Maccabi Tel Aviv lost 78:73 to Bologna

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Precisely after a comeback and first away victory in the Euroleague, Maccabi Tel Aviv found out tonight (Friday) that things do not change: it again fell apart in the final minutes and lost a seven-point lead, again lost in the Euroleague, this time 78:73 to Virtus Bologna, and again saw its nightmare, Milos Teodosic, stars against her.

The game actually started very well for the Yellows, who managed to take an early lead, but the great Serbian center of the Italians came off the bench and changed the game on the way to a turnaround towards the end of the first quarter. After the break between the quarters, the Italians continued to stop the Yellows, but a revival by Sorkin and Brown managed to tie the score on the way to victory in the quarter.

The third quarter was dominated by yellow in all parts of the field, although the home team continued to hold the lead almost until the end. Bonzy Colson and Roman Sorkin controlled the offensive rebound and kept Oded Ketch’s team close, when Yef Ziv opened with good minutes and Brown with five consecutive points established a 57:60 advantage at the end.

The Italians didn’t score a single basket until five minutes into the game, but Maccabi scored only eight points in that time and then allowed the veteran center, along with Daniel Hackett and Turnika Shenglia, to run 0:13 on the way to a big turnaround at the end of the game, from which Ketch had no answer. 73:78 for Bologna over Maccabi Tel Aviv, which dropped to 7:7 in the Euroleague and next week will meet Elba Berlin with Yuval Sussman and Tamir Blatt.

They scored for Maccabi Tel Aviv: Lorenzo Brown 18 points and six assists, Josh Niebo 11 points and 10 rebounds, Bonzie Colson 10 points, Jaylen Adams 9 points, Jake Cohen and Roman Sorkin 7 points each, Jarrel Martin 6 points, Daron Hilliard 2 points, Austin Hollins, Rafi Manko and Petah Ziv played and did not score.

Scored for Virtus Bologna: Milos Theodosic (six assists) and Daniel Hackett 15 pts, Tournica Shanglia 12 pts, Issiah Cardinier and Mame Jaita 7 pts, Ife Lundberg 6 pts, Ismael Bako, Alessandro Paiola and Kyle Weems 5 No. 21

First quarter: 16:20 for Virtus Bologna

Five virtus bologna: Issiah Cardinier, Ife Lundberg, Daniel Hackett, Turnika Shenglia, Mam Jaita.

Five Maccabi Tel Aviv: Lorenzo Brown, Jaylen Adams, Bonzie Coulson, Jake Cohen, Josh Niebo.

The match opened with a minute’s silence in memory of Sinisa Mihailovic, the former coach of the Bologna football team who died of cancer at the age of 53.

Lorenzo Brown gave the Yellows their first lead with the first points of the game. Jake Cohen scored Maccabi Tel Aviv’s first three-pointer and gave it a 2:5 lead after two and a half minutes. Daniel Hackett with five consecutive points tied the score at 7:7 five minutes from the opening, but Jarrell Martin returned the advantage to the yellow side. John DiBartholomeo with a three-pointer from the bench brought Maccabi Tel to 9:14, but Milos Teodosic came off the bench hot with a three-pointer of his own and together with a basket and a foul by Ismail Bako and points by Alessandro Paiola made it 14:17 Italian and Oded Ketch took a timeout . Brown grabbed a basket on one side and put it back on the other side, but Payola set the score of the first quarter at 20:16 from the line.

Second quarter: 41:44 to Virtus Bologna

Roman Sorkin with an assist and a basket and a foul reduced Theodosic’s points to only one point, 22:21 after a minute in the quarter. Turnika Shenglia scored four consecutive points from the line, Teodosic with his second three-pointer opened a gap of six points for the Italians, 23:29. Josh Niebo received a blow to the forehead and went down to receive treatment in the dressing room after a collision with Issei Cardignier. Kyle Weems with his first two gave the home team an eight-point lead, 25:33, but Jaylen Adams and Bonzie Coulson with five rushes reduced the difference to just three and forced Sergio Scariolo to take a timeout 5 minutes before the end of the half.

Sorkin and Mam Jaita exchanged baskets in the paint, Hackett with a point from the line and Brown with a three-pointer narrowed the gap to just one point, 36:35. Cohen converted the score with two and a half minutes to go. An exchange of baskets by the two teams ended with a basket and a foul by Jaita that made the Italian 41:44, after which Ketch took a timeout. Rafi Manko missed a three-pointer in the last seconds and the teams ended the half with the same result.

Third quarter: 57:60 to Maccabi Tel Aviv

Also in this quarter a yellow player scored the first basket of the quarter, this time it was Coulson, but Teodosic with a sixth assist set up Hackett for a basket and a foul. Nivo came back with four consecutive points to tie the score at 47:47 three minutes into the quarter. Hackett with his sixth consecutive point restored the Italian lead to three. Virtus’ Serbian point guard continued his hot streak with a third three-pointer. A huge basket by Brown narrowed the gap to two and raised his balance to 11 points. Yeftah Ziv went up to play and Martin tied the score – 53:53 three minutes to the end of the quarter. Brown returned from the bench and restored the Yellows to the first lead in the second half with five consecutive points and defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv by a score of 57:60 at the break between the quarters.

Fourth quarter: 73:78 to Virtus Bologna

The tradition continued and Ziv delivered a long ball to Nivo who scored the first points of the fourth quarter and without us noticing the advantage increased to five. Adams scored a hard basket on Shanglia and both teams went to a timeout. Teodosic scored the first two points of Bologna in the quarter and it’s 64:59 yellow five minutes to the end of the game. The act with a basket and a foul brought Bologna back closer after confusion in the Maccabi Tel Aviv attack and Oded Ketch took a timeout when the score was 62:66 in his favor. Cardinia and Jaita brought the Italians back to the lead 66:67 two and a half minutes to the end. The yellows were unable to score in the last minutes and Shangalia with four consecutive shots from the line established a five-point advantage, 71:66 a minute and twenty to the end of the game. The teams started to go to the line each, with Teodosic and Lundberg on one side and Brown and Nieuw on the other and it’s 77:73 Italian after a dunk by the center, 10 seconds to go. DiBartolomeo committed an unsportsmanlike foul, the Italians scored from the line and the game ended with a 73:78 home victory.

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