He “folded” Valencia and Maccabi firmly entered the eight!

He took the “thriller” and remained in an octave orbit h Maccabi Tel Aviv!

With a defining basket of Baldwin and enduring her comeback Valenciathe “group of the people” prevailed 94-93 in “Fodeta”!

This was the second win against the “bats” for his team Kataswhich was uploaded to 12-11while the same record is now held by the Spanish team.

The first scorer for Maccabi was Baldwin with 19 points, while from 17p. had the Coulson and DiBartolomeo.

From Valencia, he stood out Harperwho had 20 points, but was also fatal as he missed a crucial shot in the final seconds.

The match

Better start from Maccabi, with Colson sending them to +7 (5-12), in the first minutes, with Valencia reacting with an 8-0 run, for the lead (13-12), in 5′. From that point on, the tempo of the match rose sharply, with the hosts closing the first period at +4 (28-24).

Derby was the first four minutes of the second period, with the difference being in the point (37-36). Then, the “bats” hit the gas and escaped to +10 (49-39), at 17′. Maccabi’s answer came with Adams (49-43), but Radebo sent Valencia to the locker room with +10 (55-45).

Impressive start from the “people’s team” in the second half, where with forwards Colson and Baldwin he made individual scores of 4-16, taking the lead again (59-61), at 24′. From then on, Maccabi was in control and with DiBartolomeo’s three-pointer, it reached +10 (67-77), in the 28th minute. The last minutes belonged to the hosts, who with Evans and Harper reduced the score to a point (78-79) at the end of the third period.

Baldwin and Colson sent Maccabi to +5 (80-85) at the beginning of the fourth period and then to +7 (82-89) at 35′. Valencia answered with three points and reduced to a point (90-91), in the 38th minute. It was followed by 1/2 shots from Nimbo and 2/2 from Jones to tie the game (92-92) with 41.6 minutes to go. Baldwin’s basket put him ahead again (92-94), at 24.5”. At 10.8” Harper made 1/2 shots (93-94), with Baldwin fouling at 3.2”, with Jones missing the last attack and Maccabi getting the win!

The quarters: 28-24, 55-45, 78-79, 93-94

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