2018-19Regular SeasonRound 21
KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 97
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 73
January 31, 2019 CET: 20:45
Local time: 20:45 FERNANDO BUESA ARENA

Baskonia dominates Maccabi

In a clash of playoff contenders, KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz dominated Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv en route to a 97-73 win on Thursday night at the site of the 2019 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, Fernando Buesa Arena. The victory gave Baskonia an all-important sweep of Maccabi and lifted the club to a 10-11 record, while Maccabi had its four-game winning streak snapped and slipped to 9-12 record – one win outside of the playoff zone. Baskonia opened a double-digit lead in the opening moments of the second quarter and never looked back as Johannes Voigtmann netted 20 points on near-perfect shooting, while Darrun Hilliard added 19 points in as many minutes in victory. Scottie Wilbekin scored 19 points and Johnny O'Bryant 15 in the losing effort.

The teams traded blows in the early going, before a jumper and a three-pointer from Voigtmann gave Baskonia a 14-8 lead. Wilbekin hit back-to-back threes and Maccabi dominated the offensive boards, but another three from Voigtmann and a basket from Hilliard gave the hosts a 26-18 after 10 minutes. Hilliard had a three-point play to start the second quarter and opened a double-digit margin. Soon after he added back-to-back three-pointers to take a 43-24 advantage midway through the second quarter. Maccabi replied with back-to-back threes from O'Bryant and Wilbekin to cut into the deficit. Before the end of the half, Jeremy Pargo hit a pair of corner triples for the visitors, but on the other end Voigtmann scored 7 more points and Hilliard added his third three-pointer as the hosts took a 54-41 cushion into halftime. After the break, Luca Vildoza, Matt Janning and Shavon Shields scored on consecutive possessions before Vogitmann nailed another triple to extend it to 64-43. Wilbekin had a three for Maccabi, but Vildoza answered with a three-pointer followed by a three-point play, helping the hosts to 73-49 midway through the third. Jake Cohen had a pair of put-backs for the visitors, but the margin was still 81-57 going into the fourth quarter. Deni Avdija knocked down a pair of three-pointers for Maccabi and O'Bryant added another, but it only helped cut the deficit to 88-70. That was as close as Maccabi got, as Baskonia did not allow another basket for more than 3 minutes and cruised to an important win.

Sweet sweep

The two teams entered the game with 9-11 records and a share of eighth place in the standings, but this win was worth double as it gave Baskonia a season-sweep of Maccabi.

First over 90 points

This is the first time this season that Baskonia scored more than 90 points. The team scored at least 26 points in each of the first three quarters and comfortably won each of them.

Three-point trio

Vogitmann had 22 points, shooting 4 for 4 on two-pointers and 4 for 5 from long range. Darrun Hilliard had 19 points in 19 minutes, sinking 3 of 4 three-point shots. Luca Vildoza netted 16 points, making 3 for 3 from behind the arc. The rest of the team, however, shot 1 for 10 from three-point range.

Hidden stat

Baskonia held a 13-point lead at halftime and after it needed 90 seconds to score its first basket of the second half, the hosts went on to score on 8 consecutive trips down the floor to take a 24-point lead, 73-49, with 4 minutes left in the third quarter.

Next game

Both teams will be at home next week in Round 22. Maccabi welcomes its head coach Ioannis Sfairpopoulos's former team Olympiacos Piraeus on Thursday, while Baskonia hosts FC Bayern Munich, another direct rival in the playoff race, on Friday.

Johannes Voigtmann - KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz - EB18
Thursday, January 31, 2019
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Referees: LAMONICA, LUIGI; BELOSEVIC, ILIJA; KOLJENSIC, MILOS
Attendance: 10327
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KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 PENAVA, AJDIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 VILDOZA, LUCA 23:29 16 3/7 3/3 1/1 1 1 2 1 1 3     3 3 13
5 GONZALEZ, MIGUEL 0:43     0/1                       -1
7 VOIGTMANN, JOHANNES 25:24 20 4/4 4/5     2 2 2 1 1     2   21
9 HUERTAS, MARCELINHO 19:39 4 1/2 0/2 2/2   1 1 8   1       2 11
11 JANNING, MATT 24:55 5 2/4 0/4 1/1   2 2 3         2 1 3
12 DIOP, ILIMANE 9:12 8 1/2 0/1 6/8 3 3 6   1   1     4 16
17 POIRIER, VINCENT 28:28 7 3/6   1/2 5 5 10 3   1 1 1 2 1 14
21 JONES, JALEN 16:54 5 2/5   1/2         1 1   1 2 3 1
31 SHIELDS, SHAVON 32:20 13 3/7 1/2 4/4 2 4 6 3 1       1 3 20
32 HILLIARD, DARRUN 18:56 19 2/4 3/4 6/7   4 4 1 2     1 2 4 23
47 KURUCS, ARTURS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1   1     2         -1
Totals 200:00 97 21/41 11/22 22/27 12 22 34 21 7 9 2 3 14 21 120
        51.2% 50% 81.5%
Head coach: PERASOVIC, VELIMIR
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 RAY, KENDRICK 7:22 2 1/1 0/1             2     5   -6
1 WILBEKIN, SCOTTIE 26:37 19 2/3 4/12 3/3   1 1 4   1     1 5 18
2 PARGO, JEREMY 20:42 8 1/4 2/3 0/2 1   1     3     2 1 -1
3 O'BRYANT, JOHNNY 25:00 15 3/7 2/5 3/4 2 2 4 1 1 2 1   2 3 13
4 CALOIARO, ANGELO 26:57 5 1/1 0/3 3/4 1 3 4 4 1       1 2 11
5 ROLL, MICHAEL 14:27 2 1/2 0/2   2 2 4 2   3       2 4
8 AVDIJA, DENI 10:00 6   2/3   1   1     1     2   3
9 TYUS, ALEX 11:36 2 1/1       4 4     1 1   2   4
12 DIBARTOLOMEO, JOHN 6:44     0/1     1 1   1       1    
15 COHEN, JAKE 8:50 4 2/2     1 1 2 1         2   5
28 BLACK, TARIK 22:43 10 4/6   2/2 4 3 7 2   1 1 1 2 1 15
50 ZOOSMAN, YOVEL 19:02   0/2 0/1     2 2 2 1 3   1 2   -4
Team           1   1     1          
Totals 200:00 73 16/29 10/31 11/15 13 19 32 16 4 18 3 2 22 14 62
        55.2% 32.3% 73.3%
Head coach: SFAIROPOULOS, IOANNIS

Head Coaches

PERASOVIC, VELIMIR
KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
"I think it was one of the best games we played in the EuroLeague this season, against a team that was playing in a way that was scary, with extreme toughness. When the game is over and you have won by 20 points, it means you did things right. And we did a lot of things right. The key was limiting turnovers. Maccabi is a team that gets a lot of steals and scores a lot of fast-break baskets, but we shot the ball well from three-point range and that helped us during the game. It happened to us in Istanbul; we thought we were alright, but you never know when fatigue gets to you and you don't find the strength to bring out the best of you. That happened to us in Istanbul [against Darussafaka] and everything looked horrible after that, but I always say this is such a long competition that every game is a new opportunity to win. From now on, all games are key to reach the playoffs. "
SFAIROPOULOS, IOANNIS
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
"Defensively we were very bad, and from the beginning until the end we didn't have one good period defensively. Baskonia played a great tempo game with a great rhythm, they controlled the rhythm all the time and we were not aggressive on defense to stop this rhythm and that's why the difference from the beginning was in double digits and we couldn't come back to the game. We need to learn from this game. This is a game that will show us how to continue from now until the end, we have nine more games and we need to fight harder and play better defense to win these games."

Players

VOIGTMANN, JOHANNES
KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
"We knew from the beginning that we will have a lot of games like this, which we must win. Last week we could not do it, this week we did a great job, first half offensively and second half defensively, to stop them. That was the key, and we are happy we beat them in the head-to-head. We now must look forward and next week it will be the same kind of game. We have a lot of home games now and we don’t plan on losing any of them now. We need home games to push us a little bit, that will be the key for us."
SHIELDS, SHAVON
KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
"It is an important step for the quarterfinals. Maccabi was right there with us in the standings and having a tiebreaker with them is huge. The last nine games will be huge. We are right on the cusp, every game is a playoff game from here on out, so we need to take care of business. Bayern next week is another team that is close to us, and hopefully we can execute like we did tonight and come out with a win."
ROLL, MICHAEL
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
"They took it to us for 40 minutes. We let them control the tempo, we didn't play well for 40 minutes, we let them get comfortable and it showed out there. 97 points for them is way too many. It's a loss we're going to learn from. We can't come out like that, especially with nine games left. We're going to watch film and really learn from it."
WILBEKIN, SCOTTIE
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
"We just didn’t come out with enough energy, we didn't come out strong enough on defense and we were a step behind them and always reacting to what they were doing. On the road, you can't do that. We allowed them to be too comfortable when they played on offense and they made all of their open shots and some tough shots, but we just let them be too comfortable."
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