Festive night for Maccabi, they also defeated Zalgiris in the Euroleague!

Festive night for Maccabi Tel Aviv in football and basketball!



A few hours after the huge double over of Olympiakos (1-4) for the “16” phase of the Conference League, the Israeli basketball team won a great victory in the Euroleague, defeating in the final the worthy Zalgiris in Belgrade, for the 28th matchday of the competition.

With the game on a razor’s edge, the entirety of it Odent Katas showed the composure he needed in the final and with 7 unanswered points in the last minute, prevailed with 83-76 of the Lithuaniansthus remaining in octet orbit!

The first scorer for the winners who went up to 15-13 was Baldwin with 16 points, with Blatt following with 11 and Colson, Nimbo and Webb each adding 10! For his team Andrea TrinchieriEvans and Sumner stood out with 18 and 14 points respectively.

The match:

THE Maccabi Tel Aviv came into the game better and starring Baldwin and Brown, they led with 11-4 in the first two minutes of the match. After her sluggish start, the Zalgiris he raised “speeds” and with him in front Edmond Sumner who had 12 points in the quarter (!), ran a 13-4 partial score to overtake (15-17) in 4′! Despite the explosive start of the two teams, the continuation was not proportional, since in the remaining 6 minutes of the period, both remained low, with the quarter ending in absolute balance (21-21).

Andrea Trinkeri’s team started well in the second period and taking advantage of the home team’s fouls, they took the lead again for +6 and 29-23 at 13′. With Colson’s and DiBartolomeo’s three-pointers, as well as Nimbo’s baskets in the “drawing board”, the Israelis took a 35-33 lead in the 17th minute, maintaining this small lead until the end of the game. first half (42-40).

With Keenan Evans coming into the third period “hot” with 7 points in the first five minutes, the Lithuanians went for the first time at +8 (49-57). Despite efforts from Rivero and Webb late in the period, Maccabi couldn’t get any closer than 56-62 of the quarter.

Nevertheless, the Oded Katas team came out determined and ready for the upset in the fourth and final period. With its hard and pressing defense as an ally, Maccabi not only managed to “nibble” the difference, but also went ahead with +5 for 72-67 in the 35th minute, thanks to the plurality in its attack. With four points by Ulanovas and a three-pointer by Schmitz, Zalgiris once again won the match (72-74). Somehow, the two teams went hand in hand until the 39th minute (76-76), with Maccabi finding composure and solutions in defense and attack and with 7 unanswered points in the last minute, he took the win with the final 83-76.

The quarters: 21-21, 42-40, 56-62, 83-76.

See here the statistics of the match.