With 11/13 two-pointers from Rokas Jokubaitis and 24 points in total from the international Lithuanian guard, Maccabi Tel Aviv comfortably defeated Alba 103-85 in Berlin for the 12th game of the Euroleague and reached 4-8, leaving the Germans at 2- 10 records, with Odet Katas’ team taking a “breather” in the effort for it privileged ten.
The Israelis reached double-digit differences from the first period and +23 in the second half with the amazing percentages of Yokoubaitis and reached the final victory.
In addition to the Lithuanian international guard, who scored 24 points, Howard with 18, DeJulius with 14 and Rayman with 12 points helped the “people’s team” offensively.
For the “albatross”, Spagnolo stood out with 16, Rapiekiu with 14 and Williams, Prosida with 10 points.
The match
The amazing Yokubaitis with 4/4 two points brought Maccabi 0-8 with the surprises of the Lithuanian international guard. After that, Howard took the “baton” in scoring and with consecutive three-pointers brought the 18-2 for “the people’s team” in the bad defense of the Germans. Reiman’s three-pointer “cut the legs” of the “albatross” in their attempt to reduce and maintain the double-digit difference for the Israelis. Alba responded with a 4-0 run to make it -11, but DeJulius’ 3-pointer made it 16-32 at the end of the first period.
McCormack woke up at the start of the second period and went on a 4-0 run to cut it to 20-32, with Odette Katas’ team holding a +12 to +14 lead in that period. Delow spearheaded an 8-0 run by the Germans to make it 30-36 for the home team. Yokubaitis and Rivero made a 5-0 run for the +11 of the Israelis and DeJulius helped in a 6-0 run for the +15 of Maccabi, while with his own three-pointer the half ended at 36-52.
Alba had 13/26 two-pointers, 0/9 three-pointers and 23 rebounds and Maccabi had 16/28 two-pointers, 5/13 three-pointers, 5/5 shots and 19 rebounds.
Maccabi maintained +14 to +15 at the start of the third period with the right choices of the Israeli champions in the German racket. Alba with a 4-0 run dropped to -11, but 8/9 Yokoubaitis two-pointers brought +16. Alba reduced with another 5-0 run to -10, but Maccabi responded in the same way for the Israelis’ +15. The many offensive options of Odette Katas’ team brought a 10-0 run for +23 with Rayman as the first “violin” in this period and he brought it 56-77 with an indirect three-pointer at the end of the quarter.
Maccabi’s back-to-back 3-pointers at the start of the fourth period brought the +22 for the “people’s team” and its supremacy in rebounds. Alba responded with a 5-0 run for -17, Rapiekiu’s three-pointer reduced the score to 70-86 and he kept the Germans in the match against most of the Israeli offensive options. Alba found solutions inside the Israeli racket, made a 6-0 run and reduced 78-90, but the 9/11 two-pointers of Yokubaitis helped the 4-0 run for Maccabi’s +16. At 81-94, Yokubaitis again took matters into his own hands and brought it 81-100 for the final 85-103.
The quarters: 16-32, 36-52, 56-77, 85-103
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Source: Sport Fm
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