In the best possible way, he closed the normal duration of Maccabi!
The Israelis won with a score of 100-96 Real Madrid after a tiebreaker in overtime, securing fifth place and the tiebreaker Monaco in the Euroleague playoffs! THE Realon the other hand, is now threatened to lose second place as well, since if the Barcelona Valencia, will drop Madrid’s third!
We note, in fact, that the winner of the pair between Maccabi and Monaco, will face him Olympic in the Final Four, if of course the “red and white” overcome the obstacle of the playoffs.
The match was a derby throughout its duration and was decided in the last minutes of extra time, with Maccabi to endure despite his worrisome injury ahead of the playoffs Lorenzo Brown. The American with a Spanish passport was the leader of the match with 22 points, but left the match towards the end, showing pain. The sensation had 15 points and 11 rebounds Nimbowhile 11 points and 8 assists were added by Baldwin.
From Real, Giabuseli stood out with 25 points and 8 rebounds, while Dzanan Moussa had 20 and Gabi Deck had 16.
The match
After a very competitive start to the match with the teams going point by point, gradually n Real began to move away from me Muse and Dec, taking a 12-18 lead. The home team countered with Nimbo and Martineventually falling to 16-18 in the first period.
In the second period, Maccabi overtook with a score of 21-18, but Real me Hezonia and Sergio Rodriguez escaped again with +4 (23-27). The latter scored a three-pointer, raising the difference to +6 for the guests (27-33). Hezonia and Muse they found a “crazy” pace by sending the Madrid team to +9 (33-42), before the Maccabi down to 37-42 at halftime.
The third period took the form of a tough derby. Maccabi went to +4 (46-42) with Coulsonbut Real me Yabuselli tied at 46. The French tall gave a recital for a few minutes, putting her Real ahead with a score of 51-57, but Nimbo and Di Bartolomeo sent the Israelis ahead again with a score of 58-57. Finally, the third period ended at 65-62.
The last period belonged to Maccabi, which with Nimbos also went to +6 (68-62). Real “hot” Yabuselli cut it to 72-68, but Martin hit a big 3-pointer to make it 75-68. Baldwin also made an important shot, for 78-71, but Real had a reaction, reducing it to 82-79. Niebo made it 84-80, but a big 3-pointer by Giabucelli made it 84-83 and Deck’s two shots tied the game at 86-86, sending the match into overtime.
In the extra five minutes, o Yabuselli nailed it for 86-88, though Baldwin and Sorkin tied it 90-88, before Giabucelli tied it at 90-90. There Maccabi ran a partial 5-0 with his three-pointer Hilliard and Sorkin’s layup, making it 95-90 with seconds left. From then on, the Israelis were calmer and took the victory with a score
The quarters: 16-18, 37-42, 65-62, 86-86 (cit.), 100-96 (para.)
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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