Her “party”. Baskonia and victory with… a playoff aroma!
The Basques had a great night and defeated the Maccabi by a score of 92-82, improving to 13-12 and dropping the Israelis to the same record. In fact, they managed to overcome the difference of the first match, which is a springboard for a very good placing!
The guests were excellent at first quarter and found themselves in the lead (20-26). From that point on, however, the hosts began to… fire from 6.75 m. (12/28 3-pointers) and had no trouble picking up the prized pink sheet.
Top of the winners with 26 points he was the terrible one Marcus Howard, who scored from everywhere with 5/9 three-pointers. Excellent o Chima Moneke with 15 points and 15 rebounds, while 13 points were scored by Nikos Rogavopouloseveryone in the second half!
On the side Maccabiwho suffered a second straight loss and still has… work to do to secure a spot in the top ten, tried on his own to Wade Baldwinwho scored 25 points.
The match
H Maccabi entered the game better with their protagonists Nimbo and Coulson, who scored 2 baskets each for 3-8. The hosts stepped up their performance and equalized at 8-8 with a three-pointer by Miller-McIntyre, while he scored again from long range for 14-11 and the Basques’ first lead. THE Baldwin began to find a rhythm and scored 7 consecutive points for 16-18, while o Web took the baton and signed with 6 streaks of his own at 20-24. The first period ended at 20-26 thanks to his two shots Baldwin.
In the second quarter, it was time for the home team to step up. THE Monk he was the one who gave the “signal”, reducing to a point for Baskonia (28-29), before Howard takes his… gun and puts her ahead with a three-pointer (31-29). The latter two continued to give it their all and brought Dusko Ivanovic’s team to +5 (36-31), with Maccabi having no reaction in this period apart from some personal points from Rivero. THE Howard was still “hot”, while o Rooster he also gave some useful solutions, resulting in +10 (45-35). The difference reached up to +13 for Baskonia (54-41), before Maccabi “woke up” with an outburst by Baldwin and Brown and reduced it to 54-47 at halftime.
The Spanish team entered the second half with great momentum. Its new protagonist was Nikos Rogavopoulos, who hit two straight 3-pointers to push the lead to +15 (62-47). Maccabi tried to reduce with him Web (62-50), but the Greek forward was in very good condition and signed 66-50. After this… outbreak, he took over again Howard, who once again made it from long range for 71-54. The Israelis closed the third period with individual scores of 9-0 for the 73-63thanks to Rivero and Blatt.
In the last quarter, his recital Rogavopoulos continued. The Greek forward scored 5 consecutive points for the Baskoniamaking it 78-67, before following his three-pointer Marinkovic for 81-67. The Serb also caught fire and scored a second consecutive shot from 6.75m. for 85-72, while Moneke increased the difference to 15 at a crucial point (87-72). Her every effort Maccabi to reduce fell into the void, after Howard and Marinkovic gave the free throw making it 92-74 while there was not enough time for the visitors.
The quarters: 20-26, 54-47, 73-63, 92-82
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
I am currently a news writer for News Bulletin247 where I mostly cover sports news. I have always been interested in writing and it is something I am very passionate about. In my spare time, I enjoy reading and spending time with my family and friends.
