She returned to positive results ending her winning streak Effects the Maccabi Tel Aviv!
The Israelis took advantage of their opponents showing signs of fatigue in the final period, having struggled again with several key players absent, celebrating the victory with 95-86 and going up 8-6. On the other hand, Efes fell to 7-7, knowing its sixth defeat in the eight away games it has given for this year’s Euroleague.
Top for the winners were Lorenzo Brown (21pts, 5 assists), Coulson (19p, 7 rib) and Web (14p, 3 rib), while for Efes they stood out Thompson (22 points, 7 assists), Daum (20p), Jones (12p, 16 rib) and Larkin (17 points, 6 assists).
The match
With Larkin, Thompson, Ghazi, Osmani and Jones, Erdem Can started the game, again not having Clyburn, Beaubois, Plais, Willis, Zizic and Bryant at his disposal, while Katas chose for his starting five Brown, Boldwin, Colson , Cohen and Niebo. The two teams entered the match “cold”, with Nimbo scoring the only basket in the first two minutes and Maccabi leading 8-5, before Thompson equalized with a three-pointer and Osmani gave Efes the lead (11- 12). With five consecutive points by Webb, Maccabi led 18-14, while closing the first period ahead 29-20!
Efes responded in the second period, going on an 11-3 run to cut it to 32-31 with Larkin and Daum leading the way, and then the two teams went hand-in-hand on the scoreboard, with the visitors tying the game at 38-38 to close out the game. the first half having also taken the lead, with 48-45!
The derby continued in the third period, during which neither team managed to take a lead of more than three points, with Maccabi entering the “final stretch” ahead 66-64. In the fourth and decisive quarter, Efes, who played with a rotation of seven players, showed signs of fatigue and Maccabi took advantage of it, escaping for the first time in the match with a double-digit difference (75-65) and finally celebrating a comfortable victory, with 95-86!
The quarters: 29-20, 45-48, 66-64, 95-86
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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