Fourty eight hours after the home loss to TAU Vitoria, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv faced another difficult game in Yad Eliyahu . KK Crvena Zvezda exploited Maccabi’s players lack of confidence & fatigue to lead throughout: 22-21 at the end of the first quarter, 42-39 at half time & 61-58 at the end of the third period.
With 6.9 seconds to go. Nukola Vujcic put Maccabi 81-78 up. Maccabi players failed to commit a foul on the Yugoslavs an ex Maccabi player Borko Radovic made a three pointer on the buzzser to send the game to overtime. The visitors scored 19 pts to 11 and won 100-92.
A great game for tiny John Scoonie Penn for Belgrade with 33 pts including 5 three pointers & 8 assists. Vujcic, who played 40 minutes, had 27 pts, 8 rbds & 3 assists.
