2020-21Regular SeasonRound 9
Real Madrid 79
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 63
November 18, 2020 CET: 18:30
Local time: 18:30 WIZINK CENTER

Real's defense puts brakes on Maccabi

Real Madrid registered its fourth consecutive victory in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season by downing longtime rivals Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 79-63 in the Spanish capital on Wednesday. Real improved to 5-4 in the standings while Maccabi dropped to 3-6. Gabriel Deck led the winners with 16 points, his high for the season. Anthony Randolph added 15 points while Sergio Llull and Walter Tavares each had 10. Facu Campazzo dished 12 assists for Real. Scottie Wilbekin led Maccabi with 18 points while Ante Zizic added 14. Real hit 6 of 9 three-pointers to get a 29-18 lead after 10 minutes, extending it to 45-32 at halftime and then again to 68-52 midway through the fourth quarter, enough to seal the outcome.

Wilbekin and Elijah Bryant got Maccabi going, giving their team a 2-4 lead. Alberto Abalde scored around the basket and Randolph sank back-to-back triples to put Real in charge, 10-6. Campazzo bettered Wilbekin's driving layup with a bomb from downtown and fed Deck for a layup, good for a 15-8 Real lead. Zizic stepped up with a tip-in and followed Dragan Bender's layup with a put-back slam but Alberto Abalde and Gabriel Deck joined the three-point shootout for a 24-16 score. Zizic dunked again but Deck and Carlos Alocen made it a double-digit game, 29-18, after 10 minutes. Maccabi's Tyler Dorsey struck from beyond the arc early in the second quarter and Chris Jones followed with a layup as Maccabi closed within 29-23. Tavares hit a jump-hook and Trey Thompkins added a backdoor layup in a 6-0 Real run that Rudy Fernandez capped with a running jumper. Zizic answered with an alley-oop slam and Dorsey added a three-point play but Deck and Campazzo restored a 39-28 Real lead. Zizic scored again but Llull hit a stop-and-pop jumper, getting help from Campazzo and Abalde to keep Real way ahead, 45-32, at halftime. Wilbekin struck twice from downtown right after the break but Randolph and Deck answered for a 50-38 Real lead. Wilbekin kept pacing Maccabi with a layup and Bender downed a triple that gave the guests hope at 50-43. Tavares dunked and Deck matched Zizic's power layup with a driving basket. Tavares got help from Llull to boost Los Blancos' lead to 60-47. Othello Hunter took over with a three-point play but Randolph gave the hosts a 62-50 margin after 30 minutes. Jones and Randolph each banked in a running shot early in the fourth quarter and Llull made it a 14-point game, 66-52, with 7 minutes left. A fast break layup by Llull sealed the outcome, 72-54, as Maccabi did not recover in the final 4 minutes.

Pivotal performer

Campazzo did a little bit of everything to make sure Real added another win. He finished the game with 9 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals and 5 fouls drawn for a PIR of 21. Above all, Campazzo set the right game tempo at all times, giving Real the initiative throughout the game.

Game-changing moment

Maccabi got within 29-23 early in the second quarter, as Real struggled to score. Three players who had been scoreless until then, Tavares, Thompkins and Fernandez, combined for all points in a 6-0 run that restored a 39-28 Real margin. The hosts diversified their offense and went on to keep controlling the game.

Stellar stat

Maccabi was limited to just 8 assists, its lowest mark in the EuroLeague in more than 7 years. It last had 8 assists against Real in Game 1 of the Playoffs on April 10, 2013. Maccabi also picked up 17 turnovers. On the other hand, Real had 20 assists and 13 turnovers, taking much better care of the ball.

Did you know?

It was Real's 10th consecutive home win against the Israeli powerhouse. Maccabi's last win in the Spanish capital, 64-66, came on March 11, 2010. This is the most prodigious showdown in European club competitions, with Real and Maccabi having faced each other as many as 61 times over the decades. Real leads the all-time series 38-23 and now has a six-game winning streak against Maccabi.

Next game

Both teams return EuroLeague action later on Friday, November 20, both at 21:00 CET. Maccabi visits Valencia Basket, while Real welcomes Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in a rematch of the 2018 EuroLeague Championship Game, in which Los Blancos conquered their 10th continental title.

Facundo Campazzo - Real Madrid - EB20
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Euroleague.net
Referees: LATISEVS, OLEGS; PASTUSIAK, PIOTR; HORDOV, TOMISLAV
Attendance: 0
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Real Madrid29161717
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv18141813
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Real Madrid29456279
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv18325063
Real Madrid
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
3 RANDOLPH, ANTHONY 25:29 15 2/3 3/6 2/2 1 6 7 2         1 2 21
5 FERNANDEZ, RUDY 13:36 5 1/1 1/5         2 2 1 1       5
6 ABALDE, ALBERTO 16:47 7 2/4 1/3   1 1 2 1 1       1   6
7 CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO 31:33 9 2/2 1/4 2/2   4 4 12 3 6   1 2 5 21
8 LAPROVITTOLA, NICOLAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 ALOCEN, CARLOS 8:15 3 0/2 1/2     2 2     1   1      
14 DECK, GABRIEL 24:31 16 6/9 1/1 1/2 1 5 6   2       1 2 21
16 GARUBA, USMAN 9:48 2 1/3 0/1   2 1 3   1 3 1   3   -2
20 CARROLL, JAYCEE 8:28   0/2           1         1   -2
22 TAVARES, WALTER 28:27 10 4/6   2/2 4 4 8 1 1 2 2   2 2 18
23 LLULL, SERGIO 17:03 10 4/6 0/3 2/2 1 1 2 2         2 2 9
33 THOMPKINS, TREY 16:03 2 1/1 0/1     1 1           2 2 2
Team           1 2 3               3
Totals 200:00 79 23/39 8/26 9/10 11 27 38 21 10 13 4 2 15 15 102
        59% 30.8% 90%
Head coach: LASO, PABLO
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 Playtika Tel Aviv
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 BRYANT, ELIJAH 17:59 4 2/7     1 3 4 3 2 1     2   5
1 WILBEKIN, SCOTTIE 28:25 18 4/5 2/7 4/4   3 3 1 1 5 1 1 2 4 14
3 JONES, CHRIS 19:17 9 3/5 1/5   2 2 4 2 1 1     1 2 10
4 CALOIARO, ANGELO 24:32   0/1 0/1     3 3 1 1 1     3   -1
5 HUNTER, OTHELLO 13:07 5 2/3 0/1 1/1   3 3   1 2     2 1 4
6 COHEN, SANDY 13:43                 1       1    
11 DORSEY, TYLER 21:13 6 1/2 1/5 1/1   1 1     4   1 1 4  
14 BLAYZER, OZ 8:40   0/1 0/1           1 1   1   1 -2
17 BENDER, DRAGAN 24:31 7 2/2 1/4     3 3 1         2 1 7
18 SAHAR, DORI 1:40     0/1                       -1
23 ZIZIC, ANTE 26:53 14 7/12   0/1 5 5 10     2 1 1 1 2 17
24 ALBER, EIDAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 63 21/38 5/25 6/7 9 24 33 8 8 17 2 4 15 15 55
        55.3% 20% 85.7%
Head coach: SFAIROPOULOS, IOANNIS

Head Coaches

LASO, PABLO
Real Madrid
"First of all, congratulations to the team. I believe it was one of our best games this season. The defense was quite good within the plan we had, with very few mistakes. A few details, yes, but in general quite solid. We competed quite well on rebounds, which was very difficult in the first quarter but good after that. We moved the ball well, and that probably explains the difference, because everyone who came onto the court was able to contribute with different things. We knew the danger from Maccabi, because they have many good one-on-one players, many three-point threats. We were able to decrease those threats, so we are very happy with the win."
SFAIROPOULOS, IOANNIS
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
"Congratulations to Real Madrid for the win. I think today they played very good from the first moment. We were not in the game at all. From our side, we didn't come to fight, and it was obvious that we were not into the game from the first to the last moment. We need to play better, we need to improve, and I hope that we will do it for the next game."

Players

FERNANDEZ, RUDY
Real Madrid
"It's true that we played very well defensively against a team that scores a lot. I think that let us run, get some good shots, and open a wide lead. But the most important is that, our defense against their bigger scorers. In the third and fourth quarter, we had more turnovers than we should have, but in general, it was a very good game by everyone."
DECK, GABRIEL
Real Madrid
"I think our team did very well, offensively and defensively, very solid at all times. We had very moments when we were not concentrating. We showed a good version of ourselves. In a long competition like this, there are different games. Sometimes you do well, sometimes not as well. We have to keep on this path, always trying."
CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO
Real Madrid
"We played great basketball and did a great job. I think we missed a lot of balls, had a lot of turnovers, so we have to work on the minimum details and think forward to the next game."
JONES, CHRIS
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
"We've just got to continue to keep fighting as a team. Times are tough right now, but we just have to stick together as a whole. Like I said before, we are a bunch of new guys put together, and we're just trying to figure everything out. We've got to create our identity and be Maccabi. We have to continue to fight, and we'll continue to work hard as a team. As games go on, we will continue to be better."