With their sixth straight EuroLeague win, the Yellow & Blue climb to first place while shattering two new club records: hitting 17 three-pointers and winning by the biggest margin in Spain. Scottie Wilbekin led the way with 20 points
Behind dozens of fans that made the trip with the club to Vitoria, Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv blew away Baskonia 113:83. The visitors put on a show for the history books, winning their sixth straight EuroLeague contest as they broke the clubs record for three-pointers that sat before the game at 16, as it now stands on 17 with the win.
After a 28:21 Maccabi lead after one, the Yellow & Blue went on a 27:11 run in the second quarter that pretty much ended the night at halftime. Giannis Sfairopoulos’s squad’s stats were off the chart: 59% from deep, 65% from the field, 126 performance index rating, and six players scoring in double figures: Scottie Wilbekin 20 points (6 assists), Elijah Bryant 19 (6 rebounds), John DiBartolomeo (6 assists, 3 steals) & Nate Wolters 14 points each, Tyler Dorsey 12, and Othello Hunter 10 points & 9 rebounds.
Recap
Scottie Wilbekin, Nate Wolters, Yovel Zoosman, Quincy Acy, and Tarik Black opened in Maccabi’s starting five. Maccabi was hot from the get-go with Wilbekin hitting back-to-back three-pointers, Black dominating under the baskets, and a great start by the captain DiBartolomeo. On the other end, Tornike Shengelia, one of the top power forwards in Europe, scored 8 points in the first quarter to leave the hosts close. Maccabi led 28:21 after one.
After a good first quarter, Maccabi took full control of the game in the second period, Wilbekin and DiBartolomeo were unstoppable nailing three’s from all cylinders leading the Yellow & Blue to 60% from deep. Shengelia knocked a three from long range for the hosts, but the visitors kept increasing the margin to a commanding, 55:32 at halftime.
Maccabi kept on the incredible pace from the first half, Wilbekin led the way with Bryant and Wolters joining the show scoring in double-figures finishing the game early in the third quarter, 86:58 going into the fourth.
In the fourth, coach Sfairopoulos gave Sandy Cohen his first EuroLeague action making his debut, as the lead kept on staying around the 30 point difference. Maccabi continued strong until the final buzzer, ending the game with 113 points, 17 three-pointers, and their most significant victory in Spain, 113:83.
