 three points, 3/3 shots, 2 rebounds, 5 assists), Evans 3 (1), Caleiro 9 (1), Williams 15 (3/5 two points, 3/5 three points) , Taylor 2, Reynolds 8 (4/5 two points, 4 rebounds), Sorkin, Dibartolomeo, Nanali 10 (1/5 two points, 1/5 three points, 5/5 shots, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Zizic 17 (8 / 10 two points, 6 rebounds)
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