The best version of Howard ties Baskonia against Maccabi

The best A copy of Marcus Howard, the author of 28 points, delivered Baskonia this Tuesday in the EuroLeague against Maccabi Tel Aviv In a big attacking match marked by a large percentage of belograna that served them to win in Belgrade with a comfortable 85-95 score. Basconistas picked up the Sailing Speed after the first five minutes of the incident and got a rent higher than the ten points they controlled throughout the match, Where Shima Moneke, with 17 points, was a faithful shield for the scorer of Baskonia, who finished the duel with six three-pointers and high-quality baskets that reminded Howard of other seasons.

The jukubaitis were the best of the locals, who did not find how to slow down Howard and lacked more external accuracy to keep up with the Basques.

The clash began with an exchange of points as the defenses disappeared And it was Maccabi who opened the gap with two goals by Tamir Blatt.

However, Donta Hall He had little opposition in the paint and bar-Irma led the scoring to closely follow the Yellow, which entered the more fluid in the clash.

Two of three consecutive times of Marcus Howard came back to block these Pablo Laso who scored two more shots on the outside to go ahead after the first ten minutes 23-34, After a split of 0-10.

Marcus Howard, with four three – pointers from four attempts, and Nikos rozhkvopoulos destroyed the Maccabean defense and the Basque team managed to score 15 points in the first bars of the second term (25-40).

Maccabi could not add from the outside and looked for speed to counteract the blows of the basconistas, who were more comfortable in attack. Roman Sorkin found the tickle of Victorian interiors, which had problems with the mobility of domestic hubs. Lasso reacted and decided to play without a ‘five’, but the waterway was still open with Jaylen Hurd’s intensity.

But the best Marcus Howard again appeared to restore the differences with 16 points in the first half without failures in field goals, (43-57). The script did not change after passing through the locker room. The pace and defensive activity of the Baskonistas, despite the departure of Tamir Blatt and Rokas jokopaitis at the same time, offered more options to Oded Katash, who reduced the difference to less than ten points.

The turnovers were again the Achilles heel for Baskonia who began to suffer in the static game, until Shima Moneke entered the game in positions close to the hoop to keep the teams (60-75). In the last round, the offensive rebound of Khalifa Diop and the scoring of cheima Moneke and Marcus Howard led to the preservation of an income that even stretched to 19 points. Maccabi proudly pulled out and broke the gap to 10 points, but Baskonia remained solid to win its seventh victory (85-95).

– Technical Data Sheet:

85. Maccabi Tel Aviv (23+20+17+25 ): Platt (14), Randolph (4), Ryman ( – ), Hurd (14) and Gabriel (2) – starting from five -, jokopaitis (22), debartolomeo ( – ), degolius ( – ), shayuk (2), Sorkin (22) and Cohen (5).

95-Baskonia (34+23+18+20 ): Forrest (4), Howard (28), sidikerskis (12), Monique (17) and Hall (10) – starting five -, raiste (3), rojkavopoulos (11), Baldwin (8), Jaramaz ( – ) and Diop (2).

Referees: Robert Lottermoser (Germany), Arturas Sukys (Lithuania), Guido Giovannetti (Italy). An unsportsmanlike foul was called on Forrest (min.7)

Incidents: a match on the fifteenth day of the EuroLeague, played at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in Belgrade in front of 200 spectators. A minute’s silence was observed before the match in memory of the former Baskonia player Janice Tema.