2019-20Regular SeasonRound 11
November 28, 2019 CET: 20:05
Local time: 21:05 MENORA MIVTACHIM ARENA

Maccabi crushes ASVEL to stay perfect at home

Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv maintained its 100% home record by crushing LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne on Thursday night, playing hard from the first minute until the last to gain a comprehensive 93-62 victory. The early exchanges were closely contested, but Maccabi moved ahead towards the end of the first quarter and steadily extended the margin to 20 points by the end of the third, putting the outcome beyond doubt. Scottie Wilbekin led his team’s offense with 16 points on 7-of-8 field goal shooting, and Jake Cohen contributed a career-high 16 points with 14 of those coming in the final quarter. Nate Wolters added 13 points and Yovel Zoosman netted 3 three-pointers in his total of 11 points. Rihards Lomasz and Theo Maledon led ASVEL with 10 points apiece. Maccabi improved to 7-4 to keep its position in the playoff zone, while ASVEL dropped to 5-6.

Jordan Taylor and Wilbekin drove to score on their teams’ opening possessions and Quincy Acy’s triple kept Maccabi moving. David Lighty scored twice, including a three-point play, to keep the visitors on level terms, 11-11. Charles Kahudi’s layup from an offensive rebound sent ASVEL ahead and Othello Hunter and Tonye Jekiri traded two-pointers before Wolters and Zoosman restored the lead for Maccabi. Zoosman started the second quarter with a three-pointer for a 23-17 lead, and Angelo Caloiaro exploded a fastbreak dunk to keep Maccabi comfortable. Ismael Bako scored ASVEL’s first two baskets of the quarter from close range, but John DiBartolomeo and Cohen extended the lead to double digits. Lomasz and Wilbekin struck from deep and Wolters made a nice spin move to score as Maccabi stayed in control. The half finished with a flurry of free throws, making it 43-34 at the break. Wilbekin took the lead back into double digits with a driving layup on the shot-clock buzzer and Acy’s big dunk made it 49-36. Zoosman struck from the corner as Maccabi cruised further ahead, with ASVEL only mustering 4 points in the first 7 minutes of the half. An alley-oop dunk from Livio Jean-Charles gave the visitors a rare highlight moment, but Caloiaro continued his strong return to action with a close-range score and Wilbekin beat the buzzer with a long-range strike to make it 67-47 after three quarters. Cohen struck from close and long-range early in the final quarter and Wolters entertained the fans by assisting himself via the back of opponent Amine Noua. A three-point play from Lomasz brought ASVEL a little closer, but Jake Cohen continued his strong finish with another triple, a dunk and a layup and the final minutes were a formality.

Maccabi makes points milestone

Maccabi became the sixth team to reach the milestone of 35,000 points in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague this century. The home team entered the game just 10 points shy of the mark and moved to 35,001 with a two-handed slam by Othello Hunter with less than 4 minutes played. CSKA Moscow, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, FC Barcelona, Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos Athens are the other teams already past the 35,000 points mark.

Caloiaro back with a bang

Maccabi forward Angelo Caloiaro returned to action for the first time this season and he showed no signs of rustiness by producing a solid performance with 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in 17 minutes on the floor.

ASVEL struggles from deep

ASVEL had a tough time from three-point range, missing its first 5 shots from beyond the arc. Rihards Lomasz made the visiting team’s first three-pointer with 4:43 before half-time, but only two more followed all night – from Theo Maledon and Charles Galliou – as ASVEL finished with only 3-of-19 three-pointers converted (15.8%).

Next round

Round 12 will see Maccabi stay at home for a visit from FC Bayern Munich on Thursday. The following day, ASVEL makes a long road trip to face Zenit St Petersburg.

Jake Cohen - Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv - EB19
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Euroleague.net
Referees: RADOVIC, SRETEN; HIERREZUELO, DANIEL; UDYANSKYY, EDUARD
Attendance: 10458
By Quarter1234
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv20232426
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne17171315
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Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv20436793
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne17344762
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 WILBEKIN, SCOTTIE 20:17 16 5/5 2/3     2 2     3     1   13
2 ACY, QUINCY 18:48 9 2/3 1/3 2/4 2 4 6 2   1     1 3 13
4 CALOIARO, ANGELO 17:36 9 2/2 0/1 5/5 1 4 5 1 1       2 3 16
5 HUNTER, OTHELLO 23:28 4 1/4   2/4 2 5 7 2 1 1 1   2 2 9
6 COHEN, SANDY 8:19 4 2/3                         3
8 AVDIJA, DENI 12:06 2 1/1               1     1 1 1
11 DORSEY, TYLER 14:41 4 1/3 0/3 2/3   4 4 1   2   1 4 2 -2
12 DIBARTOLOMEO, JOHN 20:01 5 1/4   3/3   2 2 4 1 2   1 5 3 4
14 WOLTERS, NATE 24:43 13 4/5 1/4 2/4   1 1 4 2 1     3 3 13
15 COHEN, JAKE 16:32 16 5/7 2/2   4 1 5 1 2 1     4 2 19
50 ZOOSMAN, YOVEL 23:29 11 1/2 3/6     4 4 5 1       3 2 16
Team             3 3               3
Totals 200:00 93 25/39 9/22 16/23 9 30 39 20 8 12 1 2 26 21 108
        64.1% 40.9% 69.6%
Head coach: SFAIROPOULOS, IOANNIS
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
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 JACKSON, EDWIN 25:40 5 1/3 0/2 3/4   1 1 2   2       5 6
2 TAYLOR, JORDAN 22:42 4 1/6 0/1 2/4   2 2 3   2   1 1 4 1
3 JEKIRI, TONYE 21:26 7 2/4   3/4 1 2 3   1       2 3 9
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES 14:41 6 2/2 0/2 2/2 2 2 4 1 2       3 1 9
6 MALEDON, THEO 21:06 10 2/5 1/3 3/6   1 1 1   4     3 5 2
9 LOMAZS, RIHARDS 23:05 10 3/4 1/2 1/1   2 2 2   1     4 3 10
11 GALLIOU, CHARLES 7:14 3   1/2     1 1           1   2
12 NOUA, AMINE 11:00 2 1/2 0/1     2 2           2    
17 JEAN-CHARLES, LIVIO 16:35 2 1/3 0/4   1 2 3     1     1 1 -2
19 DIOT, ANTOINE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 BAKO, ISMAEL 16:03 6 3/4     2 3 5     2 2   2 1 9
23 LIGHTY, DAVID 20:28 7 3/5 0/2 1/1 1 1 2 1 1 1     2 3 7
Team             3 3               3
Totals 200:00 62 19/38 3/19 15/22 7 22 29 10 4 13 2 1 21 26 56
        50% 15.8% 68.2%
Head coach: MITROVIC, ZVEZDAN

Head Coaches

SFAIROPOULOS, IOANNIS
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
"I want to congratulate our players for their focus. I think this is a very important win that we needed for a lot of reasons. It will help our confidence and the way we played, we came back to our regular style of basketball on defense and offense. I’m very happy with our reaction after three losses. This is a team win and a big team effort. You can ask me about a lot of names, but everybody gave his heart to the team and this is the most important thing. I don’t want to talk about individual players, but the only exception is Angelo [Caloiaro]. He was an important addition for us and I want to thank the owners for allowing us to use him. He has quality and worked with humility throughout this period when he didn’t have games and was practicing by himself. Tonight he showed the big heart he has. From now on, he is one of us.”
MITROVIC, ZVEZDAN
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
"Congrats to Maccabi for the great game. We tried to fight during the first half, but we had terrible three-point shooting and missed a lot of open shots. Maccabi played great offense and defense and they were very motivated. We know our goals this year, our first year in the EuroLeague and we are trying to gain some experience for the future. It’s not easy without a huge roster when everything is new for us, but we are on a good way and are giving our young guys good experience and taking care of the players. We expect ups and downs, but we are ready to continue. All the teams respect us, which is good for my team."

Players

CALOIARO, ANGELO
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
"It hasn’t been ideal for me but I'm blessed, I'm here playing basketball. It’s Thanksgiving back home so, hi to my family, I love you guys! I'm just glad to be back!"
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