Red Star broke Maccabi’s lead with a fantastic Teodosic

He celebrated his sixth victory in this year’s Euroleague with a big star Milos Teodosic The Red Star!

With the experienced guard putting in an excellent performance, the “red and whites” of Belgrade prevailed 98-92 of the typical host in “Aleksandar Nikolic Hall”, Maccabi Tel Avivreturning to positive results after losing to Real Madrid and climbing to 6-10.

The stunner of the night Teodosicled his team to victory with 27 points (6/9 three-pointers, 2/3 two-pointers) and 14 assists, while he had for worthy supporters Boloboi (20p, 6 rebounds), Giedraitis (16p), while for Maccabi, which fell to 9-7, they stood out Baldwin (22p, 4/5 three-pointers), Brown (20p, 4/5 three-pointers) and Nimbo (18 points, 7 rebounds).

The match

Maccabi took a 6-2 lead at the start of the game, with his three-pointer Brown and his foul basket Nimbo, while the two teams scored just 10 points in total in the first 5 minutes of the game. The Israelis went ahead with 10-6, but Asteras equalized with a three-pointer and his foul Teodosic, while the experienced guard also made 12-15, surpassing Paulius Iankounas for the 12th place among the leading scorers of the Euroleague. Neither team managed to score in the first period, with Brown tying the score at 20-20 with a buzzer-beater three-pointer!

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Teodosic continued to star in the second period, serving assists for the three-pointers Boloboi and Nedovic, bringing his total to 5 at that point in the match. Asteras built its biggest margin of the match (23-34) thanks to two consecutive 3-pointers by Tobi, before Maccabi responded with a short 6-0 run for 29-34. THE Teodosic but he shouted “present” again, reaching 13 personal points, before Maccabi got closer to 6 (42-48) with consecutive points by Baldwin. The final word for the first half was from Hanga, who scored a three-pointer to end the 42-51.

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With another three-pointer by Teodosic and 8 consecutive points Giedraitis, Asteras jumped the difference in their favor to +15 (45-60) at the beginning of the third quarter, while Maccabi struggled to reduce, with Rivero leading them to 60-72. However, Teodosic continued his … performance, hitting his sixth 3-pointer to make it 23 for 60-77, while Giedraitis made the 65-79reaching 16 points, all in the third period!

With consecutive baskets by Brown, Maccabi reduced to 69-81, but Teodosic and Hanga restored the difference to very high levels (69-87) after a timeout by Sfairopoulos, while Boloboi hit a three-pointer for the second time for 79- 94. Katas’ team tried to find a huge comeback in the final minutes, but all they managed to do was cut it to 87-96, with Red Star finally celebrating the win with 98-92.

The quarters: 20-20, 42-51, 65-79, 92-98

The match statistics