Maccabi Tel Aviv – Baskonia 85-95: The Basques comfortably passed Belgrade with Howard as guide

Baskonia celebrated a comfortable victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Belgrade, prevailing 95-85 on Tuesday night (17/12) for its 16th game EuroLeague.

Big performance from Marcus Howard with 28 points, 6/9 3-pointers and 3 assists. Tsima Moneke (17 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists), Tadas Sendekerskis (12 points, 1/2 three-pointers, 9 rebounds) and Nikos Rogavopoulos (11 points, 2/8 three-pointers, 7 rebounds) had valuable contributions for the Basques, who they dominated from the first minute of the match and they improved to 7-9 (5-3 home, 2-6 away).

Roman Sorkin (22 points, 2/6 three-pointers, 4 rebounds) and Rokas Yokoubaitis (22 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists) stood out for the Israelis, with Odet Katas’ team falling to 4-12 (3- 5 home, 1-7 away). Wenien Gabriel managed to compete for four minutes, as he “tore” his hand, left for the locker room to get stitches and has not played since.

22-14 the points from the opponent’s mistakes, 16-7 the points from second chances (offensive rebounds), 14-18 the points from surprise for the two teams.

THE REFEREES: Lottermoser, Sikis, Giovanetti

THE DECADES: 23-34, 43-57, 60-75, 85-95

MACABI (Katas): Howard 14 (5/9 2-pointers, 4/4 shots), Sayok 2, Sorkin 22 (2/6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Meyer, Reiman, DiBartolomeo, Cohen 5, Randolph 4, Yokubaitis 22 (1/ 2 three-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists), Gabriel 2, Blatt 14 (4/5 3-pointers, 7 assists), DeJulius

BASCONIA (Lasso): 28 (6/9 three-pointers, 3 assists), Raieste 3 (1/1 three-pointer), Savkov, Sendekerskis 12 (1/2 three-pointers, 9 rebounds, 3 assists), Yaramaz, Forrest 4, Rogavopoulos 11 (2 /8 three-pointers, 7 rebounds), Diop 2 (7 rebounds), Baldwin 8 (2/2 3-pointers), Hall 10, Ediage, Moneke 17 (8 rebounds, 4 assists)

Maccabi’s team stats: 24/45 2-pointers, 7/22 3-pointers, 16/17 shots, 25 rebounds (16 defensive, 9 offensive), 20 assists, 7 steals, 11 turnovers, 1 block, 21 fouls

Baskonia’s team statistics: 25/40 2-pointers, 12/26 3-pointers, 9/14 shots, 40 rebounds (26 defensive, 14 offensive), 22 assists, 4 steals, 17 turnovers, 4 blocks, 20 fouls

The next matches of the two teams: In the 17th matchday of the EuroLeague, Maccabi will face Red Star away from home (20/12, 21:30), while Baskonia will be tested in OAKA against Panathinaikos AKTOR (19/12, 19:45).