He “locked” the play-ins and looks more… up Maccabi Tel Aviv!
The “people’s team” did not face any particular problems from the Valenciaprevailing comfortably 95-80.
This was the sixth straight win for Oded Katas as a whole, climbing to 19-13while on the other hand for the “bats” the top ten case was quite difficult, as they retreated to the 14-18.
Leading for Maccabi was Wade Baldwin with 17 points, while close to another double-double came o Josh Nimbo with 15 p. and 9 rebounds.
From Valencia, he stood out Semi Ojeleghe with 15 points.
The match
Valencia responded to the good start of Maccabi Tel Aviv (10-4) in the first four minutes and with their own 12-0, went to +6 (10-16), in the 7th minute. In the last minutes, the “people’s team” responded with Rivero’s forward and closed the first period in front (21-20).
The derby continued in the second quarter as well, with the two teams within striking distance (29-30), until the 14th minute. Afterwards, Katas’ team took control, initially escaping to +8 (38-30), while with Nimbos it reached +12 (46-34), at 19′. In the remaining time, nothing changed dramatically, with the hosts going to the locker room with +10 (48-38).
Despite Valencia’s reaction in the second half, Maccabi maintained its distance (57-50), until the 25th minute. In fact, then DiBartolomeo and Rivero took their team by the hand and sent it to +16 (71-55), with Robertson making it 71-58 in the third period.
The picture was the same in the fourth period, with Maccabi fully controlling the situation and shooting the difference to +17 (86-69) and taking the victory with the final 95-80.
The quarters: 21-20, 48-38, 71-58, 95-80
See the match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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