The marginal victory with 94-91 celebrated at her headquarters Villerban for the 12th matchday of the Euroleague Maccabi Tel Aviv!
In a game that was a derby throughout, with the lead constantly changing hands, the Israelis managed to prevail with their star Baldwinwho scored the most decisive basket and was the top scorer of the match, with 21 points!
Thus, Maccabi improved its record to 7-5 and rose to 6th place in the standings, while Villerban fell to 2-10sharing last place with Alba.
In addition to Baldwin, very good performances on behalf of the winners were also made by Sorkin (15p, 8 rib), Brown (16pts, 6 rebs, 4 assists) and Coulson (15p, 5 rib), while for Villerban they stood out Loverne (23pts, 9 rebs), De Colo (22pts, 4 assists) and Louvavu-Cambaro (19p).
The match
The match started with both teams coming in “cold”. Mistakes, bad attacks and missed shots, with both teams managing just 4 points in the first 3.5 minutes. Villerban dominated the rebounding, with Louvavou-Cambaro scoring four straight points of his own for a 6-4 lead. Lorenzo Brown hit the first 3-pointer to make it 6-7, and the lead kept changing hands after that before Scott and Jackson put the home team ahead 19-14 and Blatt hit a layup on an improbable buzzer-beater from center for at 19-17 of the first period.
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With a 7-0 run at the start of the second quarter, Maccabi went ahead 24-19, De Colo answered with a three-pointer to make it 22-24, but the visitors continued with 9 more unanswered points, escaping for the first time in the match with double-digit lead (22-33), thanks to back-to-back spikes by Nimbo. However, Villerban responded immediately, building their own 15-0 run with Loverne as the protagonist and taking the lead again (37-33). Baldwin, Colson and Brown hit back-to-back three-pointers to put the visitors ahead 41-42, before Paris Lee hit a three-pointer to make it 46-45 in a thrilling first half.
The lead continued to change hands at the beginning of the third period, with Louvavu-Cambaro making it 54-51 with a three-pointer and a foul, while he reached 14 personal points with a layup, for 56-53. With five consecutive points by Baldwin, Maccabi went ahead again, 58-62, while Blatt and Sorkin “signed” 66-70, entering the fourth and decisive quarter.
The fourth period of the match was also exciting, with Maccabi escaping with +5 (70-75), but Villerban going ahead again (80-79), thanks to a three-pointer by Luverne. In the final minute, the visitors led 90-85 thanks to shots by Brown and a basket by Baldwin, who was the one who “wrote” and 89-92, before De Colo reduced to a point, with 3.8” to are left for the finale. Brown hit the shots for 91-94 and Baldwin put De Colo down for a tie at the end!
The quarters: 19-17, 46-45, 66-70, 91-94
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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