2024-01-31 10:59:36
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv is not taking its foot off the pedal. After the game in Madrid, the expedition ship for another Euroleague game – this time at Bascona Vitoria (Thursday, 21:30, live broadcast on 5SPORT – channel 55). As I recall, Rafi Manko remained in Israel and did not join the trip, as the goal is to be fit for the league game on Saturday night against his former team Hapoel Holon.
Maccabi beat Baskonia 81:89 in the previous round in Belgrade, mainly thanks to the superiority of the higher ones. Josh Niebo (17 points and 11 rebounds) and James Webb (17 and 8) led five players in double figures, as Oded Ketch’s players finished with 50 rebounds and 27 team assists. On the other hand, Marcus Howard led the guest scorers with 19 points.
Baskonia comes to the game with a 12:12 record after a loss to Bayern Munich. Duško Ivanovic’s team is characterized by tough team basketball and relies heavily on the shooting rate of Marcus Howard (19 points with 40.6%), who comes off the bench and takes a ball out of his hand with tremendous speed. Chima Monka contributes 14.2 points and 7.1 rebounds, Tadash Sedkarskis provides 9.8 points with 7.2 rebounds, Vania Marinkovic scores 10.5 points and Cody Miller-McIntyre distributes 6.6 aces along with his 7.8 points.
The balance of meetings between the teams since the establishment of the Euroleague stands at 17:19 in favor of Maccabi, which won the last two games under Oded Ketch. The Tel Avivians have won three of the last four visits to Vittoria’s Fernando Boasa Hall.
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