He humiliated Efes at home and Maccabi scored eight points

It shocked her Effects with a comprehensive appearance in Istanbul and stepped into the first eight of the Euroleague Maccabi Tel Aviv!

The Israelis did incredible things in the first period, when they scored 33 points with 7/8 three-pointers, then with their “weapon” defense they did not allow the European champions to get close to them, finally celebrating the victory with the emphatic 86-64.

Thus, Katas’ team made it 2/2 in the week after and the victory over Fenerbahce, climbing into the top eight of the standings with a record 15-13while Efes suffered a second consecutive defeat after that against Red Star, falling to the 13-14two wins away from the playoffs.

Leading for the triumphant ones Boltwin (23pts, 4 assists), Martin (13p, 3/3 three-pointers), Nimbo (10p, 11 reb.) and Lorenzo Brown (11 points, 8 assists), while the first scorers for Efes were Clyburn (12p.) and Bryant (11p.)

The match

The match started with Maccabi to take a 5-2 lead thanks to his triple Baldwin, before Cohen also scored from distance, putting the visitors ahead 10-2. With seven straight points by the former Olympiakos guard, the Israelis stayed ahead with 17-10, with Dunston cutting it to 13-17. Maccabi continued to… shoot from outside the three-point line (6/7) building a double-digit lead for the first time and ending the first period having scored 33 (!) points (20-33).

Driving from the wing…

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The second quarter entered with him Hilliard to score his second personal three-pointer (20-36) and with Maccabi tightening its defense. Not allowing Efes to score a single point for four minutes! So, preceded by +25 (20-45) in the biggest difference of the match, while Maccabi went to the locker room with a huge lead of 21 points (33-54), having 10/14 three-pointers and playing fantastic basketball!

The second half began with Clyburn scoring its first points of the night and Maccabi struggling to score, giving hope to Effects. Lorenzo Brown hit his team’s 13th 3-pointer of the game to make it 41-65, while Maccabi kept the lead very high as the third quarter ended (48-68).

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With Clyburn starting… hot in the fourth period, Efes looked to find the big upset and managed to cut even -12 (60-72)but the Lorenzo Brown he responded with two consecutive 3-pointers for 60-79, reaching 11 personal points and putting… tombstones in the dreams of his opponents. At that point Ephesus resigned themselves to the idea of ​​defeat, with Maccabi celebrating the big win with the final 64-86!

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The quarters: 20-33, 33-54, 48-68, 64-86

The match statistics