The 16th round of the Euroleague, which will close the first round of the European factory, started tonight (Thursday) with the meeting between Maccabi Tel Aviv and the reigning Euroleague champion - Anadolu Efes.
Both teams have the same record of eight wins against seven losses, with the Yellows on a streak of four home wins.
After the only two away victories this season for Oded Ketch's players, Maccabi Tel Aviv will try to register a first victory over Anadolu Efes since March 2020, when the yellows saw Shane Larkin's foul on the buzzer and advanced to the Euroleague playoffs which were not held in the end due to the outbreak of the Corona virus.
The injured Wade Baldwin has yet to return to the Ketch squad, while Alex Poithers continues his long absence following hand surgery.
Larkin returned to the squad in their last game and started for Ergin Atman alongside Vasili Micic.
Ex-Maccabi Tel Aviv, Ante Zezic, will appear in front of the host crowd for the first time since he left the club last summer.
Will they continue their good form against the European champions?
Brown (Photo: GettyImages, Roberto Finizio)
the progress of the game
Quarter 1:
Maccabi Tel Aviv went up in five with Lorenzo Brown, Jake Cohen, Jaylen Adams, Bonzie Colson and Josh Niebo.
The center penetrated the paint and scored the first points with a layup.
Three-pointers on both sides led to a close game in the opening, with two baskets by Bryant from outside the arc.
Two three-pointers by Brown put the yellows ahead in the minutes of good defense on the part of Maccabi.
Coulson added two in the paint to give the home team a double-digit lead.
Euroleague 2022/23
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
baskets
points
1
Fenerbahce/Olker
15
10
0
5
1157-1253
25
2
Real Madrid
15
10
0
5
1171-1258
25
3
in Ascona
15
10
0
5
1201-1284
25
4
Barcelona
15
10
0
5
1138-1191
25
5
Monaco
15
10
0
5
1213-1238
25
6
Olympiakos Piraeus
15
9
0
6
1175-1296
24
7
Anadolu Zero
15
8
0
7
1165-1249
23
8
Maccabi Tel Aviv
15
8
0
7
1218-1224
23
9
the red star
15
8
0
7
1159-1120
23
10
Villerban
15
7
0
8
1168-1125
22
11
Valencia
15
7
0
8
1267-1221
22
12
Zalgiris Kovna
15
7
0
8
1186-1124
22
13
Partisan Belgrade
15
6
0
9
1287-1253
21
14
Panathenaic Athens
15
6
0
9
1232-1192
21
15
Virtus Bologna
15
6
0
9
1210-1138
21
16
Bayern Munich
15
5
0
10
1178-1115
20
17
Milan
15
5
0
10
1135-1043
20
18
Alba Berlin
15
3
0
12
1271-1207
18
Friday's games in the 16th round of the Euroleague:
Red Star Belgrade - Barcelona (20:00)
Villarreal - Alba Berlin (21:00)
Panathinaikos - Olympiakos (21:00)
Virtus Bologna - Fenerbahce (21:30)
sport
basketball
Euroleague and European basketball
Tags
Maccabi Tel Aviv in basketball
Euroleague
Anadolu Zero
