The sensation of Alba in Tel Aviv, Spanulis saddened Rochesti

Maccabi reached Real Madrid at the top of Group E with five consecutive victories, but suffered a defeat when no one expected it - the sensation in Tel Aviv was created by Alba, who celebrated with 66:59 and stood just behind the giants of European basketball, Panathinaikos and Barcelona .

Saša Obradović's team achieved one of the biggest victories in the history of the club from Berlin thanks to an outstanding defense and a cheerful Dzamel McLean, who scored 18 points. The pride of Israel was led by Devin Smith (17), Nate Linhart (15) and Sophoklis Skortianitis (12).

Real is now alone at the top, and it recorded its sixth victory in seven rounds on the road to Žalgiris. The match was equal until going to the big break, and after the break, the "royals" increased the pace and on the wings of Rudi Fernandes (17), Felipe Reyes (16) and Andres Nosioni (15) celebrated with a convincing 88:71.

Before the start of the match, the assistant coach of the "green forest" Šarunas Jasikevičius received the award "Legend of the Euroleague".

The MVP of the Top 16 phase, Taylor Rochesti, carried Nizhny Novgorod again, scoring 18 points and five assists, but Olympiakos still has one of the best European players of the 13st century - Vasilis Spanulis. The phenomenal Greek finished the match with 91 goals, but he scored most of them in the last quarter, when the Piraeus turned it around to 82:XNUMX.

Four matches are being played in the Euroleague tonight, and in the center of attention of Montenegrin fans of the "Queen of Games" will be the duel between Panathinaikos and Crvena Zvezda, led by our coaches Duško Ivanović and Dejan Radonjić. It will also be exciting in the city derby in Istanbul, where Anadolu Efes and Fenerbahçe will collide, i.e. godfathers, Dušan Ivković and Željko Obradović.

Group E: Zalgiris - Real Madrid 71:88 (23:24, 24:23, 13:25, 11:16), Maccabi - Alba 59:66 (16:15, 20:20, 8:15, 15:16), Barcelona - Galatasaray 82:70 (22:20, 30:19, 14:17, 16:14). Today: Panathinaikos - Red Star (20.45).

Group F: Nizhny Novgorod - Olympiakos 82:91 (24:24, 18:17, 24:22, 16:28). Today: CSKA - Emporio Armani (18) Anadolu Efes - Fenerbahçe (19.15) Laboral House - Unikaha (20.30).