Astonishing and crazy comeback of Valencia and another triumph of the leading Barça

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A basket by Sam Vam Rossom with two seconds to go allowed Valencia Basket to seal

with a six-point comeback in just one minute and thirteen seconds against a Maccabi Tel Aviv who dominated in the first and had the match in his hand but ended up giving in to the greater local push.

With the inertia of their

win

, Valencia came out serious in defense and confident in attack.

The momentum of Jaime Pradilla, the good work of Dubljevic and the accuracy of Prepelic gave him the initiative and Maccabi had to use Otello Hunter to find added strength to Wilbekin's points.

Once again, Valencia could open a gap thanks to its good circulation but when it could break the game a couple of losses weighed down

.

Additionally, the offensive rebound gave the Israeli team the option to get ahead.

Valencia did not collapse but had to use

to regain control and even Labeyrie, who was not going to play in principle, to close the rebound and be able to go to rest with a minimal income (43-37, m .twenty).

The Israeli team returned much more involved and although their bad percentages delayed the moment, they ended up getting ahead thanks to Caloiaro against an unexpectedly gray Valencia (50-54, m.27).

Only Prepelic's triples kept the locals alive.

The presence of Hermannsson and the awakening of Van Rossom and Tobey returned defensive energy and some offensive joy to the locals (64-59, m.32).

But Maccabi did not disengage and Wilbekin returned the partial (66-69, m.36).

Ponsarnau tried to refresh the team but put a Vives with four fouls on the American base, which made it easier for the Israeli team to open a small income.

Valencia did not give up and seized on a more aggressive defense, their success from the free throw line and the rush of their rival to force a tight finish in which Williams forced a tie with six seconds left.

Maccabi, after two time-outs, took the throw-in but Dubljevic stole the ball and gave it to a Van Rossom who had been misguided until then but who signed the victory.

For its part, Barça celebrated

with an effervescent victory against Estrella Roja (76-65), in which the leader of the competition showed his best defensive version in the first half (39-22) and he took a break in the second (37-43).

The talent of

and the great defense over rival star Jordan Loyd, who only scored 2 points, gave the Catalan team the seventh consecutive victory in the top European competition.

The top scorer in the Euroleague, Loyd, arrived at the Palau Blaugrana and the best defense in the competition canceled him out.

The American was left without scoring in field shots, closely watched by the Jasikevicius players.

In fact, the first twenty minutes were a defensive monologue by the Catalans.

Proof of this were the eleven losses committed by the Serbian team, which in the first quarter only scored six points.

It took the Red Star four minutes to score, while Mirotic, the offensive leader in the first half with eleven points, found the basket with ease.

The Spanish-Montenegrin made up for the lack of success of his teammates to leave the 19-6 after the first act.

In the second, Barça kept their concentration behind, although they still did not transform the triples that did enter the games in November.

The claw of Oriola stood out, very attentive closing the rebound, and the clarity of Calathes (8 assists), accurate with his entries to the basket (34-17, min.17), while in the Serbian team he woke up with the triples of Davidovac and Walden.

A triple on Higgins's horn closed the first twenty minutes with Barça dominating the game comfortably (39-22) thanks to the defense.

In the resumption, the Red Star woke up offensively and tied the set (22-22).

Perhaps it was because Barça dropped their cruising speed somewhat in defense or because, simply, the visiting team woke up from the perimeter.

Mirotic came out of the locker room with the steamroller version, from the 6.75 meter line and contributing in the zone, which placed his team with advantages of more than 20 points (52-30, min.26).

But a partial 0-9 thanks to the triples of Reath, Rochestie and Drobic, brought the Balkan team closer to twelve points 54-42 (min.28).

'Saras' stopped the game and his team woke up with Davies and a triple from Hanga to calm the waters before the start of the last quarter (61-44).

In the last period, the Red Star did not disconnect from the match.

A 12-7 run (63-51, min.33) from the start gave Sasa Obradovic's side some hope, leaving Jordan Loyd, offensively denied, on the bench for the entire fourth quarter.

Jasikevicius called a timeout and entered the starting five to avoid surprises.

The Barça triumph was never in jeopardy, even when Rochestie converted five consecutive points to put it 69-62 with two minutes to go.

Ultimately, the Red Star missed key points and prevented the match from adjusting to an opponent who continues to show that a great defense gives many victories in the Euroleague.

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