An unlikely match in Israel and a loss for the eight!
THE Red Star even though he lost a +16 he finally managed to beat her Maccabi with a score of 89-86, going up to 11-13 and dropping the Israelis to 12-12! Somehow, the Serbs put… even more “fire” in the battle of qualifying for the playoffs!
The Serbians were thoroughly dominant for three periods, but saw the hosts come back from -16 down in the final quarter to claim the win, before finally folding in the dying seconds.
In an incredible battle, the Nemanja Nedovic and Wade Baldwin. The Serb had 28 points with 6/9 three-pointers and was the main reason for the victory of the “red and whites”, while the American did incredible things with 38 points (career record), 5 rebounds and 5 assists, but missed critical shots and shots in the finale.
The match
The two teams were quite competitive at the start of the match. Baldwin and Adams they brought Maccabi to 11-8, but Red responded with Petrusev and Nedovic and went to 11-13, before the latter made another three-pointer for 13-16. His former player Panathinaikou he was hot and tied it at 15-18, before Baldwin’s three-pointer at the end of the first period made it 18-18.
The second period belonged to the visitors. THE Maccabi spent with him Coulson temporarily in front (23-21), but somewhere there the Serbs with Nedovic and Ivanovich they went on a 12-0 run, making it 23-33. Hilliard and Colson temporarily reduced to 5 (30-35), but o Dobrich joined the Serbian “party” and brought him Red at +14 (30-44). The half ended with 4 consecutive points by Baldwin for 34-44.
The Serbians continued their dominant performance in the third period. Maccabi with Coulson temporarily reduced to 7 (41-48), however the Red ran with the protagonist Mitrovic a partial score of 9-0, again reaching +16 (41-57). The hosts responded with a 6-0 of their own, reducing the difference to 10 (47-57), but the “red and white” had a legendary night with Nedovic and escaped again with 16 (51-67). Finally, the third period ended with a score of 55-69.
The home team produced the expected response early in the fourth quarter when they turned a 55-71 lead into a 67-73 lead with a 12-2 run. Baldwin and Hilliard. THE Red Star escaped again with +10 (67-77), but Maccabi now had a rhythm and reduced it to 7 with Hilliard (70-77), before the unlikely Baldwin dropped the difference to 5 (76-81) and Sorkin brought it in 2 (82-83). A big basket by Dobrich made it 82-85, with Red Star finally taking the “fire and iron” victory with 86-89 thanks to Vildosa’s composure on the shots.
The quarters: 18-18, 34-44, 55-69, 86-89
Detailed match statistics here
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