Coach Sfairopoulos’ starting five:  Black, Cohen, Kane, Zoosman and Scottie. Cohen was the first to score in the game as the yellows fired on all cylinders enroute of a 9:2 lead. Butler scored back to back threes but Scottie and Tarik reacted immediately to keep the reds at bay (18:8). Feldeine and Brown completed an 8:0 run to come closer to Maccabi but Tyus and John-Di ended the first quarter with in style to claim the 26:18 lead.

Both teams traded blows at the beginning of the second quarter with the squad in yellow and blue increasing their lead (38:27). Scottie and Caloiaro capitalized again to put Maccabi ahead 43:27. Blatt and Timor completed a 10:0 run for Jerusalem (43:37) with just over two minutes remaining in the second quarter. John-Di was the man for the yellows finishing the first half strong with Maccabi having the 50:39 lead.

Kane scored from deep at the beginning of the third quarter, Jerusalem answered with four points but Scottie reacted with back to back threes (59:43). Zoosman and Scottie turned great defense into instant offense (63:49). Brown completed the three point play to trim: Maccabi’s lead down to 66:59 with 03:20 remaining in the third. Thomas made it 68:63 but Scottie was the last to score in the quarter giving Maccabi the 70:63 lead.

Owens the first to score in the fourth but Zoosman and Roll sparked a 6:0 run for the yellows who took 76:65 lead. Feldeine and Caloiaro traded blows from deep with coach Sfairopoulos’ squad being the side to capitalize taking the 81:69 lead. Jerusalem completed a 5:0 run but Zoosman found Black who completed the trhee point play (86:76) with just under two minutes remaining in the game. John-Di was the man again increasing Maccabi’s lead securing the 91:78 win over Jerusalem.