Maccabi was executed with a vengeance and Efes continues its counterattack for the top ten!

Its counterattack to catch up with the “train” of the top ten and the play-ins continued on Thursday night Anatolou Efes!

Playing some excellent and fast basketball at times, and having a total of six players with double-digit points (!), Tomislav Mijatovic’s team prevailed with impressive 105-91 of Macabti Tel Aviv in Riga, for the 26th matchday of the Euroleague!

The match:

The pace was excellent and fast from the very beginning of the match, with the defenses… going for a walk and the attacks having the first say in the match. With Baldwin coming in hot and scoring 8 points in the first four minutes, the Maccabi Tel Aviv led 13-8, and shortly after, back-to-back baskets by Colson tied the score 18-13 at 6′. Somewhere in there came her reaction Effectswhich preceded him Shane Larkin, who ended the first quarter with 13 points (!), not only reduced the score, but ended the period ahead with 29-27!

“Hitting” the racquet with Jones and Thompson as the main exponents, the Turks led for the first time with +5 (39-34) at the beginning of the second period. Afterwards, the consecutive three-pointers by Cleveland and Colson gave an offensive breath to the visitors (39-41), who took advantage in the final and the many shots they won, thus going to the locker room in front of the score with the smallest difference price (50-51).

With two three-pointers by DiBartolomeo, he entered the third period Maccabi Tel Aviv for her 59-55 at 22′. Efes’ response was not long in coming, with the hosts going on a quick 10-2 run to overtaking (65-61) two minutes later, before Clyburn took action and with consecutive points sent his team to +6 (75-69). In the last part of the period, the visitors were reduced to 77-75 in the quarter.

More in a while…



The quarters: 29-27, 50-51, 77-75, 105-91.

See here the statistics of the match.