The Israeli side went to another gear in the fourth quarter to win the game
Maccabi comes from behind to beat ASVEL, 89-82

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv opened its Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season in style with an 89-82 victory over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, coming back from 10 points down in a game that featured 23 lead changes.
Tamir Blatt had career highs of 21 points, 12 assists and 37 PIR for Maccabi while Jaylen Hoard and Jordan Loyd both scored 15 points, while Jasiel Rivero added 11 points and 9 rebounds. Joffrey Lauvergne paced ASVEL with 17 points and Paris Lee tallied 12 points and 4 assists.
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Theo Maledon knocked down a three-pointer for ASVEL’s first points of the season and Loyd did the honors for Maccabi before Rivero gave the home side its first lead. That was the start of a breathtaking back and forth with 14 lead changes in the first quarter - Lauvergne pouring in 9 points for the guests and Rokas Jokubaitis scoring two straight baskets for Maccabi. ASVEL finished strong with the final nine points on a couple of three-point plays by Nando De Colo and Mbaye Ndiaye and a buzzer-beater triple from Edwin Jackson to lead 24-31 after 10 minutes.
ASVEL continued the surge in the second quarter and Jackson gave the French side a 10-point lead, 26-36. Blatt stepped up at the other end with two three-pointers and Roman Sorkin put Maccabi back ahead 43-42. Lauvergne and Hoard went at it in the paint against each other and the game went back and forth again with four lead changes to end the first half with ASVEL up 51-52 at the break.
Early in the second half, Lee and David Lighty hit triples and ASVEL was up 54-58. Maccabi had a strong spurt of 10-2 with Rivero book-ending the run with scores and a 64-60 cushion. A Lee triple pushed the guests back into the lead, 64-65. Two Tarik Black scores had ASVEL up 65-69, but the score was level 70-70 after three quarters.
Shaq Harrison tallied the first five points of the third quarter to give ASVEL a five-point lead. John DiBartolomeo trimmed the margin to 77-78 on a three-pointer for Maccabi. The defenses of both teams were finally getting consistent stops, though Lauvergne made it 77-82. Blatt and DiBartolomeo both hit triples at the other end and Maccabi was up 83-82 with 2 minutes to play. Blatt then hooked up on alley-oop dunks by Hoard on back-to-back possessions to make it 87-82 with 30 seconds to play to decide the game.