He strained and struggled against the battleship Maccabibut finally the Barcelona managed to prevail with 83-78celebrating its 14th victory in this year’s Euroleague and rising to 2nd place in the standings.
The Israelis even led by double digits during the third period, but the “Blaugrana” showed character in the “final stretch” of the match, taking a partial score of 21-11 in the fourth quarter and eventually reaching the victory 83-78 .
Top for the winners are Higgins (15 p.), Yokohamaites (14p.) and Mirotic (11 points, 9 rebounds), while for the guests they stood out Adams (20pts, 4 assists), Baldwin (15pts, 6 assists) and Martin (11 points, 6 rebounds).
The match
The match started with Barcelona coming in… loaded, taking a 7-2 lead with goals from Laprovitola, Satoranski and Vesely. Maccabi responded and tied it with a 3-pointer by Martin and a layup by Baldwin, before back-to-back 3-pointers by Kalinic and Jakubaitis gave the home team a five-point lead (20-15).
In the second period, the Israelis managed to get within shooting range (23-21) thanks to a three-pointer by Sorkin, but Barcelona managed to increase their lead to +9 (34-25) with three-pointers by Abrines, Tobi and a Higgins’ two-pointer. Satoranski gave his team a double-digit lead for the first time in the match (38-28), but Maccabi was down 41-37 at the end of the first half.
The third period began with the visitors taking the lead for the first time after the first quarter (41-44), with Mirotic tying the score with a three-pointer. Baldwin scored twelve consecutive points for 58-51 in favor of Maccabi, while Adams reached 16 personal points, putting the team ahead by double digits (67-57).
Maccabi held their lead at the start of the fourth quarter, but then Barcelona dramatically improved their defensive performance and went on an impressive 14-0 run to take an 82-74 lead and essentially seal the win, eventually winning 83- 78!
The quarters: 20-15, 41-37, 62-67, 83-78
The match statistics
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