Maccabi dismissed Virtus on Wednesday night behind its shooting and an impressive defensive performance in the second half.
Second-half Maccabi was too strong for Virtus
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Round 20 of 34
Regular Season
Maccabi Playtika Tel AvivMTA
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Virtus Segafredo BolognaVIR
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It was a tale of two halves as Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv beat Virtus Segafredo Bologna 95-78 on Wednesday night in Belgrade. After a back-and-forth first half in which Virtus led by 8 points in the second quarter only for Maccabi to take a 46-45 lead into halftime, after the break it was all Maccabi.
And it all started with its defense.
"Defensively it was two totally different halves", Maccabi head coach Oded Kattash said. "Second half it was a big effort by the players."
Maccabi ended up allowing 33 second-half points, but 10 of those came in the final 60 seconds of the game, including a pair of triples in the final 18 seconds.
Maccabi was already up by 90-72 at that point when Belinelli knocked those down, with the win secure in its pocket.
Game Videos
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Hoard's block ignites Maccabi offense
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Santos posterizes Wright! Motorola Magic Moment
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Roman Sorkin dunks in traffic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Saliou Niang rejects Kendrick Nunn! Motorola Magic Moment
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Carsen Edwards from the EuroLeague logo! Motorola Magic Moment
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Roman Sorkin hammers it! Motorola Magic Moment
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Brissett beats the buzzer with a three! Motorola Magic Moment
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Strong dunk from Alston! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus goes on a fast break! Motorola Magic Moment
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TJ Leaf hammers it home! Motorola Magic Moment
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Roman Sorkin on the fly! Motorola Magic Moment
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Walker with a tomahawk dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Matt Morgan finds the rolling Alen Smailagic for the two-handed slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Niang hammers it home! Motorola Magic Moment
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Niang on the fly! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus turns defense into offense! Motorola Magic Moment
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Marcio Santos rejects Quinn Ellis! Motorola Magic Moment
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Marcio Santos rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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Aliou Diarra rises for the contested dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Maccabi's defense was not just impressive against Virtus's third-ranked scoring offense, it held Tornike Shengelia to just 9 points and 4 assists while forcing him to 3 turnovers.
Meanwhile, Maccabi was shooting the lights outs, connecting on 13 of 25 (52.0%) from three-point land. For comparison, Virtus was 7 of 15 (46.7%) from the free throw line.
"I am happy we responded after an embarrassing loss against Fenerbahce," said Maccabi guard Wade Baldwin, who paced the team with 22 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds.
Maccabi did, indeed, do a great job bouncing back after a 35-point loss against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in Lithuania last week. That defeat came two days after an impressive win over AS Monaco.
This time, in two nights, Maccabi will be staying in Belgrade to play across the river in Stark Arena against Partizan Mozzart Bet.
"We need to learn from last double week. When we played after 48 hours, we were not there with our energy. And that is our challenge right now, to show that we learned our lesson", Kattash concluded.