FC Barcelona got back to winning ways on Tuesday night after downing Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 83-78 at Palau Blaugrana. Having been the only team to beat Maccabi on its home floor this season, Barca has now secured the regular-season sweep against the Israeli team. With this victory, Barca improved to 14-8 while Maccabi dropped to 11-11.
Cory Higgins scored a team-high 15 points for Barca, who also had Rokas Jokubaitis, Nikola Mirotic and Jan Vesely finish in double figures with 14, 11 and 10 points, respectively. For Maccabi, who was still missing Lorenzo Brown due to injury, Jalen Adams had a game-high 20 points. Wade Baldwin recorded 15 points, of which 11 game in the third quarter. Darrun Hilliard and Jarell Martin finished with 11 points apiece.
